Data for 2016

Container Port Traffic, 2016

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2016
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2016, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2016 covers 164 countries. China is highest, at 202,830,580; Moldova is lowest, at 735. The middle country reads 435,214. Against 2015, 156 values changed (99 up, 57 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2016

HighestChina

202,830,580

LowestMoldova

735

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

164countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
164distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	202,830,580
2	United States`USA`Northern America	46,940,227
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30,903,600
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25,945,418
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,569,452
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,678,076
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20,652,200
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	19,580,000
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,126,366
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15,073,218
11	India`IND`Southern Asia	13,724,110
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,612,142
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11,282,230
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,608,853
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,589,293
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,321,506
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10,200,229
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,340,560
19	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,804,079
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8,760,769
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,830,344
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7,683,202
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,560,607
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,261,878
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5,887,541
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,734,000
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5,727,822
28	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,678,854
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,471,870
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,354,666
31	Chile`CHL`South America	4,170,283
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,106,683
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,088,425
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,943,846
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,472,382
36	Colombia`COL`South America	3,452,348
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,151,939
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,074,000
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,000,696
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,912,946
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,711,000
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,462,028
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,387,953
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,321,062
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,032,761
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,907,090
47	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,831,056
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,713,267
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,567,442
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,509,886
51	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,509,479
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,486,227
53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,470,101
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,338,979
55	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,272,000
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,261,778
57	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,210,500
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,147,219
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,091,000
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,026,216
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	987,400
62	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	944,432
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	942,463
64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	916,833
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	888,119
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	885,750
67	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	844,000
68	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	821,639
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	792,841
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	756,641
71	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	716,916
72	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	715,076
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	711,339
74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	680,623
75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	630,290
76	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	572,298
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	562,889
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	540,000
79	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	527,952
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	489,670
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	465,355
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	443,000
83	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	427,427
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	424,602
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	400,962
86	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	400,187
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	388,514
88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	388,260
89	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	370,000
90	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	360,841
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	325,319
92	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	310,500
93	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	308,660
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	285,900
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	268,208
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	253,415
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	251,011
98	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	246,596
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	244,524
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	220,860
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	206,111
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	204,177
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	203,071
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	202,165
105	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	198,209
106	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	181,636
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	176,879
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	176,167
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	156,900
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	146,000
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	138,850
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	132,215
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	124,050
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	118,829
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	115,887
116	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	114,498
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	112,500
118	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	108,500
119	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	105,321
120	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	104,800
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	98,652
122	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98,606
123	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	98,278
124	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	97,991
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89,063
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	84,702
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	81,744
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	73,310
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	72,523
130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	67,523
131	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	65,970
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	62,112
133	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	60,718
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	60,000
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	59,133
136	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	52,543
137	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51,613
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	50,476
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49,177
140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49,005
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46,040
142	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	44,990
143	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38,430
144	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	38,383
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	34,588
146	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33,520
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	31,323
148	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	30,211
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26,382
150	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	22,490
151	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	19,634
152	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	18,621
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18,236
154	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	16,193
155	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	15,844
156	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14,281
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13,216
158	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12,552
159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	9,815
160	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	8,632
161	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,361
162	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	7,033
163	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,437
164	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	735

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China202,830,580
2United States46,940,227
3Singapore30,903,600
4South Korea25,945,418
5Malaysia24,569,452

Lowest

164Moldova735
163Bermuda4,437
162Nauru7,033
161Dominica7,361
160Greenland8,632

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 435,214. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
156values changed, of 163 in both
99 · 57rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

China195,509,165 → 202,830,580+7,321,415
India12,318,610 → 13,724,110+1,405,500
Oman3,105,377 → 3,943,846+838,469
Spain14,288,388 → 15,073,218+784,830
Vietnam10,615,391 → 11,282,230+666,839

Fell most

Panama6,893,886 → 6,261,878−632,008
Egypt6,490,063 → 5,887,541−602,522
United Arab Emirates21,238,293 → 20,652,200−586,093
Hong Kong20,114,000 → 19,580,000−534,000
Brazil9,263,315 → 8,804,079−459,236

+ Libya

− Mozambique

− Papua New Guinea

− French Polynesia

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 2016.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2016). Container Port Traffic, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2016

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