Table 2 U.S. versus World Maritime Container Traffic and Gross Domestic Product: 1995-2008
Table 2
U.S. versus World Maritime Container Traffic and Gross Domestic Product: 1995-2008
| Container traffic (total TEUs loaded and empty) | Gross Domestic Product (current U.S. dollars) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World (millions) | United States (millions) | U.S. share of world total (percent) | U.S. rank | World (billions) | United States (billions) | U.S. share of World GDP (percent) | U.S. rank | |
| 1995 | 137.2 | 22.3 | 16.3 | 1 | 29,391 | 7,398 | 25.2 | 1 |
| 1996 | 150.8 | 22.6 | 15.0 | 1 | 30,080 | 7,817 | 26.0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 160.7 | 24.5 | 15.3 | 1 | 29,928 | 8,304 | 27.7 | 1 |
| 1998 | 169.6 | 26.2 | 15.4 | 2 | 29,682 | 8,747 | 29.5 | 1 |
| 1999 | 184.6 | 28.0 | 15.2 | 2 | 30,786 | 9,268 | 30.1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 233.5 | 30.4 | 13.0 | 2 | 31,650 | 9,817 | 31.0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 245.1 | 30.7 | 12.5 | 2 | 31,456 | 10,128 | 32.2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 269.5 | 32.7 | 12.1 | 2 | 32,714 | 10,470 | 32.0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 307.4 | 36.3 | 11.8 | 2 | 36,751 | 10,961 | 29.8 | 1 |
| 2004 | 300.8 | 38.7 | 12.9 | 2 | 41,258 | 11,686 | 28.3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 306.0 | 42.0 | 13.7 | 2 | 44,455 | 12,422 | 27.9 | 1 |
| 2006 | 426.4 | 44.4 | 10.4 | 2 | 48,665 | 13,178 | 27.1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 436.6 | 45.0 | 10.3 | 2 | 54,585 | 13,808 | 25.3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 387.1 | 38.0 | 9.8 | 2 | 60,863a | 14,265 | 23.4 | 1 |
| Percent change, 1995-2008 | 182.1 | 70.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Average annual rate (percents), 1995-2008 | 8.3 | 4.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
a World 2008 GDP is an estimate that includes projections by the International Monetary Fund for some countries.
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU, and one 40-foot container equals two TEUs.
SOURCES: TEUs, world estimates, 1995-1999: Containerisation International Yearbook (London: Informa Group, Inc., 1997-2001); 2000-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, based on Containerisation International Online, www.ci-online.co.uk, as March 30, 2009. TEUs, U.S. estimates, 1995-2007: American Association of Port Authorities, Industry Statistics; 1995-2007, www.aapa-ports.org/Industry, as of April 20, 2009; 2008: Containerisation International Online, www.ci-online.co.uk, as of April 20, 2009. GDP: World estimates from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/index.aspx, as of April 20, 2009; U.S. estimates from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, www.bea.gov/national, as of March 30, 2009.