Data for 2014

Container Port Traffic, 2014

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2014
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2014, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2014 covers 166 countries. China is highest, at 187,291,913; Moldova is lowest, at 473. The middle country reads 444,957. Against 2013, 162 values changed (123 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2014

HighestChina

187,291,913

LowestMoldova

473

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

166countries
1measure
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	187,291,913
2	United States`USA`Northern America	44,635,035
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	33,869,300
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24,798,794
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22,366,426
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	22,300,000
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,662,814
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20,186,679
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,842,604
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14,205,033
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,456,588
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	11,652,174
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,005,059
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,255,753
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,895,013
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9,509,757
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,473,429
18	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,436,275
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,664,572
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8,351,069
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,442,016
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,979,807
23	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6,860,353
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,774,064
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,216,752
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5,447,571
27	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,071,720
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,993,427
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,907,901
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,588,327
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,424,205
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,076,488
33	Chile`CHL`South America	3,957,585
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,954,322
35	Colombia`COL`South America	3,409,344
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,364,663
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,924,283
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,751,167
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,689,296
40	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,447,600
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,446,000
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,381,922
43	Peru`PER`South America	2,241,216
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,139,616
45	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,867,409
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,782,007
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,772,533
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,738,744
49	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,660,660
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,638,113
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,471,086
52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,465,283
53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,426,630
54	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,319,961
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,298,579
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,265,132
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,263,476
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,210,413
59	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,141,081
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,012,002
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	991,767
62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	933,380
63	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	904,049
64	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	864,027
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	793,582
66	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	793,102
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	781,291
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	775,651
69	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	750,598
70	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	728,372
71	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	716,926
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	682,857
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	670,342
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	668,033
75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	647,033
76	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	619,892
77	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	612,551
78	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	593,264
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	466,412
80	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	461,863
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	456,000
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	450,428
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	446,972
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	442,941
85	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	434,445
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	403,001
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	392,126
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	380,798
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	344,850
90	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	333,555
91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	330,000
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	329,097
93	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	307,878
94	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	296,035
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	285,900
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	277,200
97	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	261,732
98	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	261,069
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	254,520
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	253,052
101	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	230,836
102	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	211,910
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	203,915
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	197,998
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	195,456
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	179,577
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	175,307
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	172,340
109	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	161,337
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	160,160
111	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	150,697
112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	141,788
113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	139,200
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	133,961
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	116,312
116	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	113,000
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	108,703
118	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	106,168
119	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	104,482
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99,350
121	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	89,193
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88,125
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83,777
124	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	82,643
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79,000
126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	78,432
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	75,922
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	73,265
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	72,464
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	70,000
131	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	69,296
132	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	69,196
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68,895
134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	65,623
135	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	57,025
136	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54,112
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	51,822
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	48,735
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	47,721
140	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	46,720
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43,593
142	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	42,009
143	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	41,521
144	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	39,186
145	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35,753
146	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	29,628
147	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	28,587
148	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	27,154
149	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	26,168
150	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	23,960
151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	22,998
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	22,527
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16,737
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16,100
155	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	14,443
156	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	13,766
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12,909
158	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10,848
159	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,540
160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10,000
161	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	9,270
162	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8,530
163	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,744
164	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	4,536
165	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,437
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	473

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China187,291,913
2United States44,635,035
3Singapore33,869,300
4South Korea24,798,794
5Malaysia22,366,426

Lowest

166Moldova473
165Bermuda4,437
164Greenland4,536
163Dominica7,744
162Nauru8,530

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 444,957. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 166 in both
123 · 39rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

China176,607,144 → 187,291,913+10,684,769
United States42,842,995 → 44,635,035+1,792,040
United Arab Emirates18,657,222 → 20,186,679+1,529,457
Malaysia20,876,442 → 22,366,426+1,489,984
Vietnam8,035,812 → 9,473,429+1,437,617

Fell most

Oman3,921,037 → 3,364,663−556,374
Venezuela1,441,673 → 933,380−508,293
Argentina2,176,939 → 1,738,744−438,195
Dominican Republic1,446,902 → 1,265,132−181,770
Indonesia11,183,911 → 11,005,059−178,852

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 2014.
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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) (2014). Container Port Traffic, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2014

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