Data for 2017

Container Port Traffic, 2017

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2017
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2017, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2017 covers 164 countries. China is highest, at 218,712,874; Moldova is lowest, at 735. The middle country reads 476,310. Against 2016, 159 values changed (124 up, 35 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2017

HighestChina

218,712,874

LowestMoldova

735

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

164countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	218,712,874
2	United States`USA`Northern America	50,196,165
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	33,666,600
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27,420,698
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23,719,787
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22,795,433
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	20,760,000
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	19,089,706
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15,929,902
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	15,450,523
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,163,474
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,992,474
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	12,382,524
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,314,273
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,783,850
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,666,550
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10,239,674
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,001,342
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,938,881
20	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,380,502
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,249,852
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8,082,329
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,991,508
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,899,242
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6,377,236
26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,375,338
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,337,413
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6,200,000
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,964,947
30	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,785,012
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,602,808
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,563,618
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,509,580
34	Chile`CHL`South America	4,407,502
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,303,955
36	Colombia`COL`South America	3,877,937
37	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,284,000
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,245,812
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,198,925
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,124,946
41	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,091,066
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,868,000
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,583,549
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,539,720
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,384,782
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,990,210
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,809,153
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,770,295
49	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,725,198
50	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,630,089
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,560,000
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,557,281
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,489,326
54	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,408,000
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,389,751
56	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,319,572
57	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,305,038
58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,193,841
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,190,000
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,043,469
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,009,755
62	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	964,624
63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	958,488
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	939,427
65	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	928,000
66	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	920,652
67	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	911,528
68	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	907,646
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	823,945
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	820,139
71	Honduras`HND`Central America	797,293
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	796,087
73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	772,800
74	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	764,093
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	735,431
76	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	723,575
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	696,438
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	650,000
79	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	617,266
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	570,500
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	487,336
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	480,619
83	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	472,000
84	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	459,835
85	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	449,712
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	414,657
87	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	400,307
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	386,367
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	379,371
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	354,540
91	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	350,348
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	345,016
93	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	334,693
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	333,000
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	332,240
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	291,958
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	288,235
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	285,900
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	276,944
100	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	229,905
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	228,545
102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	220,000
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	209,903
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	205,991
105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	203,373
106	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	198,681
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	190,756
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	180,838
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	177,141
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	177,122
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	156,000
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	126,313
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	125,000
114	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	119,231
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	118,270
116	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	114,553
117	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	113,000
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	112,318
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107,381
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	107,098
121	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	105,636
122	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	104,747
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	104,573
124	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	98,101
125	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	94,911
126	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	93,921
127	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	92,270
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89,100
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	88,400
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	82,761
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	74,554
132	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	74,194
133	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62,981
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	62,500
135	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	61,940
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	59,004
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	57,663
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	56,819
139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	53,469
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	52,673
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	52,066
142	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	49,149
143	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44,381
144	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43,732
145	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37,584
146	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	34,950
147	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34,943
148	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	31,689
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29,706
150	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	21,914
151	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20,009
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17,502
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	17,311
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13,767
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13,301
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12,552
157	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	11,434
158	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,425
159	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	6,999
160	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	6,500
161	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5,536
162	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	4,626
163	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,437
164	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	735

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China218,712,874
2United States50,196,165
3Singapore33,666,600
4South Korea27,420,698
5Malaysia23,719,787

Lowest

164Moldova735
163Bermuda4,437
162Gibraltar4,626
161Nauru5,536
160Tuvalu6,500

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 476,310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
159values changed, of 163 in both
124 · 35rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

China202,830,580 → 218,712,874+15,882,294
United States46,940,227 → 50,196,165+3,255,938
Singapore30,903,600 → 33,666,600+2,763,000
India13,724,110 → 15,450,523+1,726,413
South Korea25,945,418 → 27,420,698+1,475,280

Fell most

United Arab Emirates20,652,200 → 19,089,706−1,562,494
Malaysia24,569,452 → 23,719,787−849,665
Bahamas1,261,778 → 920,652−341,126
Algeria1,831,056 → 1,725,198−105,858
Guatemala1,470,101 → 1,389,751−80,350

+ Papua New Guinea

− Georgia

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 2017.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2017). Container Port Traffic, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2017

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