International Vessel Count - Per Country Statistics
This table shows statistics on international maritime transport. It includes data on the size of the world merchant fleet by country of registration and by type of ship.
Data source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Developments (Updated: 22/02/2023)
| Country | Bulk carriers | Container ships | General cargo | Oil tankers | Other types | Total | |
 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 21 | 69 |
 | Algeria | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 89 | 119 |
 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 58 |
 | Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26 | 112 | 443 | 4 | 53 | 638 |
 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 160 | 203 |
 | Aruba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 77 | 6 | 502 | 587 |
 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 38 | 44 | 227 | 309 |
 | Bahamas | 337 | 40 | 63 | 213 | 654 | 1307 |
 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 176 | 190 |
 | Bangladesh | 56 | 10 | 150 | 152 | 143 | 511 |
 | Barbados | 61 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 20 | 195 |
 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 | Belgium | 18 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 140 | 199 |
 | Belize | 51 | 0 | 433 | 67 | 266 | 817 |
 | Benin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
 | Bermuda | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 106 | 135 |
 | Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 46 |
 | Brazil | 11 | 20 | 40 | 27 | 779 | 877 |
 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 30 |
 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 77 | 98 |
 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 55 | 80 |
 | Cabo Verde | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 47 |
 | Cambodia | 0 | 2 | 159 | 18 | 63 | 242 |
 | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 45 | 33 | 41 | 121 |
 | Canada | 21 | 1 | 65 | 15 | 587 | 689 |
 | Cayman Islands | 29 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 86 | 139 |
 | Chile | 4 | 5 | 64 | 14 | 152 | 239 |
 | China | 2853 | 966 | 1377 | 1561 | 3717 | 10474 |
 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 108 | 148 |
 | Comoros | 10 | 6 | 108 | 38 | 86 | 248 |
 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 34 |
 | Cook Islands | 20 | 0 | 53 | 51 | 65 | 189 |
 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
 | Croatia | 12 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 317 | 376 |
 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 64 |
 | Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 59 |
 | Cyprus | 255 | 169 | 200 | 61 | 345 | 1030 |
| Denmark | 13 | 137 | 70 | 118 | 393 | 731 |
 | Djibouti | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 42 |
 | Dominica | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 40 | 84 |
 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 38 |
 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 110 | 147 |
 | Egypt | 15 | 6 | 27 | 41 | 347 | 436 |
 | El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 46 |
 | Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 70 |
 | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Faroe Islands | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 42 | 91 |
 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 50 | 75 |
 | Finland | 9 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 189 | 278 |
 | France | 0 | 32 | 49 | 26 | 442 | 549 |
| French Polynesia | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| French Southern Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 | Gabon | 2 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 71 |
 | Gambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 |
 | Germany | 1 | 72 | 79 | 34 | 406 | 592 |
 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 52 |
 | Gibraltar | 8 | 12 | 36 | 16 | 83 | 155 |
 | Greece | 146 | 5 | 83 | 311 | 689 | 1234 |
 | Grenada | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
 | Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
 | Guyana | 1 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 31 | 89 |
 | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 246 | 82 | 177 | 505 |
 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | Iceland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 40 |
 | India | 65 | 23 | 594 | 134 | 994 | 1810 |
 | Indonesia | 154 | 218 | 2310 | 700 | 7633 | 11015 |
 | Iran | 32 | 31 | 393 | 83 | 403 | 942 |
 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 75 |
 | Ireland | 12 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 49 | 96 |
 | Israel | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 45 |
 | Italy | 20 | 6 | 107 | 102 | 1031 | 1266 |
 | Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 36 |
 | Japan | 149 | 47 | 2071 | 690 | 2633 | 5590 |
 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 35 |
 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 110 | 120 |
 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 25 |
 | Kiribati | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 41 | 90 |
  | Korea, South | 93 | 104 | 551 | 233 | 1352 | 2333 |
 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 122 | 166 |
 | Laos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | Latvia | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 39 | 80 |
 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 49 |
 | Liberia | 1673 | 962 | 141 | 907 | 628 | 4311 |
 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 80 | 94 |
 | Lithuania | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 34 | 62 |
 | Luxembourg | 4 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 114 | 149 |
 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 28 |
 | Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 33 | 181 | 156 | 1406 | 1790 |
 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 80 |
 | Malta | 545 | 312 | 182 | 395 | 613 | 2047 |
 | Marshall Islands | 1879 | 276 | 62 | 1023 | 802 | 4042 |
 | Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 31 |
 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 621 | 669 |
 | Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 37 |
 | Moldova | 5 | 2 | 79 | 7 | 33 | 126 |
 | Mongolia | 3 | 6 | 151 | 57 | 97 | 314 |
 | Montenegro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 |
 | Morocco | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 80 | 93 |
 | Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 30 |
 | Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 51 | 102 |
 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
 | Nauru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 37 | 543 | 26 | 558 | 1175 |
| New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 23 |
 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 98 | 116 |
 | Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 | Niger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 16 | 111 | 705 | 832 |
 | Niue | 4 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 71 |
 | Norway | 105 | 1 | 273 | 95 | 1236 | 1710 |
 | Oman | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 57 |
 | Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 58 |
 | Palau | 29 | 6 | 137 | 43 | 89 | 304 |
 | Panama | 2690 | 662 | 1418 | 785 | 2470 | 8025 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 6 | 87 | 3 | 103 | 199 |
 | Paraguay | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 74 | 105 |
 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 92 | 101 |
 | Philippines | 59 | 43 | 749 | 210 | 792 | 1853 |
 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 136 | 149 |
 | Portugal | 103 | 290 | 175 | 28 | 224 | 820 |
 | Qatar | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 106 | 123 |
 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 108 | 125 |
 | Russian Federation | 12 | 18 | 987 | 392 | 1508 | 2917 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9 | 11 | 64 | 46 | 152 | 282 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32 | 17 | 148 | 14 | 621 | 832 |
 | Samoa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 1 | 21 | 58 | 327 | 413 |
 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 35 |
 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
 | Sierra Leone | 36 | 6 | 325 | 104 | 134 | 605 |
 | Singapore | 574 | 542 | 99 | 633 | 1379 | 3227 |
 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | ||||
 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 27 |
 | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 96 | 107 |
 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 435 | 494 |
 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 63 | 92 |
 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
 | Suriname | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21 | 301 | 368 |
 | Switzerland | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
 | Syria | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 22 |
 | Tanzania | 4 | 9 | 148 | 46 | 115 | 322 |
 | Thailand | 26 | 28 | 91 | 246 | 438 | 829 |
 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | Togo | 1 | 10 | 254 | 57 | 81 | 403 |
 | Tonga | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 32 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 102 |
 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 70 |
 | Turkey | 37 | 41 | 288 | 130 | 741 | 1237 |
 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 58 | 72 |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 | Tuvalu | 23 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 171 | 260 |
 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 84 | 15 | 309 | 410 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 3 | 121 | 16 | 494 | 636 |
 | United Kingdom | 133 | 58 | 97 | 73 | 813 | 1174 |
| United States of America | 4 | 58 | 100 | 70 | 3406 | 3638 |
 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 60 |
 | Vanuatu | 16 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 222 | 331 |
 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 226 | 272 |
 | VietNam | 116 | 42 | 1194 | 137 | 486 | 1975 |
 | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 30 |
 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |