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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026

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

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 397,071.457; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 275.734. Against 2025, 117 values changed (67 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership · Data for 2026

HighestGreece

397,071.457

Lowest11 countries share it

0.000

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, 2026, 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, 2026: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe397,071.45715.831265,168
ChinaCHNEastern Asia377,047.23515.0328911,186
JapanJPNEastern Asia243,174.5589.695384,139
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia182,417.4677.272993,250
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia122,791.5894.895711,978
South KoreaKOREastern Asia99,203.3583.955241,699
GermanyDEUWestern Europe69,050.5562.753051,949
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia66,183.7942.638751,076
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe61,058.8642.434421,275
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia59,608.4842.376591,683
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe58,236.8792.32191879
NorwayNORNorthern Europe49,798.9871.985491,734
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia47,702.1831.901892,202
United StatesUSANorthern America45,644.5811.819851,689
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe45,093.8151.79789835
BermudaBMUNorthern America38,178.0021.52216308
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia35,078.7471.398592,831
BelgiumBELWestern Europe31,496.5071.25577348
MonacoMCOWestern Europe30,604.0281.22018331
IndiaINDSouthern Asia28,829.9901.149451,178
CyprusCYPWestern Asia28,015.8731.11699403
FranceFRAWestern Europe26,607.5461.06084537
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia20,717.3040.826001,276
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20,321.7650.81023325
IranIRNSouthern Asia19,444.1620.77524261

02In 2026

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Greece397,071.457
  2. China377,047.235
  3. Japan243,174.558
  4. Singapore182,417.467
  5. Hong Kong122,791.589

Lowest

  1. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000
  2. Somaliashared0.000
  3. Solomon Islandsshared0.000
  4. Mauritaniashared0.000
  5. Mongoliashared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 275.734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Share of the world fleet (%)

    HighestGreece15.83126

    Lowest11 share it

    Middle country: 0.01100

  • Ships owned

    HighestChina11,186

    Lowest11 share it

    Middle country: 21

032025 → 2026

Since 2025

What changed between 2025 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 117values changed, of 178 in both
  • 67 · 50rose · fell
  • 61unchanged

Rose most

  • China350,069.407 → 377,047.235+26,977.828
  • Belgium18,701.058 → 31,496.507+12,795.449
  • Switzerland50,154.031 → 58,236.879+8,082.848
  • Singapore175,515.264 → 182,417.467+6,902.203
  • Japan239,761.811 → 243,174.558+3,412.747

Fell most

  • Bermuda53,602.547 → 38,178.002−15,424.545
  • India36,480.502 → 28,829.990−7,650.512
  • Cyprus29,967.677 → 28,015.873−1,951.804
  • Greece398,702.274 → 397,071.457−1,630.817
  • Monaco32,035.995 → 30,604.028−1,431.967

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 2026.

  • 168 distinct values among 178

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 11 countries share 0.000. 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) (2026). Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026 [data set], describing 2026. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/merchant-fleet-ownership/2026

0613 held

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07Questions

Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merchant fleet ownership in Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026?

Greece, at 397,071.457, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026 describe?

2026.

How many countries does Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026 cover?

178.

Where can I download Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, 2026?

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, 2026 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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