Category: Highlights

International merchandise trade value continued to increase in 2022 (+11.4%), albeit at a slower pace than in 2021.

After the pandemic-driven decline in 2020, trade in services exceeded pre-pandemic levels only in 2022 (+14.8%).

Real GDP growth was 3.1% in 2022, after 5.9% in 2021, and is nowcast to slow down to 2.2% in 2023.

The world population surpassed 8 billion in 2022, despite a slowdown of population growth, accentuated by the pandemic.

Globally, 4.6 million port calls were recorded in 2022 with an increase of 6.2% from 2021.