Data for 2022

Container Port Traffic, 2022

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2022
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2022, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2022 covers 115 countries. China is highest, at 268,790,000; Grenada is lowest, at 20,299. The middle country reads 1,408,804. Against 2021, 109 values changed (55 up, 54 down), 3 countries joined, 6 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2022

HighestChina

268,790,000

LowestGrenada

20,299

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

115countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
derived
1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	268,790,000
2	United States`USA`Northern America	61,191,458
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	37,289,600
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28,502,044
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27,293,935
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22,462,583
7	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20,519,284
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20,391,675
9	India`IND`Southern Asia	19,717,168
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17,161,676
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	16,573,000
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,929,333
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13,733,867
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,281,232
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,366,172
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12,334,925
17	Brazil`BRA`South America	11,683,239
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11,577,612
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,497,112
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10,469,213
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9,749,676
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,377,619
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,258,516
24	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,840,340
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	8,518,425
26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,307,884
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,646,643
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7,075,877
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6,860,000
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,707,876
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,593,633
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,228,483
33	Colombia`COL`South America	4,480,670
34	Chile`CHL`South America	4,203,293
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,053,350
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,914,304
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,426,030
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,383,580
39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,200,236
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,153,877
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,118,000
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,061,848
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,993,799
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,865,239
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,333,272
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,137,500
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,043,326
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,952,879
49	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,702,995
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,667,161
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,660,504
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,631,248
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,594,323
54	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,566,109
55	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,530,969
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,446,004
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,430,000
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,408,804
59	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,398,600
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,244,245
61	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,154,803
62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,083,605
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,080,445
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,079,406
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,047,941
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,017,798
67	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,000,000
68	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	933,300
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	923,321
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	852,554
71	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	846,426
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	772,046
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	750,148
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	738,000
75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	700,000
76	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	678,333
77	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	635,000
78	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	544,015
79	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	498,544
80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	477,357
81	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	471,684
82	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	434,218
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	431,420
84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	428,760
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	420,500
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	407,825
87	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	383,435
88	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	371,740
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	368,498
90	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	360,000
91	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	338,412
92	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	288,208
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	261,080
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	254,854
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	242,307
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	200,297
97	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	200,000
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	180,878
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	168,278
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	153,390
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	132,965
102	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	104,000
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	103,874
104	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	100,835
105	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	97,000
106	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	84,772
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	82,871
108	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	64,771
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47,264
110	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45,680
111	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	40,829
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	38,973
113	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	28,000
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	23,830
115	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	20,299

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China268,790,000
2United States61,191,458
3Singapore37,289,600
4South Korea28,502,044
5Malaysia27,293,935

Lowest

115Grenada20,299
114Saint Vincent and the Grenadines23,830
113Antigua and Barbuda28,000
112Saint Lucia38,973
111Cayman Islands40,829

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,408,804. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −6countries joined / left
109values changed, of 112 in both
55 · 54rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

China256,945,700 → 268,790,000+11,844,300
United Arab Emirates19,236,164 → 20,391,675+1,155,511
Vietnam19,821,048 → 20,519,284+698,236
Saudi Arabia9,875,946 → 10,469,213+593,267
Philippines8,674,859 → 9,258,516+583,657

Fell most

Russia5,260,849 → 3,914,304−1,346,545
South Korea29,786,900 → 28,502,044−1,284,856
Hong Kong17,772,000 → 16,573,000−1,199,000
Germany14,710,963 → 13,733,867−977,096
Malaysia28,261,849 → 27,293,935−967,914

+ Cayman Islands

+ Algeria

+ Papua New Guinea

− Guyana

− Montenegro

− New Caledonia

− Sudan

− Ukraine

− Venezuela

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 2022.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2022). Container Port Traffic, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2022

0615 held

Other years

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Container Port Traffic, 2021
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Container Port Traffic, 2023
110 countries
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Container Port Traffic: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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