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Houston in the CPPI port efficiency ranking

Houston ranks 334th in the world in the 2025 CPPI and 19th in United States, with a score of -38.9. Operational performance in the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), an indicator based on the observed time container ships spend in port. This profile covers the port as a whole, not a specific terminal.
USHOU2025 editionNorth America East Coast
Global rank334thPublished ranking · 2025
CPPI score-38.9-5.9 vs 2024
Rank in United States19thAmong the ports included in the edition
Port calls in the sample58678.3% of the time at berth

Standardised series

Score trend

The series shown is the one recalculated in the 2025 edition; a later edition may revise earlier years.

1 is the best rank

Global ranking trend

Ranks before 2025 are derived by ordering the standardised series when the annex does not publish the historical ranking.

Traceability

Series included in this edition

Observed yearScoreGlobal rankRank type
2025-38.9334thPublished
2024-33317thDerived by EED
2023-15285thDerived by EED
2022-178317thDerived by EED
202131107thDerived by EED
202036133rdDerived by EED

Global ranking 2025

The nearest ports in the ranking

± 4 places
WorldPortScoreΔ scoreΔ rank
330thFreetownSierra Leone-35.2-37.2-123 places
331stLeixõesPortugal-35.9-32.9-102 places
332ndPort Of SpainTrinidad & Tobago-37.7-20.7-45 places
333rdRotterdamNetherlands-38.3-42.3-146 places
334thHoustonThis port-38.9-5.9-17 places
335thSan AntonioChile-39.1-37.1-111 places
336thRio De JaneiroBrazil-39.1-26.1-61 places
337thBanjulGambia-39.3— no comparable year
338thMontrealCanada-39.8-0.8-12 places

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Arrival patterns, weather, draught or tidal restrictions, fleet mix, call size, route disruptions, geopolitical crises and global congestion can all affect the result. The CPPI is an operational benchmark; on its own it does not attribute causes or responsibilities.

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