Data for 2024

Container Import Dwell Time, 2024

Name: Container Import Dwell Time, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
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Container import dwell time is how many days a full shipping container typically sits in the port where it arrives before it leaves by truck or train — the time taken by port handling, customs and other border checks together. The World Bank measures it from the tracking records of real container journeys, rather than by asking people what they think.

Container Import Dwell Time, 2024 covers 156 countries on 3 measures. Haiti is highest, at 21.6; Gibraltar is lowest, at 1.0. The middle country reads 4.4. Against 2023, 143 values changed (69 up, 74 down), 1 country joined.

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Container Import Dwell Time · Data for 2024

HighestHaiti

21.6

LowestGibraltar

1.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

156countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
79distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Container Import Dwell Time, 2024, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Container Import Dwell Time, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	21.6	31.6	25.7	10000+
2	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.1	32.5	22.2	1000-10000
3	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.7	22.9	14.6	10000+
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16.0	23.6	15.5	10000+
5	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.2	19.4	16.8	10000+
6	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	14.8	29.3	37.6	1000-10000
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.1	23.0	16.4	10000+
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.8	18.5	12.5	10000+
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12.4	17.2	12.6	10000+
10	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.9	15.3	11.1	10000+
11	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.5	16.8	14.5	10000+
12	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.2	15.8	11.2	10000+
13	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	10.1	10.6	7.4	1000-10000
14	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.0	13.1	13.0	100-1000
15	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.8	15.9	12.8	10000+
16	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9.4	12.4	7.8	10000+
17	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.0	13.6	10.1	1000-10000
=18	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.8	12.5	9.8	1000-10000
=18	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.8	13.5	10.8	10000+
20	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.7	11.0	8.0	10000+
21	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.2	11.3	9.1	10000+
=22	Guyana`GUY`South America	8.1	10.2	7.7	10000+
=22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.1	11.8	8.5	10000+
24	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.7	10.0	7.5	10000+
=25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.6	16.9	9.5	10000+
=25	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.6	13.0	11.3	10000+
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.5	13.3	10.6	1000-10000
=28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.4	10.7	8.8	10000+
=28	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7.4	10.2	8.2	10000+
30	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.1	11.9	12.0	10000+
=31	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.0	7.9	5.0	10000+
=31	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.0	10.2	11.3	100-1000
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.9	9.3	7.1	10000+
34	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	6.8	21.5	16.4	100-1000
35	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.6	9.2	6.9	10000+
=36	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.5	11.0	9.1	10000+
=36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.5	9.4	7.5	10000+
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.4	9.3	7.8	10000+
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.3	8.2	6.0	10000+
=40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.2	8.3	7.0	10000+
=40	Colombia`COL`South America	6.2	7.6	4.8	10000+
=40	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.2	9.0	6.8	10000+
=40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.2	7.9	6.0	10000+
=44	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	6.1	9.8	10.0	1000-10000
=44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.1	8.2	5.3	1000-10000
=44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.1	8.4	6.8	10000+
=44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.1	9.3	7.2	10000+
=48	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.0	8.0	3.4	10000+
=48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.0	10.9	14.2	100-1000
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.9	7.8	6.2	10000+
=51	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.6	7.3	6.8	10000+
=51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.6	8.0	7.3	10000+
=53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.5	5.8	4.9	1000-10000
=53	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.5	9.3	6.0	10000+
=53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.5	7.4	6.5	1000-10000
=53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.5	7.4	6.2	10000+
=57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.3	7.8	6.1	10000+
=57	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	5.3	9.1	9.4	10000+
=57	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.3	6.2	4.8	10000+
=60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5.2	7.1	5.7	1000-10000
=60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5.2	6.6	5.3	10000+
=62	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	5.1	6.7	4.1	1000-10000
=62	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.1	7.3	6.9	100-1000
=64	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.0	11.6	8.8	1000-10000
=64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.0	11.2	10.0	1000-10000
=64	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.0	6.1	5.5	10000+
=67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.9	7.1	5.6	1000-10000
=67	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.9	6.2	3.8	10000+
=67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.9	7.0	5.3	1000-10000
=67	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.9	9.5	6.1	1000-10000
=71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4.8	6.2	4.6	1000-10000
=71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.8	6.3	4.5	10000+
=71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.8	6.9	5.6	10000+
=74	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	4.6	6.6	7.0	10000+
=74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.6	6.1	4.9	10000+
76	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.5	6.7	4.9	1000-10000
=77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.4	6.2	6.2	10000+
=77	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.4	6.2	5.3	10000+
=77	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.4	6.2	5.7	10000+
=80	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	4.2	7.1	5.2	1000-10000
=80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.2	7.0	6.6	10000+
=80	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.2	5.5	6.1	10000+
=83	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.1	5.9	6.1	10000+
=83	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.1	5.5	4.7	10000+
=85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.0	5.9	5.8	10000+
=85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.0	5.5	4.3	10000+
=85	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.0	5.0	4.0	10000+
=88	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.9	7.3	5.9	1000-10000
=88	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.9	5.3	5.9	10000+
=90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.8	5.1	4.1	100-1000
=90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.8	6.1	6.9	10000+
92	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.7	4.8	4.2	10000+
=93	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.6	7.8	6.1	10000+
=93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.6	4.8	4.0	10000+
=93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.6	5.0	4.2	10000+
=93	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.6	4.8	4.8	10000+
=93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.6	6.2	4.7	10000+
=98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.5	6.7	5.8	1000-10000
=98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.5	5.5	4.9	10000+
=100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.4	4.7	4.0	1000-10000
=100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.4	5.3	4.4	10000+
=100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.4	4.9	3.3	1000-10000
=100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.4	4.6	3.1	10000+
=100	United States`USA`Northern America	3.4	4.2	3.5	10000+
=105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.3	6.2	4.7	1000-10000
=105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.3	5.0	3.6	10000+
=105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.3	4.6	5.8	1000-10000
=105	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.3	4.5	3.0	10000+
=109	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.2	4.4	4.1	10000+
=109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.2	3.9	2.3	1000-10000
=109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.2	5.8	5.5	1000-10000
=109	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.2	4.9	3.6	10000+
=113	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.1	6.1	5.7	1000-10000
=113	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.1	4.2	4.1	1000-10000
=115	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.0	4.7	5.8	10000+
=115	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.0	3.9	3.2	10000+
=115	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.0	6.6	6.6	1000-10000
=115	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.0	4.2	3.5	10000+
=119	Chile`CHL`South America	2.9	3.8	3.1	10000+
=119	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.9	4.6	3.6	10000+
=119	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.9	3.8	3.2	10000+
=119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.9	3.8	2.8	10000+
=119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.9	4.0	3.0	10000+
=124	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.8	3.7	3.0	10000+
=124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.8	4.8	4.6	10000+
=126	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.7	3.9	3.0	1000-10000
=126	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.7	3.4	3.5	10000+
=128	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.6	4.1	4.2	10000+
=128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.6	5.1	5.0	10000+
=128	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.6	3.7	3.4	10000+
=131	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.5	4.1	4.1	1000-10000
=131	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.5	3.6	3.7	10000+
133	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.4	3.3	2.9	10000+
=134	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	2.3	3.4	3.0	10000+
=134	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	2.3	5.1	6.1	1000-10000
=136	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	2.2	3.3	3.8	100-1000
=136	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.2	3.1	2.7	10000+
=136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.2	5.0	3.8	1000-10000
139	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.1	5.9	4.6	10000+
=140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.0	2.6	2.2	10000+
=140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.0	3.5	3.2	1000-10000
=140	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.0	3.1	3.0	10000+
=143	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.9	1.7	1.1	100-1000
=143	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.9	2.2	1.9	10000+
=143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.9	2.6	1.1	100-1000
=146	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.8	2.4	2.2	10000+
=146	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.8	2.9	1.1	100-1000
148	Peru`PER`South America	1.7	3.0	2.2	10000+
=149	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1.5	3.2	2.7	1000-10000
=149	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.5	2.1	1.3	1000-10000
151	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.4	2.1	2.0	100-1000
=152	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	1.2	1.3	0.3	100-1000
=152	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	1.2	6.5	3.7	1000-10000
=152	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.2	2.1	1.7	10000+
155	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.1	2.0	1.5	100-1000
156	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	1.0	1.4	0.1	100-1000

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Haiti21.6
2Sudan18.1
3Algeria16.7
4DR Congo16.0
5Cuba15.2

Lowest

156Gibraltar1.0
155Brunei1.1
152Singaporeshared1.2
152Montserratshared1.2
152Northern Mariana Islandsshared1.2

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mean days
HighestSudan32.5
LowestMontserrat1.3
Middle country: 6.2
Interquartile range, P75 − P25 (days)
HighestEritrea37.6
LowestGibraltar0.1
Middle country: 5.5

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+1 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 155 in both
69 · 74rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Curaçao6.2 → 10.1+3.9
Cuba12.1 → 15.2+3.1
Myanmar8.0 → 10.2+2.2
Cameroon12.1 → 14.1+2.0
Iceland3.0 → 5.0+2.0

Fell most

Sudan22.0 → 18.1−3.9
Eritrea18.3 → 14.8−3.5
DR Congo19.2 → 16.0−3.2
Benin10.1 → 7.6−2.5
Georgia5.0 → 2.6−2.4

+ Gibraltar

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

79 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 5 countries share 3.6. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2024). Container Import Dwell Time, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-import-dwell-time/2024

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