Container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Container port traffic was 18.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2019. β² Rising
Container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2011β2019
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
The most recent figure for container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is 18.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 18.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2019 and was at its lowest, 13.69 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2011.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 29th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 26 Egypt 8.58 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
- 30 Greece 5.69 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 31 France 5.37 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 32 Colombia 5.19 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
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- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0038 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa was 18.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2019, according to UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
- What is the highest container port traffic recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 18.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2019.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.69 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2011.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for container port traffic?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2019.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.