Myanmar: Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Myanmar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 2.8% on 2023 (from 761,557 to 782,951).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +8.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 26.4% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 36.6% in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Myanmar had the 76th highest value of the 103 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.

Closest to Myanmar in the 2024 ranking

• Senegal — 73rd of 103: 881,239
• Norway — 74th of 103: 862,983
• Jordan — 75th of 103: 824,199
• Lebanon — 77th of 103: 762,062
• Angola — 78th of 103: 709,221
• Georgia — 79th of 103: 636,497

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 15 values

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 76,200 (2019)
• Australia — 9.58 million (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 99,000 (2023)
• Cambodia — 1.03 million (2024)
• China — 299.7 million (2024)
• Fiji — 145,782 (2019)
• French Polynesia — 84,772 (2022)
• Guam — 190,200 (2019)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 13.69 million (2024)

More infrastructure data for Myanmar

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 558,671 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.03 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 43,257 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 9.93 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 3.54 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 62.31 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 114.33 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 9.35% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 233.94 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

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Questions people ask

What is Myanmar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)?

782,951 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is up 133.48% from 335,346 in 2010 (6.24% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.13 million in 2019 and the lowest 335,346 in 2010.

How does Myanmar rank?

76th highest of 103 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2024, Myanmar's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 2.8% on 2023 (from 761,557 to 782,951). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +8.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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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