Data for 2021

Container Port Traffic, 2021

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2021
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2021, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2021 covers 118 countries. China is highest, at 256,945,700; Grenada is lowest, at 19,505. The middle country reads 1,276,022. Against 2020, 115 values changed (88 up, 27 down), 2 countries joined, 9 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2021

HighestChina

256,945,700

LowestGrenada

19,505

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

118countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
118distinct valueswhole numbers, 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	256,945,700
2	United States`USA`Northern America	60,874,671
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	37,571,200
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	29,786,900
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28,261,849
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22,353,354
7	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19,821,048
8	India`IND`Southern Asia	19,561,769
9	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	19,236,164
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17,772,000
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17,712,459
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,781,756
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14,710,963
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13,095,258
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,906,100
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,591,327
17	Brazil`BRA`South America	11,801,530
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11,303,247
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,436,689
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10,290,181
21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9,875,946
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,254,828
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,674,859
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	8,623,927
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,448,850
26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,852,417
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7,250,000
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,226,065
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7,169,607
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,077,102
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,522,541
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5,260,849
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,238,968
34	Colombia`COL`South America	4,901,510
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,415,223
36	Chile`CHL`South America	4,335,451
37	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,548,000
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,294,407
39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,271,732
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,249,262
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,187,943
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,132,678
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,075,918
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,874,109
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,370,031
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,184,754
47	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,986,131
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,975,401
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,798,923
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,761,742
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,735,500
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,635,183
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,604,724
54	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,566,109
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,543,591
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,523,198
57	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,490,218
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,435,565
59	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,409,037
60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,143,007
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,054,552
62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,042,418
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,022,376
64	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,003,734
65	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	997,000
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	977,922
67	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	881,238
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	824,876
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	769,358
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	765,662
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	732,387
72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	700,000
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	694,016
74	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	692,000
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	666,775
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	640,263
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	631,964
78	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	628,348
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	469,658
80	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	440,582
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	436,398
82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	434,146
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	422,100
84	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	418,711
85	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	410,393
86	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	404,904
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	401,269
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	379,623
89	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	360,512
90	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	360,000
91	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	320,274
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	319,131
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	294,326
94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	246,352
95	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	245,160
96	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	226,689
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	221,801
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	193,900
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	172,544
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	155,980
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	154,474
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	144,129
103	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	110,430
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	109,600
105	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	107,834
106	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	93,899
107	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	92,640
108	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	80,220
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	79,754
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	58,377
111	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	57,062
112	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43,933
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42,478
114	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	38,352
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	35,538
116	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	29,000
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21,000
118	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	19,505

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China256,945,700
2United States60,874,671
3Singapore37,571,200
4South Korea29,786,900
5Malaysia28,261,849

Lowest

118Grenada19,505
117Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21,000
116Antigua and Barbuda29,000
115Saint Lucia35,538
114Montenegro38,352

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,276,022. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −9countries joined / left
115values changed, of 116 in both
88 · 27rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

China240,480,000 → 256,945,700+16,465,700
United States53,059,014 → 60,874,671+7,815,657
Vietnam16,394,723 → 19,821,048+3,426,325
India17,597,062 → 19,561,769+1,964,707
Malaysia26,669,483 → 28,261,849+1,592,366

Fell most

Myanmar1,095,247 → 694,016−401,231
Egypt7,564,385 → 7,226,065−338,320
New Zealand3,445,621 → 3,249,262−196,359
Hong Kong17,953,000 → 17,772,000−181,000
Djibouti860,000 → 692,000−168,000

+ Montenegro

+ New Caledonia

− Switzerland

− Dominica

− Algeria

− Guinea

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Kuwait

− Papua New Guinea

− Paraguay

− Syria

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

Read before you use

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 2021.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2021). Container Port Traffic, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2021

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