Number of port calls (units) - Western Africa - UNCTAD - Yearly
This series is part of the dataset: Port calls (UNCTAD)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Western Africa, the number of vessels calling at seaports was 23,079 in 2023, compared to 21,281 in 2022. This marks a rise of 8.45 percent.
Sample. The yearly series shown in the plot has a total of 6 records. The time period covered by the series extends from December 2018 to December 2023.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: port calls had a mean value of 21,059; they recorded their highest level of 23,079 in 2023; they reached their minimum of 19,104 in 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units |
|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | 20118.0 |
| 2022-12-31 | 21281.0 |
| 2023-12-31 | 23079.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Maritime transport statistics: number of port calls |
| Country | Western Africa |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Yearly |
| Unit | Units |
| Source | UNCTAD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | CC BY 3.0 IGO |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM12 |
Series in the same data set: World
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of port calls (units) - World - UNCTAD - Yearly | 6 | 2018-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |