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Port calls, world, passenger ships

Number of port calls (arrivals) by passenger ships of 1,000 GT and more in the world, per calendar year, from UNCTAD port call statistics based on MarineTraffic AIS data. Published for 2018-2023 only; the series ends before the 2026 war. Dated 1 January of the year.

Port calls, world, passenger ships, 1 Jan 2019 to 1 Jan 2023: from 2,378,937 to 2,753,801 arrivals per year; lowest 2,047,156, highest 2,753,801.
1 Jan 20191 Jan 2023: 2,753,801
arrivals per year. Range shown: 2,047,156 to 2,753,801. The vertical line marks the start of the Russia-Ukraine war (24 February 2022); the dashed line, its pre-war level (last value before the war (2022-01-01): 2,605,388).

Against the level before the war.

The latest value beside each war's pre-war level, and how that level was taken.

WarPre-war levelLevelLatest (1 January 2023)Change
The Russia-Ukraine warlast value before the war (2022-01-01)2,605,3882,753,801+6%
The US-Israel-Iran warlast value before the war (2023-01-01)2,753,8012,753,8010%
Unit
arrivals per year
Published
Yearly; 5 values held, 1 January 2019 to 1 January 2023
Source
UNCTAD
Licence
UNCTADstat materials are licensed CC BY 3.0 IGO: "All data and metadata provided on the UNCTAD Data Hub may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed provided that United Nations Trade and Development Data Hub is cited as the source" (unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html). Credit: United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub.
Publisher's baseline
2021 average: 2,348,995
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The latest values.

DateValue
2023-01-012,753,801
2022-01-012,605,388
2021-01-012,348,995
2020-01-012,047,156
2019-01-012,378,937