Data for 2015

Container Port Traffic, 2015

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2015
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2015, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2015 covers 166 countries. China is highest, at 195,509,165; Moldova is lowest, at 735. The middle country reads 431,974. Against 2014, 162 values changed (94 up, 68 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2015

HighestChina

195,509,165

LowestMoldova

735

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

166countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
165distinct values4 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
derived
1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	195,509,165
2	United States`USA`Northern America	46,496,985
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30,922,300
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25,477,299
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,012,959
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21,238,293
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,094,824
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	20,114,000
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14,988,243
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14,288,388
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,400,607
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	12,318,610
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10,615,391
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,211,290
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,080,049
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,059,579
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9,760,060
18	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,263,315
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,883,542
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8,143,635
21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7,793,767
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,731,627
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,175,424
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,893,886
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,490,063
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5,828,525
27	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,421,307
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,185,000
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,662,479
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,463,203
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,987,251
32	Chile`CHL`South America	3,956,842
33	Colombia`COL`South America	3,843,103
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,736,833
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,662,970
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,120,668
37	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,105,377
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,930,886
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,739,185
40	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,706,324
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,522,000
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,180,852
43	Peru`PER`South America	2,158,030
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,066,344
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,866,808
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,860,908
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,734,397
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,694,426
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,653,272
50	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,544,183
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,468,380
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,457,679
53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,413,646
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,367,055
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,350,920
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,343,841
57	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,210,503
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,130,284
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,076,118
60	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	984,815
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	927,379
62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	910,165
63	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	905,700
64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	860,278
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	840,595
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	827,249
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	814,965
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	811,297
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	790,736
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	758,219
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	753,643
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	743,686
73	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	735,753
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	734,185
75	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	689,012
76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	639,230
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	571,860
78	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	568,166
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	529,724
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	520,825
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	481,815
82	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	480,837
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	471,248
84	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	392,700
85	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	392,000
86	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	379,915
87	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	379,817
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	361,109
89	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	359,420
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	335,200
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	330,713
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	308,639
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	288,000
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	285,900
95	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	277,629
96	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	276,776
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	255,214
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	237,546
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	236,088
100	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	229,279
101	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	209,154
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	201,050
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	195,524
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	193,656
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	190,708
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	178,452
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	178,098
108	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	171,844
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	169,017
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	145,700
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	144,718
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	138,500
113	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	127,803
114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	120,492
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	108,905
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	106,014
=117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	104,000
=117	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	104,000
119	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	102,916
120	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	102,798
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	100,000
122	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	95,190
123	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	90,016
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90,000
125	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	86,508
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	84,393
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83,778
128	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	77,095
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	76,097
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	72,582
131	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	70,288
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	69,088
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	65,000
134	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54,607
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	52,834
136	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52,789
137	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50,408
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49,427
139	Belize`BLZ`Central America	48,141
140	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46,585
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45,000
142	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	41,920
143	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	41,855
144	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	35,342
145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35,149
146	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33,507
147	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	32,387
148	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	27,222
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,136
150	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	24,026
151	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	23,891
152	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	18,643
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16,342
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16,000
155	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	14,949
156	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	13,766
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13,511
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13,212
159	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12,552
160	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,500
161	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	9,815
162	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9,438
163	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	8,632
164	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,361
165	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,437
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	735

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China195,509,165
2United States46,496,985
3Singapore30,922,300
4South Korea25,477,299
5Malaysia24,012,959

Lowest

166Moldova735
165Bermuda4,437
164Dominica7,361
163Greenland8,632
162Nauru9,438

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 431,974. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
162values changed, of 165 in both
94 · 68rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

China187,291,913 → 195,509,165+8,217,252
United States44,635,035 → 46,496,985+1,861,950
Malaysia22,366,426 → 24,012,959+1,646,533
Vietnam9,473,429 → 10,615,391+1,141,962
United Arab Emirates20,186,679 → 21,238,293+1,051,614

Fell most

Singapore33,869,300 → 30,922,300−2,947,000
Hong Kong22,300,000 → 20,114,000−2,186,000
Russia4,993,427 → 3,662,970−1,330,457
Indonesia11,005,059 → 10,080,049−925,010
Germany15,842,604 → 14,988,243−854,361

+ Papua New Guinea

− Libya

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 2015.
165 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 104,000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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.

05The files

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2015). Container Port Traffic, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2015

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