Data for 2023

Container Port Traffic, 2023

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2023
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2023, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2023 covers 110 countries. China is highest, at 278,759,834; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is lowest, at 20,299. The middle country reads 1,483,316. Against 2022, 107 values changed (60 up, 47 down), 2 countries joined, 7 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2023

HighestChina

278,759,834

LowestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

20,299

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

110countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
110distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
derived
1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	278,759,834
2	United States`USA`Northern America	54,618,858
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39,010,000
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	30,003,141
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28,246,849
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	22,208,000
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21,531,172
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,499,023
9	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21,069,746
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16,380,201
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14,345,000
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,111,298
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,734,424
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12,608,856
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,554,581
16	Brazil`BRA`South America	11,613,563
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,482,434
18	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11,379,951
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11,303,925
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,313,980
21	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9,964,417
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,283,435
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9,090,140
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,803,874
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,360,875
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	8,322,863
27	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,319,202
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6,940,000
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6,102,646
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,926,627
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,869,539
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,608,110
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,586,171
34	Colombia`COL`South America	4,503,448
35	Chile`CHL`South America	4,322,878
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,123,821
37	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,225,732
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,189,770
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,184,218
40	Peru`PER`South America	3,144,220
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,123,896
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,995,174
43	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,909,000
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,907,257
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,604,311
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,101,589
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,995,000
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,907,439
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,768,269
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,658,363
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,623,080
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,598,378
53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,566,109
54	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,545,930
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,490,437
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,476,195
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,469,256
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,368,831
59	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,349,400
60	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,318,414
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,226,635
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,120,000
63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,097,574
64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,066,093
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,050,804
66	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,001,000
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	926,423
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	907,410
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	898,736
70	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	886,831
71	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	882,560
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	848,276
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	830,201
74	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	797,778
75	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	761,557
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	701,550
77	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	662,054
78	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	555,336
79	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	545,177
80	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	489,000
81	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	468,895
82	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	465,168
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	448,527
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	444,714
85	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	425,000
86	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	404,097
87	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	389,864
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	348,470
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	286,286
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	282,160
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	281,140
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	256,043
93	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	221,405
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	201,888
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	184,017
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	173,279
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	160,883
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	155,815
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	104,511
100	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	101,300
101	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99,000
102	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	98,051
103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	83,828
104	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	64,753
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44,676
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	37,054
107	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	35,085
108	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	29,000
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21,279
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20,299

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China278,759,834
2United States54,618,858
3Singapore39,010,000
4South Korea30,003,141
5Malaysia28,246,849

Lowest

110Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20,299
109Belize21,279
108Antigua and Barbuda29,000
107Montenegro35,085
106Saint Lucia37,054

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,483,316. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −7countries joined / left
107values changed, of 108 in both
60 · 47rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

China268,790,000 → 278,759,834+9,969,834
India19,717,168 → 22,208,000+2,490,832
Singapore37,289,600 → 39,010,000+1,720,400
South Korea28,502,044 → 30,003,141+1,501,097
United Arab Emirates20,391,675 → 21,531,172+1,139,497

Fell most

United States61,191,458 → 54,618,858−6,572,600
Hong Kong16,573,000 → 14,345,000−2,228,000
Germany13,733,867 → 12,608,856−1,125,011
Canada7,075,877 → 6,102,646−973,231
Japan22,462,583 → 21,499,023−963,560

+ Guinea

+ Montenegro

− Cayman Islands

− Grenada

− Lebanon

− Papua New Guinea

− French Polynesia

− Tanzania

− Yemen

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 2023.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 110 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2023). Container Port Traffic, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2023

0615 held

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