World's Busiest Container Ports 2024

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World's Busiest Container Ports 2024

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Key Findings

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Shanghai (China) leads in Container Traffic (Million TEU) with 49.20 in 2024.

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Average Container Traffic (Million TEU) in 2024: 30.21 · median: 28.

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Gap in 2024: Shanghai (China) is 3.4× larger than Hong Kong.

About This Dataset

World's Busiest Container Ports 2024

Ports ranked by total container throughput in 2024, measured in millions of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Shanghai has been the world's busiest container port for over a decade, handling nearly 50 million TEU annually — a figure that reflects China's extraordinary role as the world's manufacturing hub and the port's position as a gateway to the Yangtze River economic belt serving 400 million people.

Analysis

Shanghai (China) (49.2), Singapore (39) and Ningbo-Zhoushan (China) (35.5) take the top three in Container Traffic (Million TEU) in 2024. Values run from 49.2 at the top to 14.5 at the bottom, a spread of 34.7. First and second are separated by 10.2, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 35.5 down to 14.5.

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

49.20

Shanghai (China)

Container Traffic (Million TEU) · 2024

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Container Traffic (Million TEU)

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2024

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
Measure: Container Traffic (Million TEU)
Last updated: 6 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.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Container Traffic (Million TEU) · ranked by 2024

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#	Category	2024
🥇	Shanghai (China)	49.20
🥈	Singapore	39
🥉	Ningbo-Zhoushan (China)	35.50
4	Shenzhen (China)	30
5	Guangzhou (China)	26
6	Qingdao (China)	25
7	Busan (South Korea)	22.50
8	Hong Kong	14.50

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Shanghai Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Singapore Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Ningbo-Zhoushan Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Shenzhen Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Guangzhou Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Qingdao Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Busan Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Hong_Kong Visit ↗

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ANYSTAT. (2026). World's Busiest Container Ports 2024 [Data set]. Data: Wikipedia. https://anystat.ai/stats/289/worlds-busiest-container-ports-2024

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