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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 9,879
2 Panama 7,860
3 China 5,594
4 Japan 5,017
5 United States 3,673
6 Marshall Islands 3,537
7 Liberia 3,496
8 Singapore 3,433
9 Russia 2,739
10 Hong Kong 2,701
11 Malta 2,172
12 Korea, South 1,880
13 Virgin Islands 1,868
14 Vietnam 1,863
15 Malaysia 1,748
16 India 1,731
17 Philippines 1,706
18 Norway 1,576
19 United Kingdom 1,426
20 Bahamas, The 1,401
21 Italy 1,353
22 Greece 1,308
23 Turkey 1,234
24 Netherlands 1,217
25 Cyprus 1,039
26 Brazil 864
27 Thailand 825
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 810
29 Belize 786
30 Iran 785
31 Antigua and Barbuda 780
32 Denmark 682
33 Nigeria 677
34 Canada 669
35 Mexico 637
36 United Arab Emirates 637
37 Portugal 624
38 Germany 609
39 Australia 579
40 France 552
41 Honduras 527
42 Sierra Leone 518
43 Ukraine 408
44 Togo 405
45 Egypt 393
46 Taiwan 389
47 Bangladesh 376
48 Saudi Arabia 374
49 Vanuatu 369
50 Sweden 360
51 Tanzania 337
52 Croatia 336
53 Azerbaijan 305
54 Venezuela 289
55 Mongolia 271
56 Finland 269
57 Cambodia 268
58 Korea, North 264
59 Bahrain 261
60 Tuvalu 243
61 Gibraltar 232
62 Comoros 230
63 Chile 221
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 218
65 Cook Islands 205
66 Palau 203
67 Belgium 201
68 Argentina 192
69 Papua New Guinea 171
70 Cayman Islands 170
71 Kuwait 154
72 Bermuda 148
73 Poland 144
74 Luxembourg 143
75 Moldova 142
76 Ecuador 137
77 Qatar 136
78 Barbados 132
79 Kazakhstan 124
80 Romania 120
81 Spain 119
82 Colombia 115
83 Algeria 114
84 New Zealand 113
85 Dominica 108
86 Faroe Islands 107
87 Paraguay 106
88 Trinidad and Tobago 105
89 Brunei 104
90 South Africa 103
91 Peru 98
92 Sri Lanka 97
93 Burma 95
94 Libya 94
95 Ireland 93
96 Kiribati 89
97 Morocco 86
98 Bulgaria 83
99 Georgia 82
100 Curacao 74
101 Iraq 73
102 Turkmenistan 71
103 Estonia 69
104 Albania 68
105 Tunisia 67
106 Fiji 64
107 Maldives 62
108 Niue 61
109 Uruguay 60
110 Latvia 58
111 Lithuania 58
112 Guyana 56
113 Angola 55
114 Lebanon 55
115 Pakistan 54
116 Cuba 52
117 Oman 51
118 Ghana 48
119 Cabo Verde 44
120 Bolivia 43
121 Israel 40
122 Jamaica 39
123 Micronesia, Federated States of 39
124 Equatorial Guinea 38
125 Dominican Republic 37
126 Iceland 37
127 Tonga 36
128 Yemen 34
129 Jordan 32
130 Senegal 32
131 Switzerland 32
132 British Virgin Islands 29
133 Cameroon 29
134 Mozambique 29
135 Gabon 28
136 Madagascar 28
137 Mauritius 28
138 Seychelles 25
139 Syria 25
140 Kenya 24
141 Solomon Islands 23
142 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21
143 Djibouti 20
144 New Caledonia 19
145 French Polynesia 17
146 Sudan 17
147 Cote d'Ivoire 15
148 Sao Tome and Principe 15
149 Samoa 13
150 Montenegro 12
151 Namibia 12
152 Congo, Republic of the 11
153 Costa Rica 11
154 Ethiopia 11
155 Suriname 10
156 Eritrea 9
157 Guatemala 9
158 Gambia, The 8
159 Greenland 8
160 Guinea-Bissau 8
161 Slovenia 8
162 Benin 6
163 Grenada 6
164 Nicaragua 6
165 Mauritania 5
166 Belarus 4
167 Haiti 4
168 Somalia 4
169 Turks and Caicos Islands 4
170 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3
171 Guam 3
172 Anguilla 2
173 El Salvador 2
174 Guinea 2
175 Nauru 2
176 Laos 1
177 Macau 1
178 Niger 1
179 Northern Mariana Islands 1
180 Timor-Leste 1
181 Uganda 1
182 Zambia 1