Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) was 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in Upper middle income, 2010–2024
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
In 2024, container port traffic in Upper middle income stood at 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 55.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Upper middle income peaked at 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024 and was at its lowest, 225.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2010.
Upper middle income ranks 7th of 41 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 225.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | — |
| 2011 | 250.68 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 269.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 283.22 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 298.97 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 310.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 321.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 345.24 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 364.86 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 376.02 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 374.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 403.07 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 414.98 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 427.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 304.66 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 225.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 376.02 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 417.02 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 374.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
- 4 South Korea 31.85 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 5 Malaysia 30.66 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 6 Vietnam 24.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 7 India 23.90 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 8 United Arab Emirates 23.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 9 Japan 21.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 10 Spain 18.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Upper middle income?
- Container port traffic in Upper middle income was 465.50 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 Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 225.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2010.
- How does Upper middle income rank for container port traffic?
- Upper middle income ranks 7th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.