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Country Comparison :: Merchant marine Download
Merchant marine compares all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.
Rank Order Listing for the Merchant marine field
Rank Country Merchant marine Date of Information
1 Indonesia 9,053
2 Panama 7,914
3 Japan 5,299
4 China 4,610
5 United States 3,692
6 Singapore 3,526
7 Marshall Islands 3,419
8 Liberia 3,321
9 Russia 2,625
10 Hong Kong 2,615
11 Malta 2,205
12 Korea, South 1,897
13 Vietnam 1,863
14 India 1,719
15 Malaysia 1,704
16 Philippines 1,615
17 Norway 1,581
18 United Kingdom 1,570
19 Bahamas, The 1,418
20 Italy 1,405
21 Greece 1,343
22 Turkey 1,277
23 Netherlands 1,233
24 Cyprus 1,020
25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 889
26 Antigua and Barbuda 853
27 Thailand 807
28 Brazil 791
29 Belize 764
30 Iran 720
31 Denmark 668
32 Canada 657
33 Germany 629
34 Mexico 617
35 United Arab Emirates 616
36 Nigeria 576
37 Portugal 576
38 Australia 563
39 France 555
40 Honduras 550
41 Sierra Leone 469
42 Ukraine 417
43 Vanuatu 405
44 Egypt 389
45 Saudi Arabia 380
46 Cambodia 364
47 Sweden 359
48 Bangladesh 329
49 Tanzania 329
50 Togo 327
51 Azerbaijan 313
52 Korea, North 274
53 Venezuela 269
54 Taiwan 267
55 Mongolia 265
56 Bahrain 259
57 Finland 259
58 Tuvalu 254
59 Gibraltar 250
60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 240
61 Chile 222
62 Comoros 218
63 Cook Islands 215
64 Belgium 192
65 Papua New Guinea 173
66 Argentina 167
67 Cayman Islands 165
68 Bermuda 160
69 Kuwait 158
70 Luxembourg 152
71 Moldova 151
72 Poland 148
73 Qatar 140
74 Ecuador 137
75 Croatia 131
76 Barbados 121
77 Kazakhstan 121
78 Spain 119
79 Romania 112
80 Kiribati 111
81 New Zealand 111
82 Algeria 106
83 Colombia 102
84 Trinidad and Tobago 102
85 Brunei 100
86 Dominica 100
87 Faroe Islands 100
88 Libya 98
89 Burma 95
90 Peru 95
91 Ireland 88
92 South Africa 88
93 Morocco 87
94 Sri Lanka 87
95 Curacao 82
96 Georgia 82
97 Bulgaria 80
98 Iraq 80
99 Paraguay 80
100 Estonia 74
101 Turkmenistan 72
102 Latvia 68
103 Maldives 67
104 Tunisia 66
105 Micronesia, Federated States of 63
106 Lithuania 61
107 Albania 60
108 Fiji 60
109 Uruguay 57
110 Angola 55
111 Guyana 55
112 Lebanon 55
113 Pakistan 53
114 Oman 51
115 Bolivia 49
116 Ghana 44
117 Cabo Verde 43
118 Jamaica 43
119 Israel 42
120 Cuba 41
121 Equatorial Guinea 38
122 Iceland 33
123 Tonga 33
124 Jordan 32
125 Yemen 31
126 Switzerland 30
127 Gabon 29
128 Madagascar 28
129 Mauritius 28
130 Senegal 28
131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 27
132 Mozambique 27
133 British Virgin Islands 25
134 Seychelles 24
135 Dominican Republic 23
136 Solomon Islands 23
137 Kenya 22
138 Syria 21
139 Cameroon 19
140 Sudan 18
141 French Polynesia 17
142 Congo, Republic of the 16
143 Cote d'Ivoire 15
144 Djibouti 15
145 Sao Tome and Principe 15
146 Samoa 13
147 Montenegro 12
148 Costa Rica 11
149 Ethiopia 11
150 Namibia 10
151 New Caledonia 10
152 Suriname 10
153 Eritrea 9
154 Gambia, The 9
155 Guatemala 9
156 Guinea-Bissau 9
157 Greenland 8
158 Slovenia 8
159 Mauritania 7
160 Benin 6
161 Grenada 6
162 Belarus 5
163 Nicaragua 5
164 Somalia 5
165 Haiti 4
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 4
167 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3
168 Guam 3
169 El Salvador 2
170 Anguilla 1
171 Guinea 1
172 Laos 1
173 Macau 1
174 Niger 1
175 Northern Mariana Islands 1
176 Uganda 1
177 Zambia 1