Merchant Fleet Share by Country (2026)

Merchant fleet share by country measures the share of the world fleet, as a percentage of total world dead weight tonnage, held by merchant ships registered under each country's flag. It shows how much of the global fleet capacity each registry accounts for rather than the cargo it carries. The statistics are based on the UNCTADstat database. The dataset covers 196 countries and territories, and 195 of them report figures for 2026. The countries and territories with reported data account for about 99 percent of the world merchant fleet.

Countries With the Largest Merchant Fleet Share in 2026

Liberia recorded the largest share of the world merchant fleet in 2026 at 17.66 percent. Panama followed with 13.83 percent, ahead of the Marshall Islands (12.56) and Singapore (7.36). Hong Kong (6.96), China (5.62), Malta (4.51), the Bahamas (2.82), Greece (2.04), and Japan (1.86) complete the top ten.

Merchant Fleet Share by Country (2026)

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#	Country	Latest Data (%)	Year
1	Liberia LR	17.66%	2026
2	Panama PA	13.83%	2026
3	Marshall Islands MH	12.56%	2026
4	Singapore SG	7.36%	2026
5	Hong Kong HK	6.96%	2026
6	China CN	5.62%	2026
7	Malta MT	4.51%	2026
8	Bahamas BS	2.82%	2026
9	Greece GR	2.04%	2026
10	Japan JP	1.86%	2026
11	Portugal PT	1.55%	2026
12	Indonesia ID	1.44%	2026
13	Cyprus CY	1.39%	2026
14	Denmark DK	1%	2026
15	South Korea KR	0.94%	2026
16	Norway NO	0.82%	2026
17	Iran IR	0.8%	2026
18	Isle of Man IM	0.79%	2026
19	Russia RU	0.78%	2026
20	Saudi Arabia SA	0.77%	2026
21	India IN	0.75%	2026
22	Barbados BB	0.57%	2026
23	Cameroon CM	0.57%	2026
24	Sierra Leone SL	0.53%	2026
25	United States US	0.53%	2026
26	Belgium BE	0.49%	2026
27	France FR	0.43%	2026
28	United Kingdom GB	0.39%	2026
29	Vietnam VN	0.39%	2026
30	Malaysia MY	0.37%	2026
31	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0.35%	2026
32	Comoros KM	0.34%	2026
33	Germany DE	0.34%	2026
34	Bermuda BM	0.29%	2026
35	Curaçao CW	0.29%	2026
36	Gambia GM	0.29%	2026
37	Nigeria NG	0.29%	2026
38	Italy IT	0.28%	2026
39	Palau PW	0.28%	2026
40	Türkiye TR	0.27%	2026
41	Brazil BR	0.26%	2026
42	Netherlands NL	0.26%	2026
43	Bangladesh BD	0.24%	2026
44	Philippines PH	0.24%	2026
45	Taiwan TW	0.23%	2026
46	Guyana GY	0.22%	2026
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0.22%	2026
48	Cayman Islands KY	0.21%	2026
49	Kuwait KW	0.19%	2026
50	Thailand TH	0.19%	2026
51	Oman OM	0.17%	2026
52	Guinea GN	0.16%	2026
53	Belize BZ	0.13%	2026
54	Canada CA	0.13%	2026
55	Benin BJ	0.1%	2026
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0.1%	2026
57	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0.1%	2026
58	Tanzania TZ	0.1%	2026
59	Australia AU	0.09%	2026
60	Djibouti DJ	0.09%	2026
61	Mexico MX	0.09%	2026
62	San Marino SM	0.09%	2026
63	Aruba AW	0.08%	2026
64	Mozambique MZ	0.08%	2026
65	Tuvalu TV	0.08%	2026
66	Cook Islands CK	0.07%	2026
67	Egypt EG	0.07%	2026
68	Sweden SE	0.07%	2026
69	Vanuatu VU	0.07%	2026
70	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.06%	2026
71	Luxembourg LU	0.06%	2026
72	Venezuela VE	0.06%	2026
73	Azerbaijan AZ	0.05%	2026
74	Croatia HR	0.05%	2026
75	North Korea KP	0.05%	2026
76	Spain ES	0.05%	2026
77	Togo TG	0.05%	2026
78	Botswana BW	0.04%	2026
79	Chile CL	0.04%	2026
80	Finland FI	0.04%	2026
81	Gabon GA	0.04%	2026
82	Libya LY	0.04%	2026
83	Mongolia MN	0.04%	2026
84	United Arab Emirates AE	0.04%	2026
85	Algeria DZ	0.03%	2026
86	Angola AO	0.03%	2026
87	Argentina AR	0.03%	2026
88	Gibraltar GI	0.03%	2026
89	Honduras HN	0.03%	2026
90	Pakistan PK	0.03%	2026
91	Qatar QA	0.03%	2026
92	Switzerland CH	0.03%	2026
93	Tonga TO	0.03%	2026
94	Cuba CU	0.02%	2026
95	Ireland IE	0.02%	2026
96	Ivory Coast CI	0.02%	2026
97	Madagascar MG	0.02%	2026
98	Maldives MV	0.02%	2026
99	Peru PE	0.02%	2026
100	South Africa ZA	0.02%	2026
101	Yemen YE	0.02%	2026
102	Bahrain BH	0.01%	2026
103	Bolivia BO	0.01%	2026
104	Brunei BN	0.01%	2026
105	Cambodia KH	0.01%	2026
106	Dominica DM	0.01%	2026
107	Ecuador EC	0.01%	2026
108	Equatorial Guinea GQ	0.01%	2026
109	Eswatini SZ	0.01%	2026
110	Ethiopia ET	0.01%	2026
111	Faroe Islands FO	0.01%	2026
112	Iraq IQ	0.01%	2026
113	Jamaica JM	0.01%	2026
114	Kazakhstan KZ	0.01%	2026
115	Kiribati KI	0.01%	2026
116	Latvia LV	0.01%	2026
117	Lebanon LB	0.01%	2026
118	Lithuania LT	0.01%	2026
119	Morocco MA	0.01%	2026
120	Myanmar MM	0.01%	2026
121	Nicaragua NI	0.01%	2026
122	Niue NU	0.01%	2026
123	Papua New Guinea PG	0.01%	2026
124	Seychelles SC	0.01%	2026
125	Sri Lanka LK	0.01%	2026
126	Tunisia TN	0.01%	2026
127	Turkmenistan TM	0.01%	2026
128	Ukraine UA	0.01%	2026
129	Albania AL	0%	2026
130	Austria AT	0%	2026
131	Belarus BY	0%	2026
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0%	2026
133	British Virgin Islands VG	0%	2026
134	Bulgaria BG	0%	2026
135	Cape Verde CV	0%	2026
136	Colombia CO	0%	2026
137	Congo CG	0%	2026
138	Costa Rica CR	0%	2026
139	Czech Republic CZ	0%	2026
140	Dominican Republic DO	0%	2026
141	DR Congo CD	0%	2026
142	El Salvador SV	0%	2026
143	Eritrea ER	0%	2026
144	Estonia EE	0%	2026
145	Falkland Islands FK	0%	2026
146	Fiji FJ	0%	2026
147	French Polynesia PF	0%	2026
148	Georgia GE	0%	2026
149	Ghana GH	0%	2026
150	Greenland GL	0%	2026
151	Grenada GD	0%	2026
152	Guam GU	0%	2026
153	Guatemala GT	0%	2026
154	Haiti HT	0%	2026
155	Hungary HU	0%	2022
156	Iceland IS	0%	2026
157	Israel IL	0%	2026
158	Jordan JO	0%	2026
159	Kenya KE	0%	2026
160	Laos LA	0%	2026
161	Lesotho LS	0%	2026
162	Macau MO	0%	2026
163	Mauritania MR	0%	2026
164	Mauritius MU	0%	2026
165	Micronesia FM	0%	2026
166	Moldova MD	0%	2026
167	Monaco MC	0%	2026
168	Montenegro ME	0%	2026
169	Namibia NA	0%	2026
170	Nauru NR	0%	2026
171	New Caledonia NC	0%	2026
172	New Zealand NZ	0%	2026
173	Niger NE	0%	2026
174	North Macedonia MK	0%	2026
175	Northern Mariana Islands MP	0%	2026
176	Paraguay PY	0%	2026
177	Poland PL	0%	2026
178	Puerto Rico PR	0%	2026
179	Réunion RE	0%	2026
180	Romania RO	0%	2026
181	Samoa WS	0%	2026
182	Senegal SN	0%	2026
183	Slovakia SK	0%	2026
184	Slovenia SI	0%	2026
185	Solomon Islands SB	0%	2026
186	Somalia SO	0%	2026
187	Sudan SD	0%	2026
188	Suriname SR	0%	2026
189	Syria SY	0%	2026
190	Timor-Leste TL	0%	2026
191	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0%	2026
192	Turks and Caicos Islands TC	0%	2026
193	Uruguay UY	0%	2026
194	US Virgin Islands VI	0%	2026
195	Wallis and Futuna WF	0%	2026
196	Zambia ZM	0%	2026

Merchant fleet share is concentrated in a handful of open-registry economies. The top five countries together account for about 58 percent of the world fleet, and the top ten for about 75 percent. Among the 195 countries and territories with 2026 data, 14 record a share of 1 percent or more.

Merchant Fleet Share Around the World

In Asia, Singapore (7.36 percent) and Hong Kong (6.96) hold the largest shares, followed by China (5.62) and Japan (1.86). South Korea (0.94), the Philippines (0.24), and Vietnam (0.39) are smaller, while Indonesia (1.44) is the largest national fleet share in South-east Asia after Singapore.

In Europe, Malta (4.51) holds the largest share, ahead of Greece (2.04), Portugal (1.55), and Cyprus (1.39). Denmark (1.00) is just above the 1 percent mark, while Norway (0.82), France (0.43), the United Kingdom (0.39), Germany (0.34), Italy (0.28), and the Netherlands (0.26) are smaller.

In the Americas, the Bahamas (2.82) leads, followed by the United States (0.53) and Brazil (0.26). In Africa, Liberia (17.66) dominates the global ranking, with Nigeria (0.29) the largest national share outside open registries. In the Middle East, Iran (0.80) and Saudi Arabia (0.77) are the largest.

In Oceania, Australia accounts for 0.09 percent of the world fleet and New Zealand for close to nothing, while the Cayman Islands (0.21) and Barbados (0.57) rely on open-registry business in the Caribbean.

Largest Changes in Merchant Fleet Share, 2021–2026

Liberia recorded the largest increase in fleet share between 2021 and 2026, rising from 14.02 to 17.66 percent. Singapore also gained, from 6.37 to 7.36 percent, and Portugal from 1.07 to 1.55. China edged up from 5.19 to 5.62 percent.

Hong Kong recorded the largest decline, from 9.59 to 6.96 percent, followed by Panama, down from 16.11 to 13.83 percent. Greece fell from 3.01 to 2.04 percent and Malta from 5.42 to 4.51 percent.

Merchant Fleet Share by Country (2026)

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#	Country	2021 (%)	2022 (%)	2023 (%)	2024 (%)	2025 (%)	2026 (%)
1	Panama	16.11%	15.9%	16.06%	16.1%	15.21%	13.83%
2	Liberia	14.02%	15.22%	16.58%	17.27%	17.33%	17.66%
3	Marshall Islands	12.82%	13.16%	13.13%	13.05%	12.5%	12.56%
4	Hong Kong	9.59%	9.43%	8.77%	8.47%	8.3%	6.96%
5	Singapore	6.37%	5.97%	5.9%	5.96%	6.24%	7.36%
6	Malta	5.42%	5.2%	4.78%	4.34%	4.63%	4.51%
7	China	5.19%	5.46%	5.83%	6.06%	5.72%	5.62%
8	Bahamas	3.47%	3.31%	3.15%	3.06%	2.88%	2.82%
9	Greece	3.01%	2.79%	2.57%	2.37%	2.19%	2.04%
10	Japan	1.83%	1.81%	1.82%	1.8%	1.79%	1.86%
11	Cyprus	1.59%	1.52%	1.39%	1.3%	1.4%	1.39%
12	Indonesia	1.36%	1.33%	1.32%	1.39%	1.42%	1.44%
13	Denmark	1.16%	1.18%	1.11%	1.06%	1.05%	1%
14	Norway	1.12%	1.06%	1.03%	0.94%	0.87%	0.82%
15	Portugal	1.07%	1.18%	1.18%	1.25%	1.47%	1.55%
16	Isle of Man	1.03%	0.93%	0.88%	0.82%	0.82%	0.79%
17	Iran	0.97%	0.93%	0.92%	0.89%	0.86%	0.8%
18	India	0.8%	0.77%	0.8%	0.78%	0.73%	0.75%
19	South Korea	0.74%	0.71%	0.83%	0.9%	0.88%	0.94%
20	Saudi Arabia	0.64%	0.63%	0.59%	0.61%	0.73%	0.77%
21	United States	0.58%	0.57%	0.56%	0.56%	0.54%	0.53%
22	United Kingdom	0.55%	0.5%	0.46%	0.44%	0.41%	0.39%
23	Italy	0.53%	0.45%	0.4%	0.33%	0.3%	0.28%
24	Russia	0.51%	0.49%	0.49%	0.5%	0.6%	0.78%
25	Malaysia	0.48%	0.42%	0.41%	0.4%	0.4%	0.37%
26	Vietnam	0.48%	0.56%	0.54%	0.56%	0.47%	0.39%
27	Belgium	0.45%	0.44%	0.4%	0.34%	0.28%	0.49%
28	Bermuda	0.38%	0.36%	0.31%	0.28%	0.28%	0.29%
29	France	0.37%	0.36%	0.36%	0.41%	0.41%	0.43%
30	Germany	0.37%	0.32%	0.32%	0.34%	0.36%	0.34%
31	Taiwan	0.33%	0.3%	0.28%	0.25%	0.24%	0.23%
32	Cayman Islands	0.32%	0.29%	0.28%	0.26%	0.23%	0.21%
33	Netherlands	0.32%	0.3%	0.29%	0.28%	0.28%	0.26%
34	Philippines	0.31%	0.29%	0.27%	0.26%	0.23%	0.24%
35	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3%	0.28%	0.28%	0.28%	0.38%	0.35%
36	Türkiye	0.29%	0.28%	0.29%	0.3%	0.28%	0.27%
37	Thailand	0.28%	0.24%	0.2%	0.19%	0.19%	0.19%
38	Brazil	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.26%
39	Nigeria	0.23%	0.23%	0.26%	0.28%	0.29%	0.29%
40	Belize	0.21%	0.17%	0.16%	0.18%	0.17%	0.13%
41	Kuwait	0.21%	0.22%	0.21%	0.2%	0.19%	0.19%
42	Bangladesh	0.17%	0.2%	0.22%	0.23%	0.25%	0.24%
43	Canada	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.14%	0.14%	0.13%
44	Cook Islands	0.14%	0.08%	0.08%	0.21%	0.19%	0.07%
45	Cameroon	0.13%	0.23%	0.32%	0.34%	0.24%	0.57%
46	Sierra Leone	0.13%	0.13%	0.11%	0.11%	0.23%	0.53%
47	Australia	0.12%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.1%	0.09%
48	Barbados	0.12%	0.15%	0.2%	0.26%	0.77%	0.57%
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.1%
50	Mexico	0.1%	0.1%	0.11%	0.11%	0.09%	0.09%
51	Palau	0.1%	0.15%	0.23%	0.33%	0.32%	0.28%
52	Togo	0.1%	0.12%	0.1%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%
53	Djibouti	0.09%	0.14%	0.1%	0.12%	0.14%	0.09%
54	Gibraltar	0.09%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%
55	Spain	0.09%	0.09%	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.05%
56	Tuvalu	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%
57	Vanuatu	0.09%	0.08%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.07%
58	Croatia	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
59	Egypt	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%
60	Libya	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
61	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.08%	0.06%	0.17%	0.12%	0.21%	0.22%
62	Tanzania	0.08%	0.09%	0.09%	0.11%	0.11%	0.1%
63	Comoros	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%	0.09%	0.19%	0.34%
64	Curaçao	0.07%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.18%	0.29%
65	Venezuela	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%
66	Eswatini	-	-	-	-	0.06%	0.01%
67	Luxembourg	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.06%
68	Chile	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
69	Finland	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%
70	Gabon	0.05%	0.07%	0.09%	0.26%	0.21%	0.04%
71	North Korea	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
72	Qatar	0.05%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.03%
73	Sweden	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.07%
74	Argentina	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%
75	Botswana	-	-	-	-	-	0.04%
76	Honduras	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.05%	0.11%	0.03%
77	Mongolia	0.04%	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
78	Pakistan	0.04%	0.04%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%	0.03%
79	Switzerland	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%
80	United Arab Emirates	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
81	Algeria	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
82	Azerbaijan	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
83	Dominica	0.03%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
84	Moldova	0.03%	0.02%	0.01%	0%	0%	0%
85	Samoa	0.03%	0.05%	0%	0%	0%	0%
86	Sao Tome and Principe	0.03%	0.03%	0.06%	0.05%	0.08%	0.1%
87	Brunei	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
88	Cambodia	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
89	Cuba	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
90	Ethiopia	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
91	Faroe Islands	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
92	Ireland	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
93	Israel	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0%	0%	0%
94	Peru	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
95	South Africa	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
96	Ukraine	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
97	Yemen	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
98	Angola	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.03%
99	Bahrain	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
100	Bolivia	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
101	Bulgaria	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0%	0%
102	Colombia	0.01%	0%	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0%
103	Ecuador	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
104	Iraq	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
105	Jamaica	0.01%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.01%
106	Kazakhstan	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
107	Kiribati	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0.01%
108	Latvia	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
109	Lebanon	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
110	Lithuania	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
111	Mauritius	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0%	0%	0%
112	Montenegro	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0%
113	Morocco	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
114	Myanmar	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
115	New Zealand	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0%
116	Niue	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
117	Papua New Guinea	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
118	Paraguay	0.01%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
119	Poland	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0%	0%	0%
120	Seychelles	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
121	Sri Lanka	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
122	Tunisia	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
123	Turkmenistan	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
124	Albania	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
125	Aruba	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.08%
126	Austria	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
127	Belarus	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
128	Benin	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.1%
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	0%	0%	0%
130	British Virgin Islands	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
131	Cape Verde	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
132	Congo	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
133	Costa Rica	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
134	Czech Republic	-	-	-	0%	0%	0%
135	Dominican Republic	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
136	DR Congo	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
137	El Salvador	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
138	Equatorial Guinea	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.01%
139	Eritrea	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
140	Estonia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
141	Falkland Islands	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
142	Fiji	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
143	French Polynesia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
144	Gambia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.06%	0.29%
145	Georgia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
146	Ghana	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
147	Greenland	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
148	Grenada	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
149	Guam	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
150	Guatemala	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
151	Guinea	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.08%	0.16%
152	Guinea-Bissau	0%	0%	0%	0.01%	0.06%	0.06%
153	Guyana	0%	0.04%	0.01%	0.03%	0.25%	0.22%
154	Haiti	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
155	Hungary	0%	0%	-	-	-	-
156	Iceland	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
157	Ivory Coast	0%	0%	0%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%
158	Jordan	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
159	Kenya	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
160	Laos	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
161	Lesotho	-	-	0%	0%	0%	0%
162	Macau	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
163	Madagascar	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.02%
164	Maldives	0%	0%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%
165	Mauritania	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
166	Micronesia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
167	Monaco	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
168	Mozambique	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.08%
169	Namibia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
170	Nauru	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
171	New Caledonia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
172	Nicaragua	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.01%
173	Niger	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
174	North Macedonia	-	-	-	0%	0%	0%
175	Northern Mariana Islands	-	-	0%	0%	0%	0%
176	Oman	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.17%
177	Puerto Rico	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
178	Réunion	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
179	Romania	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
180	San Marino	-	0%	0%	0.01%	0.09%	0.09%
181	Senegal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
182	Slovakia	-	-	-	0%	0%	0%
183	Slovenia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
184	Solomon Islands	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
185	Somalia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
186	Sudan	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
187	Suriname	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
188	Syria	0%	0%	0.01%	0.01%	0%	0%
189	Timor-Leste	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
190	Tonga	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.03%
191	Trinidad and Tobago	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
192	Turks and Caicos Islands	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
193	Uruguay	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
194	US Virgin Islands	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
195	Wallis and Futuna	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
196	Zambia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Methodology

The statistics are based on the UNCTADstat database, indicator Percentage of total world, which measures each country's merchant fleet share as a percentage of world dead weight tonnage. Values refer to the beginning of each year. The main comparison uses 2026 data where available, and the latest available year for countries without a 2026 observation. In the table, a zero reflects a nil or negligible fleet, while an empty cell means that no value was reported; the two are never mixed up in the calculations.