Container port traffic: TEUs) in Ghana
Ghana: Container port traffic: TEUs) was 1.70 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic, maritime transport in Ghana, 2010–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for container port traffic, maritime transport in Ghana is 1.70 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.7% on the previous year and up 114.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic, maritime transport in Ghana peaked at 1.70 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 643,188, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 62nd of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Container port traffic: TEUs) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 643,188 | — |
| 2011 | 813,494 | +26.5% |
| 2012 | 882,877 | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 894,362 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 793,582 | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 840,595 | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 942,463 | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 1.01 million | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1.08 million | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.32 million | +22.7% |
| 2021 | 1.60 million | +21.2% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million | -22.5% |
| 2023 | 1.23 million | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.70 million | +38.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1.70 million is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.03 million, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1.70 million is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 709,221, 2.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 895,635 | 643,188 | 1.08 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million | 1.23 million | 1.70 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 59 Côte d'Ivoire 1.80 million compare
- 59 Cote d'Ivoire 1.80 million compare
- 61 Costa Rica 1.72 million compare
- 63 Sweden 1.64 million compare
- 64 Nigeria 1.57 million compare
- 65 Bahamas 1.54 million compare
More infrastructure data for Ghana
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 39.13 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 113.65 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 269,356 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.7824 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0078 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -15.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 269,356 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.14 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic, maritime transport in Ghana?
- Container port traffic, maritime transport in Ghana was 1.70 million in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest container port traffic, maritime transport recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.70 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest container port traffic, maritime transport recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 643,188 in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for container port traffic, maritime transport?
- Ghana ranks 62nd out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic, maritime transport rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Container port traffic, maritime transport (twenty-foot equivalent units - TEUs). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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