Busiest Container Ports in the World 2024
Key Findings
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Shanghai leads in Container throughput (thousand TEU) with 51,506 in 2024.
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Average Container throughput (thousand TEU) in 2024: 24,377 · median: 23,290.
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Gap in 2024: Shanghai is 4.2× larger than Tanjung Pelepas.
About This Dataset
Busiest Container Ports in the World 2024
Container ports are ranked by throughput in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), the standard measure of shipping containers handled. This chart ranks the busiest individual container ports in the world by throughput in 2024, in thousands of TEU.
Analysis
Shanghai handled 51,506 thousand TEU in 2024, the most of any port, 1.25 times the 41,124 thousand of Singapore. 7 of the 15 ports shown are in China. Together they handled 365,659 thousand TEU; the smallest total on this chart, Tanjung Pelepas, was 12,253 thousand.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia - List of busiest container ports
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2024 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Container throughput (thousand TEU)
- Last updated
- 10 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
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