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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019

2019, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 347,681.95; 16 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 177.56. Against 2018, 128 values changed (87 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership · Data for 2019

HighestGreece

347,681.95

Lowest16 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe347,681.9517.630874,514
JapanJPNEastern Asia223,914.7711.354663,812
ChinaCHNEastern Asia212,298.0210.765586,712
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia126,994.256.439852,759
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia98,721.205.006131,647
GermanyDEUWestern Europe94,867.144.810692,625
South KoreaKOREastern Asia76,841.443.896611,656
BermudaBMUNorthern America60,674.463.07679556
NorwayNORNorthern Europe60,567.913.071382,038
United StatesUSANorthern America57,061.262.893561,932
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia51,208.022.596751,009
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe47,531.552.410311,301
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43,042.082.18265459
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe42,902.162.17556979
BelgiumBELWestern Europe30,960.391.56999346
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia27,854.451.412491,523
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe24,330.491.23379433
IndiaINDSouthern Asia23,960.141.215011,017
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia22,806.661.156522,190
RussiaRUSEastern Europe22,706.081.151421,719
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe19,553.780.991571,240
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia18,172.560.92153927
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia18,091.340.91741279
IranIRNSouthern Asia17,956.100.91055240
ItalyITASouthern Europe17,832.140.90426676

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Greece347,681.95
  2. Japan223,914.77
  3. China212,298.02
  4. Singapore126,994.25
  5. Hong Kong98,721.20

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 177.56. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Share of the world fleet (%)

    HighestGreece17.63087

    Lowest16 share it

    Middle country: 0.00900

  • Ships owned

    HighestChina6,712

    Lowest16 share it

    Middle country: 18

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 128values changed, of 178 in both
  • 87 · 41rose · fell
  • 50unchanged

Rose most

  • China185,913.83 → 212,298.02+26,384.18
  • Greece333,595.97 → 347,681.95+14,085.98
  • Belgium24,120.14 → 30,960.39+6,840.25
  • Bermuda55,050.93 → 60,674.46+5,623.53
  • Singapore122,908.82 → 126,994.25+4,085.42

Fell most

  • Germany104,998.58 → 94,867.14−10,131.44
  • United States64,895.31 → 57,061.26−7,834.05
  • Luxembourg3,607.84 → 951.63−2,656.21
  • Italy19,735.69 → 17,832.14−1,903.54
  • Malta2,944.57 → 1,416.14−1,528.43

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 2019.

  • 163 distinct values among 178

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 16 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) (2019). Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/merchant-fleet-ownership/2019

0613 held

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07Questions

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merchant fleet ownership in Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019?

Greece, at 347,681.95, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019 cover?

178.

Where can I download Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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