Container port traffic in Congo
Congo: Container port traffic was 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in Congo, 2010–2024
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
In 2024, container port traffic in Congo stood at 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 68.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Congo peaked at 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024 and was at its lowest, 355,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2010.
Congo ranks 68th 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 Congo, year by year
| Year | TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 355,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | — |
| 2011 | 442,202 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +24.6% |
| 2012 | 509,037 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 574,159 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 619,892 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 571,860 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 562,889 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 650,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 739,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 921,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +24.6% |
| 2020 | 930,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.00 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.00 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +4.5% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 762,062 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 242,999 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, 4.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 594,504 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 355,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 921,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 996,158 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 930,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 65 Slovenia 1.13 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 66 Uruguay 1.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 67 Lithuania 1.07 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 69 Cambodia 1.03 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 70 Ukraine 1.02 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 71 Romania 989,795 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
More infrastructure data for Congo
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 95.53 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17,604 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.2917 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0029 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2020)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 17,604 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9553 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Congo?
- Container port traffic in Congo was 1.05 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 355,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2010.
- How does Congo rank for container port traffic?
- Congo ranks 68th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.