Container port traffic in Euro area

Euro area: Container port traffic was 94.52 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
94.52 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Change on year
up 5.9%
Rank
17th
of 41 groups
All-time high
96.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2021
All-time low
69.73 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2010
Years of data
15
2010–2024

Container port traffic in Euro area, 2010–2024

020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M2010201720242010: 69.7M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2011: 75.2M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2012: 77.0M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2013: 78.4M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2014: 81.6M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2015: 81.1M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2016: 83.8M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2017: 88.3M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2018: 92.3M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2019: 93.8M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2020: 90.8M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2021: 96.4M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2022: 93.8M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2023: 89.3M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2024: 94.5M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units

Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.

Analysis

In 2024, container port traffic in Euro area stood at 94.52 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, container port traffic in Euro area peaked at 96.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2021 and was at its lowest, 69.73 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2010.

Euro area ranks 17th of 41 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 82.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 69.73 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 93.77 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 10
2020s 92.96 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 89.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 96.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 5

Countries ranked near Euro area

  1. 14 Hong Kong 13.69 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  2. 15 Turkey 13.51 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  3. 16 Germany 13.29 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  4. 17 Belgium 12.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  5. 18 Italy 11.93 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  6. 19 Morocco 11.79 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  7. 20 Thailand 11.43 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is container port traffic in Euro area?
Container port traffic in Euro area was 94.52 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 Euro area?
The highest recorded value was 96.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2021.
What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Euro area?
The lowest recorded value was 69.73 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2010.
How does Euro area rank for container port traffic?
Euro area ranks 17th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
Is container port traffic rising or falling in Euro area?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Euro area 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

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

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.