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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023

2023, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 393,827.42; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 278.51. Against 2022, 126 values changed (79 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership · Data for 2023

HighestGreece

393,827.42

Lowest9 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe393,827.4217.398904,948
ChinaCHNEastern Asia308,730.7713.639419,812
JapanJPNEastern Asia237,755.0510.503784,016
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia142,365.806.289582,828
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia121,831.525.382391,903
South KoreaKOREastern Asia97,323.434.299651,705
GermanyDEUWestern Europe75,611.213.340432,124
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia58,684.662.592631,058
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe56,887.062.513211,301
NorwayNORNorthern Europe56,195.212.482651,918
United StatesUSANorthern America50,862.132.247041,752
BermudaBMUNorthern America49,934.402.20605401
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia40,611.731.794191,329
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe40,277.711.77943811
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe39,099.731.72739639
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia38,219.961.688521,818
MonacoMCOWestern Europe35,799.981.58161372
IndiaINDSouthern Asia32,392.951.431091,149
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia28,243.701.247782,460
CyprusCYPWestern Asia27,560.031.21757412
BelgiumBELWestern Europe26,876.731.18739299
RussiaRUSEastern Europe21,893.780.967251,837
IranIRNSouthern Asia19,759.320.87295258
FranceFRAWestern Europe17,787.840.78585441
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe17,027.000.752241,164

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Greece393,827.42
  2. China308,730.77
  3. Japan237,755.05
  4. Singapore142,365.80
  5. Hong Kong121,831.52

Lowest

  1. Togoshared0.00
  2. Somaliashared0.00
  3. Solomon Islandsshared0.00
  4. Northern Mariana Islandsshared0.00
  5. Mongoliashared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 278.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Share of the world fleet (%)

    HighestGreece17.39890

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 0.01231

  • Ships owned

    HighestChina9,812

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 21

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 178 in both
  • 79 · 47rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

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 2023.

  • 170 distinct values among 178

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 9 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) (2023). Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/merchant-fleet-ownership/2023

0613 held

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07Questions

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merchant fleet ownership in Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023?

Greece, at 393,827.42, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023 cover?

178.

Where can I download Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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