Data for 2019

Container Port Traffic, 2019

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2019
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2019, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2019 covers 162 countries. China is highest, at 237,570,000; Moldova is lowest, at 818. The middle country reads 620,351. Against 2018, 160 values changed (93 up, 67 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2019

HighestChina

237,570,000

LowestMoldova

818

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

162countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
derived
1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	237,570,000
2	United States`USA`Northern America	54,236,516
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	37,195,000
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28,959,959
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26,215,322
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23,276,482
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	18,802,000
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18,360,000
9	India`IND`Southern Asia	17,487,621
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17,464,920
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15,297,028
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,198,050
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,022,386
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,704,578
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12,389,876
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,591,414
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,789,337
18	Brazil`BRA`South America	10,704,669
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10,508,000
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,130,294
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,333,428
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8,905,621
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,778,913
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,403,472
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	7,346,859
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7,230,000
27	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,113,878
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7,000,133
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,151,556
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6,068,803
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,992,918
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,967,133
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,900,767
34	Chile`CHL`South America	4,641,633
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,529,034
36	Colombia`COL`South America	4,316,862
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,430,977
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,150,000
39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,145,919
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,046,483
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,917,000
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,907,005
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,813,023
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,677,239
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,127,042
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,894,225
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,833,964
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,793,990
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,647,609
50	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,628,170
51	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,627,142
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,623,363
53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,529,010
54	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,528,297
55	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,500,611
56	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,451,950
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,417,000
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,340,000
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,300,785
60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,257,907
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,128,353
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,079,247
63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,063,489
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,007,273
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	994,646
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	959,576
67	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	959,000
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	932,729
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	921,000
70	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	917,000
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	880,039
72	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	837,457
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	798,160
74	Honduras`HND`Central America	790,707
75	Uruguay`URY`South America	749,562
76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	726,431
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	703,000
78	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	700,123
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	695,698
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	666,036
81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	639,211
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	601,491
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	510,896
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	474,222
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	469,011
86	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	464,923
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	449,850
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	446,232
89	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	422,597
90	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	418,933
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	411,938
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	389,962
93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	370,493
94	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	348,435
95	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	330,292
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	325,097
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	322,431
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	317,850
99	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	265,098
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	261,934
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	249,472
102	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	248,659
103	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	241,361
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	199,713
105	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	190,200
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	185,000
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	175,370
108	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	154,423
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	154,330
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	149,464
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	145,782
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	145,762
113	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	128,036
114	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	121,366
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	117,901
116	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	111,875
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	109,200
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	107,728
119	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	105,200
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98,435
121	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	92,238
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91,683
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	91,454
124	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	87,575
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	84,458
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	78,413
127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77,436
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	76,854
129	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	76,200
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71,470
131	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	63,870
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	58,543
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	54,359
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53,289
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52,100
136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	49,553
137	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	45,956
138	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	44,952
139	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44,510
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	42,211
141	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42,102
142	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39,238
143	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37,796
144	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	31,214
145	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	30,711
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,700
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27,657
148	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27,453
149	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	25,234
=150	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	18,222
=150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18,222
152	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	16,399
153	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15,744
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13,851
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13,629
156	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10,870
157	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,409
158	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	6,145
159	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5,327
160	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,150
161	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4,006
162	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	818

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China237,570,000
2United States54,236,516
3Singapore37,195,000
4South Korea28,959,959
5Malaysia26,215,322

Lowest

162Moldova818
161Bermuda4,006
160Tuvalu5,150
159Nauru5,327
158Greenland6,145

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 620,351. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
160values changed, of 161 in both
93 · 67rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

China229,127,700 → 237,570,000+8,442,300
Vietnam13,394,390 → 15,297,028+1,902,638
Morocco4,715,747 → 6,068,803+1,353,056
Malaysia24,955,994 → 26,215,322+1,259,328
United States52,994,177 → 54,236,516+1,242,339

Fell most

Hong Kong19,641,000 → 18,360,000−1,281,000
Malta3,414,328 → 2,813,023−601,305
South Africa4,892,423 → 4,529,034−363,389
Argentina2,184,625 → 1,833,964−350,661
Venezuela592,374 → 317,850−274,524

+ Libya

− Curaçao

− Iran

− Papua New Guinea

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 2019.
161 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 18,222. 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 162 countries has every column.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2019). Container Port Traffic, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2019

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