Container port traffic in Bahamas
Bahamas: Container port traffic was 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in Bahamas, 2010–2024
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units for container port traffic in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Bahamas peaked at 1.76 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2021 and was at its lowest, 920,652 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2017.
Bahamas ranks 58th of 167 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 in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.16 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | — |
| 2011 | 1.15 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.23 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 1.43 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 1.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 920,652 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -27.0% |
| 2018 | 1.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +28.5% |
| 2019 | 1.53 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 1.43 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 1.76 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +23.2% |
| 2022 | 1.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 1.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -13.7% |
| 2024 | 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +4.9% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.03 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, 1.5× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 238,409 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, 6.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 920,652 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.53 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.43 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.76 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 55 Ghana 1.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 56 Sweden 1.64 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 57 Nigeria 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 59 Argentina 1.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 60 Qatar 1.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 61 Finland 1.32 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
More infrastructure data for Bahamas
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 387,960 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 96.68 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 93,084 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 23.2 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.232 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 93,084 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9668 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Bahamas?
- Container port traffic in Bahamas was 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024, according to UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
- What is the highest container port traffic recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.76 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2021.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 920,652 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2017.
- How does Bahamas rank for container port traffic?
- Bahamas ranks 58th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), published as part of Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.