Data for 2011

Container Port Traffic, 2011

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2011
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2011, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2011 covers 162 countries. China is highest, at 151,800,937; Nauru is lowest, at 2,597. The middle country reads 398,889. Against 2010, 154 values changed (123 up, 31 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2011

HighestChina

151,800,937

LowestNauru

2,597

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

162countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
162distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Container Port Traffic, 2011, as published. UNCTAD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Container Port Traffic, 2011: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	151,800,937
2	United States`USA`Northern America	40,813,311
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	29,937,700
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	24,404,000
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21,610,491
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	20,631,007
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20,009,479
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	17,028,713
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,199,723
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13,901,612
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,024,928
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,901,751
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	9,878,067
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,870,882
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9,533,620
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8,142,319
17	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,037,427
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,527,975
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,181,079
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,885,023
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6,865,295
22	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,629,838
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,523,059
24	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,694,484
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,682,561
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4,735,750
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,392,791
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,262,887
29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,226,288
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,226,143
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,865,087
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,609,140
33	Chile`CHL`South America	3,432,192
34	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,359,250
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,032,679
36	Colombia`COL`South America	2,861,151
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,466,067
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,413,000
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,406,652
40	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,300,000
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,193,269
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,009,704
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,848,231
44	Peru`PER`South America	1,826,795
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,777,207
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,527,372
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,495,064
48	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,484,595
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,476,007
50	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,456,000
51	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,419,227
52	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,398,619
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,357,182
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,343,500
55	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,309,432
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,163,078
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,146,272
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,069,348
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,034,249
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	861,164
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	813,494
62	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	810,248
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	799,060
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	782,554
65	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	771,000
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	766,071
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	763,851
68	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	736,557
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	705,648
70	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	703,617
71	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	670,407
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	662,815
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	648,548
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	589,314
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	551,588
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	524,614
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	442,202
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	440,121
79	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	439,462
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	430,000
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	415,592
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	382,185
83	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	380,675
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	374,823
85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	352,695
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	350,624
87	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	345,817
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	334,800
89	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	333,834
90	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	322,000
91	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	305,239
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	290,789
93	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	285,900
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	284,446
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	255,879
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	246,773
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	237,941
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	220,178
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	220,000
100	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	199,850
101	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	197,717
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	189,028
103	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	180,814
104	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	176,741
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	162,415
106	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	161,717
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	161,226
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	147,594
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	146,200
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	140,052
111	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	111,620
112	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	101,397
113	Suriname`SUR`South America	97,335
114	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	95,277
115	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	94,097
116	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	93,371
117	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	86,790
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	84,420
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	77,185
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	77,051
121	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	76,701
122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	76,700
123	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	75,000
124	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	72,816
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71,932
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	69,500
127	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	66,334
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66,199
129	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64,663
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64,410
131	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	62,568
132	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	60,342
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	59,800
134	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57,059
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	56,018
136	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55,976
137	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53,062
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	52,000
139	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	44,766
140	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	42,187
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41,384
142	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	37,416
143	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35,752
144	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34,200
145	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	33,192
146	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	33,100
147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25,776
148	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24,831
149	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	21,989
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21,824
151	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	21,420
152	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,629
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16,418
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14,365
155	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,976
156	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9,750
157	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8,645
158	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,836
159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5,900
160	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,485
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	3,046
162	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	2,597

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China151,800,937
2United States40,813,311
3Singapore29,937,700
4Hong Kong24,404,000
5South Korea21,610,491

Lowest

162Nauru2,597
161Saint Kitts and Nevis3,046
160Bermuda4,485
159Micronesia5,900
158Dominica7,836

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 398,889. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −2countries joined / left
154values changed, of 157 in both
123 · 31rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

China136,044,183 → 151,800,937+15,756,754
South Korea19,202,172 → 21,610,491+2,408,319
Germany13,037,702 → 15,199,723+2,162,021
United Arab Emirates15,140,524 → 17,028,713+1,888,189
Malaysia18,133,368 → 20,009,479+1,876,111

Fell most

Oman3,893,198 → 3,609,140−284,058
Italy9,762,077 → 9,533,620−228,457
Belgium9,988,291 → 9,901,751−86,540
United Kingdom8,224,935 → 8,142,319−82,616
Syria586,283 → 524,614−61,669

+ Curaçao

+ Estonia

+ Mozambique

+ Nauru

+ Sint Maarten

− Aruba

− Yemen

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2011.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2011). Container Port Traffic, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2011

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