Merchant Marine - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Merchant marine registered with the countries of the world

Rank (total)	Country	Total (ships)	per Capita (ships per mio. pers.)	Date
1	Indonesia	10,137	37.60	2020
2	Panama	7,886	1,843.17	2020
3	China	6,197	4.39	2020
4	Japan	5,041	40.02	2020
5	Liberia	3,716	732.46	2020
6	Marshall Islands	3,683	67,466.57	2020
7	United States of America	3,652	11.02	2020
8	Singapore	3,420	601.50	2020
9	Russia	2,808	19.45	2020
10	Hong Kong	2,694	360.07	2020
11	Malta	2,207	4,203.28	2020
12	Vietnam	1,909	19.56	2020
13	Korea (South)	1,889	35.54	2020
14	Virgin Islands of the U.S.	1,868	17,583.66	2020
15	Malaysia	1,772	54.26	2020
16	India	1,768	1.29	2020
17	Philippines	1,747	16.06	2020
18	Norway	1,619	301.22	2020
19	Bahamas	1,381	3,546.39	2020
20	Italy	1,310	22.05	2020
21	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1,304	19.43	2020
22	Greece	1,294	120.93	2020
23	Turkey	1,216	14.52	2020
24	Netherlands	1,200	68.88	2020
25	Cyprus	1,065	831.06	2020
26	Iran	877	10.44	2020
27	Brazil	875	4.13	2020
28	Thailand	840	12.33	2020
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	813	7,344.44	2020
30	Belize	790	1,884.55	2020
31	Nigeria	728	3.40	2020
32	Antigua and Barbuda	727	7,411.34	2020
33	Denmark	692	118.79	2020
34	Canada	691	18.18	2020
35	Portugal	673	65.30	2020
36	Mexico	668	5.30	2020
37	United Arab Emirates	640	67.47	2020
38	Germany	607	7.30	2020
39	Australia	581	22.61	2020
40	Sierra Leone	557	68.76	2020
41	France	545	8.36	2020
42	Honduras	514	55.24	2020
43	Spain	474	9.98	2020
44	Bangladesh	427	2.51	2020
45	Togo	415	53.85	2020
46	Ukraine	409	9.27	2020
47	Taiwan	407	17.26	2020
48	Egypt	402	4.00	2020
49	Saudi Arabia	376	10.80	2020
50	Sweden	368	35.55	2020
51	Vanuatu	345	1,170.73	2020
52	Croatia	343	84.71	2020
53	Tanzania	315	5.47	2020
54	Azerbaijan	303	29.97	2020
55	Mongolia	294	91.16	2020
56	Venezuela	282	8.65	2020
57	Finland	274	49.56	2020
58	Korea (North)	261	10.18	2020
59	Cambodia	257	16.55	2020
60	Tuvalu	246	23,251.42	2020
61	Comoros	244	306.73	2020
62	Bahrain	234	155.83	2020
63	Palau	232	14,030.84	2020
64	Chile	229	11.77	2020
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis	218	4,274.51	2020
66	Gibraltar	217	6,147.31	2020
67	Cook Islands	204	12,750.00	2020
68	Belgium	203	17.62	2020
69	Argentina	199	4.39	2020
70	Papua New Guinea	175	19.59	2020
71	Cayman Islands	163	2,295.77	2020
72	Kuwait	159	35.44	2020
73	Luxembourg	150	237.94	2020
74	Ecuador	147	8.39	2020
75	Barbados	145	508.33	2020
76	Poland	142	3.70	2020
77	Bermuda	138	2,158.95	2020
78	Qatar	131	46.70	2020
79	Kazakhstan	128	6.82	2020
80	Moldova	127	41.19	2020
81	Colombia	120	2.38	2020
81	Romania	120	6.22	2020
83	Algeria	114	2.58	2020
83	New Zealand	114	22.42	2020
85	Paraguay	110	15.17	2020
86	South Africa	103	1.73	2020
86	Trinidad and Tobago	103	75.36	2020
88	Brunei	102	224.87	2020
89	Faroe Islands	100	1,900.02	2020
90	Dominica	98	1,349.86	2020
91	Peru	97	2.97	2020
92	Sri Lanka	96	4.38	2020
93	Ireland	95	19.09	2020
94	Libya	94	13.64	2020
95	Myanmar (Burma)	93	1.70	2020
96	Morocco	88	2.49	2020
97	Kiribati	87	732.67	2020
98	Bulgaria	81	11.69	2020
98	Georgia	81	20.17	2020
100	Albania	70	24.67	2020
100	Fiji	70	78.22	2020
102	Tunisia	69	5.87	2020
103	Iraq	68	1.69	2020
103	Turkmenistan	68	12.30	2020
105	Estonia	67	50.40	2020
105	Maldives	67	120.20	2020
105	Niue	67	35,771.49	2020
108	Curacao	66	425.79	2020
108	Latvia	66	34.72	2020
110	Cameroon	61	2.45	2020
110	Lithuania	61	21.83	2020
112	Uruguay	60	16.99	2020
113	Guyana	58	77.85	2020
114	Pakistan	57	0.25	2020
115	Cuba	55	4.92	2020
115	Oman	55	12.29	2020
117	Angola	54	1.73	2020
118	Lebanon	52	9.51	2020
119	Ghana	50	1.62	2020
120	Jamaica	46	16.82	2020
121	Cape Verde	43	77.22	2020
122	Bolivia	42	3.61	2020
123	Israel	41	4.45	2020
124	Equatorial Guinea	40	27.50	2020
124	Gabon	40	18.38	2020
124	Iceland	40	109.08	2020
127	Dominican Republic	38	3.64	2020
127	Micronesia	38	360.18	2020
129	Tonga	36	360.79	2020
130	Jordan	35	3.28	2020
131	Senegal	34	2.04	2020
132	Yemen	33	1.10	2020
133	British Virgin Islands	31	885.71	2020
134	Mauritius	30	23.71	2020
135	Madagascar	29	1.07	2020
135	Mozambique	29	0.96	2020
137	Liechtenstein	28	719.87	2020
137	Switzerland	28	3.24	2020
139	New Caledonia	26	95.59	2020
139	Seychelles	26	264.06	2020
139	Syria	26	1.34	2020
142	Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	25	0.95	2020
143	French Polynesia	24	85.20	2020
143	Kenya	24	0.50	2020
143	Solomon Islands	24	32.39	2020
146	Congo (Democratic Republic)	21	0.21	2020
147	Djibouti	18	18.18	2020
148	São Tomé and Príncipe	17	80.86	2020
149	Montenegro	16	25.74	2020
150	Sudan	15	0.36	2020
151	Namibia	14	5.59	2020
152	Samoa	12	59.26	2020
153	Congo (Republic)	11	2.08	2020
153	Ethiopia	11	0.11	2020
155	Costa Rica	10	1.96	2020
155	Suriname	10	16.57	2020
157	Eritrea	9	1.48	2020
157	Slovenia	9	4.29	2020
159	Gambia	8	3.59	2020
159	Greenland	8	141.93	2020
159	Guatemala	8	0.47	2020
159	Guinea-Bissau	8	4.92	2020
163	Benin	6	0.49	2020
163	Grenada	6	55.71	2020
165	Mauritania	5	1.20	2020
165	Nauru	5	438.98	2020
165	Nicaragua	5	0.76	2020
168	Belarus	4	0.43	2020
168	Haiti	4	0.36	2020
168	Somalia	4	0.28	2020
171	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	3	...	2020
171	Guam	3	17.81	2020
171	Turks and Caicos Islands	3	67.42	2020
174	Anguilla	2	123.46	2020
174	El Salvador	2	0.30	2020
174	Falkland Islands	2	629.92	2020
174	Guinea	2	0.16	2020
178	East Timor	1	0.77	2020
178	Hungary	1	0.10	2020
178	Laos	1	0.14	2020
178	Macau	1	1.46	2020
178	Niger	1	0.04	2020
178	Northern Mariana Islands	1	19.44	2020
178	Uganda	1	0.02	2020
178	Zambia	1	0.06	2020
	World	98,140	12.77	2020

No information is available for non-listed countries.

Merchant marine includes all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. The given number includes the number of ships (1,000 GRT or over). GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021-05-15)