What is the difference in container port traffic between Ghana and Nigeria?

135,140 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?

14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.

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.

Ghana vs Nigeria: Container port traffic

Ghana

1.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units

in 2024

Nigeria

1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units

in 2023

Ghana rank

55th

Nigeria rank

57th

Container port traffic over time

Ghana
Nigeria

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 1.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units against 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in Nigeria, a difference of 135,140 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Nigeria ahead.

Ghana ranks 55th and Nigeria ranks 57th of 167 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
2010s	895,635 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units	1.52 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units	621,984 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units	Nigeria
2020s	1.35 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units	1.56 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units	211,712 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher container port traffic, Ghana or Nigeria?: Ghana, at 1.70 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 Ghana and Nigeria?: 135,140 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?: 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Nigeria rank globally for container port traffic?: Ghana ranks 55th 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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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: 20 August 2026

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.