Data for 2018

Container Port Traffic, 2018

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2018
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2018, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2018 covers 164 countries. China is highest, at 229,127,700; Moldova is lowest, at 735. The middle country reads 564,741. Against 2017, 158 values changed (109 up, 49 down), 3 countries joined, 3 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2018

HighestChina

229,127,700

LowestMoldova

735

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

164countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	229,127,700
2	United States`USA`Northern America	52,994,177
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36,599,200
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28,874,930
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,955,994
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23,424,446
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	19,641,000
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	18,696,000
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17,165,709
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	16,996,593
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,123,221
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,802,257
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13,394,390
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,616,970
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,503,695
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,801,305
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,620,925
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,371,645
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10,315,140
20	Brazil`BRA`South America	10,061,925
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,859,565
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8,683,456
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,667,914
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7,000,000
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,983,149
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,872,055
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6,763,247
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,701,763
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,395,401
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,051,326
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,892,423
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,726,726
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,715,747
34	Chile`CHL`South America	4,661,486
35	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,210,679
36	Colombia`COL`South America	4,181,330
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,414,328
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,382,305
39	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,249,000
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,168,513
41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,946,955
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,946,000
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,834,296
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,667,974
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,368,914
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,212,486
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,184,625
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,906,487
49	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,844,422
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,833,053
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,600,175
52	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,594,271
53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,560,000
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,530,596
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,492,791
56	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,447,616
57	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,395,730
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,340,000
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,332,990
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,306,283
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,182,836
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,104,101
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,056,785
64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,000,560
65	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	988,499
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	954,528
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	924,596
68	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	859,000
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	845,152
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	833,857
71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	815,345
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	813,164
73	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	802,364
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	797,874
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	749,066
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	743,211
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	739,000
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	705,231
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	674,000
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	668,016
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	618,238
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	592,374
83	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	537,107
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	493,366
85	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	474,393
86	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	451,712
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	451,446
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	438,703
89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	432,207
90	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	416,502
91	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	398,999
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	378,758
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	372,218
94	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	353,300
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	349,722
96	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	348,240
97	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	332,532
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	321,750
99	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	302,126
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	279,466
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	241,716
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	239,576
103	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	237,366
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	230,989
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	182,655
106	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	181,846
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	179,425
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	174,614
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	174,403
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	170,053
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	163,500
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	141,649
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	134,526
114	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	119,133
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	118,750
116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	115,340
117	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	113,125
118	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	110,750
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	110,000
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	106,680
121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	106,038
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,190
123	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	101,100
124	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100,952
125	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	96,738
126	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	90,245
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	84,041
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	83,621
129	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83,288
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	82,253
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	80,462
132	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	70,146
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	61,250
134	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	58,500
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	58,210
136	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	56,317
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55,599
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55,033
139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52,568
140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47,990
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47,729
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47,574
143	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	47,433
144	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	42,096
145	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38,007
146	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	37,260
147	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37,091
148	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35,039
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	33,657
150	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	32,195
151	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	28,826
152	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	23,887
153	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20,059
154	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18,107
155	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	17,115
156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15,998
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14,716
158	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13,492
159	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	7,607
160	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,393
161	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	6,999
162	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	6,188
163	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,437
164	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	735

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China229,127,700
2United States52,994,177
3Singapore36,599,200
4South Korea28,874,930
5Malaysia24,955,994

Lowest

164Moldova735
163Bermuda4,437
162Tuvalu6,188
161Greenland6,999
160Dominica7,393

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 564,741. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −3countries joined / left
158values changed, of 161 in both
109 · 49rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

China218,712,874 → 229,127,700+10,414,826
Singapore33,666,600 → 36,599,200+2,932,600
United States50,196,165 → 52,994,177+2,798,012
India15,450,523 → 16,996,593+1,546,070
South Korea27,420,698 → 28,874,930+1,454,232

Fell most

Hong Kong20,760,000 → 19,641,000−1,119,000
Iran3,091,066 → 2,368,914−722,152
Oman4,785,012 → 4,210,679−574,333
United Arab Emirates19,089,706 → 18,696,000−393,706
Uruguay939,427 → 797,874−141,553

+ Georgia

+ Mozambique

+ French Polynesia

− Austria

− Cayman Islands

− 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 2018.
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UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2018). Container Port Traffic, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2018

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