Syrian Arab Republic: Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Syrian Arab Republic's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) fell 25.1% on 2019 (from 325,097 to 243,348).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2019), the average change was −3.4% and a typical year strayed about 23.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 31.1% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 43.2% in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Syrian Arab Republic in the 2020 ranking

• Kuwait — 1st of 6: 863,618
• Switzerland — 3rd of 6: 114,075
• Paraguay — 4th of 6: 37,901
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 5th of 6: 13,560

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

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

• Algeria — 1.83 million (2024)
• Bahrain — 409,382 (2024)
• Djibouti — 1.29 million (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 8.58 million (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2.92 million (2024)
• Iraq — 932,729 (2019)
• Israel — 3.06 million (2024)
• Jordan — 824,199 (2024)
• Kuwait — 863,618 (2020)
• Lebanon

More infrastructure data for Syrian Arab Republic

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2.84 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 11.52 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 5,131 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 1.55 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 610,745 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 17.57 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 71.22 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 22.66% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

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Questions people ask

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

243,348 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 58.49% from 586,283 in 2010 (8.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 586,283 in 2010 and the lowest 194,179 in 2013.

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

In 2020, Syrian Arab Republic's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) fell 25.1% on 2019 (from 325,097 to 243,348). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2019), the average change was −3.4% and a typical year strayed about 23.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

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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