Container port traffic in Egypt
Egypt: Container port traffic was 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in Egypt, 2010–2024
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
In 2024, container port traffic in Egypt stood at 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Egypt peaked at 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2016.
That places Egypt 26th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Container port traffic in Egypt, year by year
| Year | TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6.72 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | — |
| 2011 | 7.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 6.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 6.46 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 6.98 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 6.49 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 5.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 6.34 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 6.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 7.40 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 7.56 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 7.23 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 7.65 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 8.36 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +2.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 762,062 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, 11.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, 6.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.66 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 7.40 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 7.23 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 23 Panama 9.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 24 Mexico 9.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 25 Philippines 9.22 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 27 Saudi Arabia 8.03 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 28 Sri Lanka 7.78 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 29 Canada 6.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
More infrastructure data for Egypt
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 113.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 97.13 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 13.25 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.37 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1137 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 6.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 13.25 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9713 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Egypt?
- Container port traffic in Egypt was 8.58 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2016.
- How does Egypt rank for container port traffic?
- Egypt ranks 26th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.