Country Comparisons

Merchant marine

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	Country
1	Indonesia	10,137
2	Panama	7,886
3	China	6,197
4	Japan	5,041
5	Liberia	3,716
6	Marshall Islands	3,683
7	United States	3,652
8	Singapore	3,420
9	Russia	2,808
10	Hong Kong	2,694
11	Malta	2,207
12	Vietnam	1,909
13	Korea, South	1,889
14	Virgin Islands	1,868
15	Malaysia	1,772
16	India	1,768
17	Philippines	1,747
18	Norway	1,619
19	Bahamas, The	1,381
20	Italy	1,310
21	United Kingdom	1,304
22	Greece	1,294
23	Turkey	1,216
24	Netherlands	1,200
25	Cyprus	1,065
26	Iran	877
27	Brazil	875
28	Thailand	840
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	813
30	Belize	790
31	Nigeria	728
32	Antigua and Barbuda	727
33	Denmark	692
34	Canada	691
35	Portugal	673
36	Mexico	668
37	United Arab Emirates	640
38	Germany	607
39	Australia	581
40	Sierra Leone	557
41	France	545
42	Honduras	514
43	Spain	474
44	Bangladesh	427
45	Togo	415
46	Ukraine	409
47	Taiwan	407
48	Egypt	402
49	Saudi Arabia	376
50	Sweden	368
51	Vanuatu	345
52	Croatia	343
53	Tanzania	315
54	Azerbaijan	303
55	Mongolia	294
56	Venezuela	282
57	Finland	274
58	Korea, North	261
59	Cambodia	257
60	Tuvalu	246
61	Comoros	244
62	Bahrain	234
63	Palau	232
64	Chile	229
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis	218
66	Gibraltar	217
67	Cook Islands	204
68	Belgium	203
69	Argentina	199
70	Papua New Guinea	175
71	Cayman Islands	163
72	Kuwait	159
73	Luxembourg	150
74	Ecuador	147
75	Barbados	145
76	Poland	142
77	Bermuda	138
78	Qatar	131
79	Kazakhstan	128
80	Moldova	127
81	Colombia	120
82	Romania	120
83	Algeria	114
84	New Zealand	114
85	Paraguay	110
86	South Africa	103
87	Trinidad and Tobago	103
88	Brunei	102
89	Faroe Islands	100
90	Dominica	98
91	Peru	97
92	Sri Lanka	96
93	Ireland	95
94	Libya	94
95	Burma	93
96	Morocco	88
97	Kiribati	87
98	Bulgaria	81
99	Georgia	81
100	Albania	70
101	Fiji	70
102	Tunisia	69
103	Iraq	68
104	Turkmenistan	68
105	Estonia	67
106	Maldives	67
107	Niue	67
108	Curacao	66
109	Latvia	66
110	Cameroon	61
111	Lithuania	61
112	Uruguay	60
113	Guyana	58
114	Pakistan	57
115	Cuba	55
116	Oman	55
117	Angola	54
118	Lebanon	52
119	Ghana	50
120	Jamaica	46
121	Cabo Verde	43
122	Bolivia	42
123	Israel	41
124	Equatorial Guinea	40
125	Gabon	40
126	Iceland	40
127	Dominican Republic	38
128	Micronesia, Federated States of	38
129	Tonga	36
130	Jordan	35
131	Senegal	34
132	Yemen	33
133	British Virgin Islands	31
134	Mauritius	30
135	Madagascar	29
136	Mozambique	29
137	Liechtenstein	28
138	Switzerland	28
139	New Caledonia	26
140	Seychelles	26
141	Syria	26
142	Cote d'Ivoire	25
143	French Polynesia	24
144	Kenya	24
145	Solomon Islands	24
146	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	21
147	Djibouti	18
148	Sao Tome and Principe	17
149	Montenegro	16
150	Sudan	15
151	Namibia	14
152	Samoa	12
153	Congo, Republic of the	11
154	Ethiopia	11
155	Costa Rica	10
156	Suriname	10
157	Eritrea	9
158	Slovenia	9
159	Gambia, The	8
160	Greenland	8
161	Guatemala	8
162	Guinea-Bissau	8
163	Benin	6
164	Grenada	6
165	Mauritania	5
166	Nauru	5
167	Nicaragua	5
168	Belarus	4
169	Haiti	4
170	Somalia	4
171	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	3
172	Guam	3
173	Turks and Caicos Islands	3
174	Anguilla	2
175	El Salvador	2
176	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2
177	Guinea	2
178	Hungary	1
179	Laos	1
180	Macau	1
181	Niger	1
182	Northern Mariana Islands	1
183	Timor-Leste	1
184	Uganda	1
185	Zambia	1