Data for 2013

Container Port Traffic, 2013

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2013
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2013, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2013 covers 166 countries. China is highest, at 176,607,144; Moldova is lowest, at 473. The middle country reads 402,991. Against 2012, 160 values changed (108 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2013

HighestChina

176,607,144

LowestMoldova

473

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

166countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
166distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	176,607,144
2	United States`USA`Northern America	42,842,995
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	32,578,700
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23,463,109
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	22,288,000
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,442,040
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20,876,442
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	18,657,222
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,401,010
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13,903,835
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11,751,977
12	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,183,911
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	10,571,320
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,118,350
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,528,054
16	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,214,483
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8,248,439
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,067,988
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,035,812
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7,977,820
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,304,610
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6,757,693
23	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,561,406
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,456,469
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,955,137
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5,260,202
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5,065,880
28	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,892,881
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,693,942
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,306,206
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,285,777
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,921,037
33	Chile`CHL`South America	3,853,407
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,526,437
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,523,987
36	Colombia`COL`South America	3,068,565
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,793,692
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,665,079
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,539,000
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,353,948
41	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,252,000
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,218,161
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,176,939
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,064,981
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,969,530
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,703,949
47	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,696,000
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,642,336
49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,584,873
50	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,508,774
51	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,472,143
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,455,537
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,446,902
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,441,673
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,430,000
56	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,269,902
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,245,174
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,211,561
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,117,334
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,006,332
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	983,188
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	894,362
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	894,000
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	872,811
65	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	840,149
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	826,962
67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	787,881
68	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	787,867
69	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	752,489
70	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	727,328
71	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	707,041
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	671,467
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	661,124
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	600,441
75	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	574,159
76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	574,119
77	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	567,156
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	553,940
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	454,050
80	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	447,495
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	435,718
82	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	429,823
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	403,447
84	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	402,535
85	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	390,000
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	385,326
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	384,750
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	341,500
89	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	339,268
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	324,270
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	311,470
92	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	301,817
93	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	290,011
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	286,450
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	285,900
96	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	277,276
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	263,886
98	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	253,855
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	244,500
100	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	241,857
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	225,020
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	194,179
103	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	187,284
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	180,634
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	180,446
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	172,516
107	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	169,816
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	147,231
109	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	143,880
110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	137,800
111	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	135,338
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	130,700
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	122,540
114	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	111,817
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	108,670
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	108,020
117	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	104,945
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	97,731
119	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	95,000
120	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	87,452
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86,250
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	83,154
123	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	80,655
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79,712
125	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	74,923
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	74,745
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	72,700
128	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	70,000
129	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	69,341
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68,759
131	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	67,965
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	67,847
133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	67,554
134	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64,415
135	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	56,600
136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52,964
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	50,991
138	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49,084
139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47,899
140	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	46,118
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41,845
142	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	41,462
143	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40,978
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37,680
145	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	33,029
146	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	32,169
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	30,988
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,633
149	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	27,154
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	24,842
151	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	24,770
152	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	24,006
153	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	23,548
154	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	19,202
155	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16,826
156	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16,000
157	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,028
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9,687
159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	9,270
160	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,469
161	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5,563
162	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	4,746
163	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,485
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	3,064
165	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,779
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	473

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China176,607,144
2United States42,842,995
3Singapore32,578,700
4South Korea23,463,109
5Hong Kong22,288,000

Lowest

166Moldova473
165Gibraltar2,779
164Saint Kitts and Nevis3,064
163Bermuda4,485
162Greenland4,746

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 402,991. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
160values changed, of 164 in both
108 · 52rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

China165,939,400 → 176,607,144+10,667,744
United States41,880,574 → 42,842,995+962,421
Singapore31,649,400 → 32,578,700+929,300
South Korea22,559,272 → 23,463,109+903,837
Brazil8,455,525 → 9,214,483+758,958

Fell most

Hong Kong23,126,000 → 22,288,000−838,000
Iran2,739,276 → 2,218,161−521,115
Colombia3,381,952 → 3,068,565−313,387
Dominican Republic1,751,095 → 1,446,902−304,193
Panama6,847,724 → 6,561,406−286,318

+ Aruba

+ Greenland

− Papua New Guinea

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 2013.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2013). Container Port Traffic, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2013

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