Madagascar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) was 199,713 in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 50.98% from 132,278 in 2009 (4.21% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 199,713 | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 139,200 | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | 132,278 | 2009 |
| Highest | 220,000 | 2017 |
| Lowest | 112,427 | 2007 |
| Average since 2010 | 157,239 | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 112,427 | 2007 |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Madagascar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 11.3% on 2018 (from 179,425 to 199,713).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2018), the average change was +6% and a typical year strayed about 20.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 58.4% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 18.4% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 7,300 a year. A straight line explains 51% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Madagascar had the 3rd highest value of the 32 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 199,713 | 2019 |
| World | 913.28 million | 2024 |
Closest to Madagascar in the 2019 ranking
- Iraq — 1st of 32: 932,729
- Benin — 2nd of 32: 510,896
- Guam — 4th of 32: 190,200
- Seychelles — 5th of 32: 154,423
- Fiji — 6th of 32: 145,782
What this measures
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.
Limitations: Measures of port container traffic, much of it commodities of medium to high value added, give some indication of economic growth in a country. But when traffic is merely transshipment, much of the economic benefit goes to the terminal operator and ancillary services for ships and containers rather than to the country more broadly. In transshipment centers empty containers may account for as much as 40 percent of traffic. Data cover 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 13 values
| Year | Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 199,713 |
| 2018 | 179,425 |
| 2017 | 220,000 |
| 2016 | 138,850 |
| 2015 | 138,500 |
| 2014 | 139,200 |
| 2013 | 137,800 |
| 2012 | 131,600 |
| 2011 | 146,200 |
| 2010 | 141,100 |
| 2009 |
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in nearby economies
- Angola — 709,221 (2024)
- Benin — 510,896 (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 89,382 (2024)
- Cameroon — 350,000 (2024)
- Comoros — 54,359 (2019)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 42,211 (2019)
- Congo, Rep. — 1.05 million (2024)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 1.8 million (2024)
- Equatorial Guinea — 13,851 (2019)
- Gabon
More infrastructure data for Madagascar
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 3,413 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.01 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 5,367 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 2.49 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 313,313 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 23.54 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 75.46 (2023)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$353.26 million (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 21.26% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Madagascar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)?
- 199,713 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is up 77.64% from 112,427 in 2007 (4.9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 220,000 in 2017 and the lowest 112,427 in 2007.
- How does Madagascar rank?
- 3rd highest of 32 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) unusual for Madagascar?
- In 2019, Madagascar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 11.3% on 2018 (from 179,425 to 199,713). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2018), the average change was +6% and a typical year strayed about 20.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IS.SHP.GOOD.TU, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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