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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018

2018, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 333,595.97; 19 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 161.03. Against 2017, 125 values changed (73 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership · Data for 2018

HighestGreece

333,595.97

Lowest19 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe333,595.9717.374324,406
JapanJPNEastern Asia222,878.0011.607923,832
ChinaCHNEastern Asia185,913.839.682756,181
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia122,908.826.401332,728
GermanyDEUWestern Europe104,998.585.468532,800
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia98,585.285.134511,631
South KoreaKOREastern Asia77,102.734.015661,625
United StatesUSANorthern America64,895.313.379872,027
NorwayNORNorthern Europe60,100.133.130131,975
BermudaBMUNorthern America55,050.932.86716505
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia50,377.832.62377984
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe46,686.802.431541,315
MonacoMCOWestern Europe40,838.742.12696442
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39,663.072.06573947
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia27,187.831.415991,548
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe24,549.511.27859423
IndiaINDSouthern Asia24,185.181.259611,024
BelgiumBELWestern Europe24,120.141.25622286
RussiaRUSEastern Europe22,120.621.152081,694
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia20,815.611.084122,037
ItalyITASouthern Europe19,735.691.02787731
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia18,607.690.96912927
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe18,568.500.967081,230
IranIRNSouthern Asia18,124.760.94397239
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia16,312.240.84957275

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Greece333,595.97
  2. Japan222,878.00
  3. China185,913.83
  4. Singapore122,908.82
  5. Germany104,998.58

Lowest

  1. Togoshared0.00
  2. Slovakiashared0.00
  3. Serbiashared0.00
  4. Solomon Islandsshared0.00
  5. Naurushared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 161.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Share of the world fleet (%)

    HighestGreece17.37432

    Lowest19 share it

    Middle country: 0.00839

  • Ships owned

    HighestChina6,181

    Lowest19 share it

    Middle country: 18

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 125values changed, of 178 in both
  • 73 · 52rose · fell
  • 53unchanged

Rose most

  • China161,999.94 → 185,913.83+23,913.89
  • Greece313,948.54 → 333,595.97+19,647.43
  • Monaco31,534.37 → 40,838.74+9,304.37
  • Singapore114,730.95 → 122,908.82+8,177.87
  • Bermuda48,264.83 → 55,050.93+6,786.10

Fell most

  • Germany110,987.91 → 104,998.58−5,989.32
  • Kuwait10,209.85 → 5,220.26−4,989.58
  • South Korea80,870.92 → 77,102.73−3,768.19
  • Brazil13,439.65 → 11,365.18−2,074.48
  • Malaysia11,779.79 → 9,735.57−2,044.22

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 2018.

  • 160 distinct values among 178

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 19 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) (2018). Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/merchant-fleet-ownership/2018

0613 held

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07Questions

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merchant fleet ownership in Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018?

Greece, at 333,595.97, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018 cover?

178.

Where can I download Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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