Mozambique's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) was 489,000 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 100% from 244,500 in 2013 (7.18% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 489,000 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 372,218 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 244,500 | 2013 |
| Highest | 489,000 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 220,000 | 2011 |
| Average since 2014 | 395,512 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 220,000 | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Mozambique's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 16.3% on 2022 (from 420,500 to 489,000).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +7.3% and a typical year strayed about 8.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20.9% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.6% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 19,682 a year. A straight line explains 92% of the movement over 8 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 2023, Mozambique had the 3rd highest value of the 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 489,000 | 2023 |
| World | 913.28 million | 2024 |
Closest to Mozambique in the 2023 ranking
- Nigeria — 1st of 12: 1.57 million
- Trinidad and Tobago — 2nd of 12: 545,177
- Libya — 4th of 12: 465,168
- Iceland — 5th of 12: 425,000
- Guinea — 6th of 12: 286,286
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 11 values
| Year | Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 489,000 |
| 2022 | 420,500 |
| 2021 | 440,582 |
| 2020 | 417,459 |
| 2019 | 411,938 |
| 2018 | 372,218 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 335,200 |
| 2014 | 277,200 |
| 2013 |
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 Mozambique
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 28,329 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.08 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 17.14 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 49.5 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 12,839 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 3.02 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 680,108 (2023)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 7.06% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 20.53% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mozambique's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)?
- 489,000 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 122.27% from 220,000 in 2011 (6.88% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 489,000 in 2023 and the lowest 220,000 in 2011.
- How does Mozambique rank?
- 3rd highest of 12 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) unusual for Mozambique?
- In 2023, Mozambique's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 16.3% on 2022 (from 420,500 to 489,000). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +7.3% and a typical year strayed about 8.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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