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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015

2015, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 277,877.57; 20 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 165.60. Against 2014, 114 values changed (65 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership · Data for 2015

HighestGreece

277,877.57

Lowest20 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 178 countries · select a heading to sort

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe277,877.5716.011193,954
JapanJPNEastern Asia227,313.6013.097713,942
ChinaCHNEastern Asia152,896.598.809845,000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe124,616.667.180363,541
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia87,797.825.058872,412
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia81,348.574.687271,438
South KoreaKOREastern Asia79,082.874.556721,597
United StatesUSANorthern America61,670.123.553411,976
NorwayNORNorthern Europe46,438.582.675771,823
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe46,204.972.662311,228
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia44,314.962.55341871
BermudaBMUNorthern America40,763.382.34877327
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe35,333.902.03592910
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia27,815.371.602711,492
MonacoMCOWestern Europe23,336.941.34466249
ItalyITASouthern Europe22,014.481.26846796
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21,393.701.23270925
BelgiumBELWestern Europe21,014.031.21082241
RussiaRUSEastern Europe20,629.171.188641,688
BrazilBRASouth America20,192.641.16349390
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe18,324.131.05583344
IranIRNSouthern Asia18,080.041.04176233
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia17,285.590.995991,723
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe17,216.470.992011,209
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia16,825.200.96946615

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Greece277,877.57
  2. Japan227,313.60
  3. China152,896.59
  4. Germany124,616.66
  5. Singapore87,797.82

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0.00
  2. Togoshared0.00
  3. Slovakiashared0.00
  4. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.00
  5. Serbiashared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 165.60. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Share of the world fleet (%)

    HighestGreece16.01119

    Lowest20 share it

    Middle country: 0.00954

  • Ships owned

    HighestChina5,000

    Lowest20 share it

    Middle country: 19

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 114values changed, of 178 in both
  • 65 · 49rose · fell
  • 64unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • 159 distinct values among 178

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 20 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2015). Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/merchant-fleet-ownership/2015

0613 held

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07Questions

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merchant fleet ownership in Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015?

Greece, at 277,877.57, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015 cover?

178.

Where can I download Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2015 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026.

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