Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Container port traffic

Costa Rica
1.72 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2024
Nigeria
1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
54th
Nigeria rank
57th

Container port traffic over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Nigeria
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M201020172024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.72 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units against 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in Nigeria, a difference of 151,330 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Nigeria ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 54th and Nigeria ranks 57th of 167 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Nigeria Difference Ahead
2010s 1.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 1.52 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 235,436 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units Nigeria
2020s 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 1.56 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 9,632 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher container port traffic, Costa Rica or Nigeria?
Costa Rica, at 1.72 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units against 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in container port traffic between Costa Rica and Nigeria?
151,330 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?
14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Nigeria rank globally for container port traffic?
Costa Rica ranks 54th and Nigeria ranks 57th of 167 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), published as Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Unit
TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Source
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 2,791 data points, 2005–2024
Last refreshed

Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes, and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.