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Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

Approved annual country observations for 2024. This indicator reports IS.SHP.GOOD.TU; it is not a live freight rate, cargo flow forecast or shipping schedule.

Dataset
IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
Indicator
annual · country · TEU
Periods
2024
Published
1 approved periods
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Retrieved
2026-10-09
World Bank, World Development Indicators

Approved observations

annual · TEU · country

2024 · TEU · Published values by location

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units): 2024Published values in TEU. Bars start at zero. Exact observations are available in the table and CSV.China: 299,703,800 TEUChina299,703,800United States: 59,707,490 TEUUnited States59,707,490United Arab Emirates: 23,466,906 TEUUnited Arab Emirates23,466,906Germany: 13,294,081 TEUGermany13,294,081United Kingdom: 9,621,469 TEUUnited Kingdom9,621,469

The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units). Data source: UNCTAD. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Original source · CC BY 4.0

Observation period: 2024 · Unit: TEU · Last source retrieval: 2026-10-09 · Values reproduced without numeric transformation.

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) — approved observations (first 10)
GeographyPeriodValueUnit
United States202459,707,490TEU
United Kingdom20249,621,469TEU
Germany202413,294,081TEU
China2024299,703,800TEU
United Arab Emirates202423,466,906TEU

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Data source and methodology

Original dataset
IS.SHP.GOOD.TU · World Bank, World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0 · Publication clearance recorded in the approved source registry
Indicator definition
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units); reported at country level, in TEU, at annual frequency. Methodology / baseline: worldbank-wdi-annual-country-teu-v1.
Periods and retrieval
2010–2024 · source retrieved 2026-10-09 · DDP Atlas verified 2026-10-10

DDP Atlas reports the source definition, unit and geography as provided. These statistics are not shipment quotes, and missing periods are not interpolated.

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