Data for 2024

Container Port Traffic, 2024

Name: Container Port Traffic, 2024
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2024, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Container Port Traffic, 2024 covers 103 countries. China is highest, at 299,703,800; Montenegro is lowest, at 17,263. The middle country reads 1,827,788. Against 2023, 98 values changed (78 up, 20 down), 5 countries joined, 12 left.

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Container Port Traffic · Data for 2024

HighestChina

299,703,800

LowestMontenegro

17,263

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

103countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
103distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
derived
1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	299,703,800
2	United States`USA`Northern America	59,707,490
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	41,124,100
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31,850,924
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30,659,850
6	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24,423,183
7	India`IND`Southern Asia	23,898,000
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23,466,906
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,886,683
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18,114,517
11	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,709,550
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,517,179
13	Brazil`BRA`South America	13,893,906
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13,690,000
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,507,070
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13,294,081
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12,395,047
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11,927,016
19	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11,789,130
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,432,626
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9,621,469
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,579,396
23	Panama`PAN`Central America	9,570,767
24	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,284,170
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,216,842
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,581,339
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8,029,571
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7,782,776
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6,394,038
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,691,448
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,371,045
32	Colombia`COL`South America	5,188,127
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5,187,096
34	Chile`CHL`South America	4,474,125
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,303,682
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,246,786
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,541,777
38	Peru`PER`South America	3,477,011
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,371,175
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,353,732
41	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,338,000
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,270,784
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,059,136
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,967,924
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,921,359
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,567,040
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,349,405
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,110,608
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,010,490
50	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,006,435
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,005,076
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,827,788
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,802,000
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,717,439
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,701,246
56	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,640,487
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,540,740
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,471,434
59	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,421,000
60	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,317,452
61	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,300,000
62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,293,000
63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,209,552
64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,133,340
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,115,000
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,068,771
67	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,046,064
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,030,000
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	989,795
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	985,000
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	935,848
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	905,497
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	881,239
74	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	862,983
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	824,199
76	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	782,951
77	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	762,062
78	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	709,221
79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	636,497
80	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	532,451
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	491,955
82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	490,971
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	468,254
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	409,382
85	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	386,498
86	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	380,000
87	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	350,000
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	296,350
89	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	261,822
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	255,017
91	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	201,514
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	180,878
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	171,151
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	167,682
95	Suriname`SUR`South America	105,949
96	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	98,100
97	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	89,382
98	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	64,800
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53,017
100	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	46,658
101	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	28,000
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24,416
103	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17,263

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China299,703,800
2United States59,707,490
3Singapore41,124,100
4South Korea31,850,924
5Malaysia30,659,850

Lowest

103Montenegro17,263
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24,416
101Antigua and Barbuda28,000
100Cayman Islands46,658
99Samoa53,017

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,827,788. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −12countries joined / left
98values changed, of 98 in both
78 · 20rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China278,759,834 → 299,703,800+20,943,966
United States54,618,858 → 59,707,490+5,088,632
Vietnam21,069,746 → 24,423,183+3,353,437
Malaysia28,246,849 → 30,659,850+2,413,001
Brazil11,613,563 → 13,893,906+2,280,343

Fell most

Saudi Arabia11,379,951 → 8,029,571−3,350,380
Hong Kong14,345,000 → 13,690,000−655,000
Oman4,608,110 → 4,246,786−361,324
Greece5,926,627 → 5,691,448−235,179
Jordan898,736 → 824,199−74,537

+ Cayman Islands

+ Iran

+ Lebanon

+ Tanzania

+ Yemen

− Albania

− Belize

− Barbados

− Brunei

− Cuba

− Guinea

− Iceland

− Libya

− Saint Lucia

− Mozambique

− Nigeria

− Trinidad and Tobago

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 2024.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 103 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2024). Container Port Traffic, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/container-port-traffic/2024

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