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Which Country Has the Most Maritime Merchant Vessels?

Number of Maritime Merchant Vessels (vessels), 2011

Transport | February 26, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 70 countries in 2011, Greece ranked the highest in number of maritime merchant vessels with 71,420 vessels followed by Singapore and Malta. On the other end of the scale was Slovenia with 0.350 vessels, Montenegro with 2.70 vessels and Kenya with 7.87 vessels.

Data for more countries are available at Number of Maritime Merchant Vessels indicator page.

Number of Maritime Merchant Vessels	Unit	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
China	vessels															29,793	32,774	34,781	37,124	39,998
Denmark	vessels															9,033	9,764	10,436	11,075	12,668
Germany	vessels															9,381	13,578	13,264	15,031	17,949
Greece	vessels															54,642	52,136	54,613	61,384	63,036
India	vessels															12,347	13,295	13,904	15,041	15,300
Indonesia	vessels	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			5,039	5,308	6,268	6,859	7,025
Italy	vessels															11,316	12,074	13,279	13,267	14,415
Japan	vessels															16,013	15,100	15,096	14,810	15,417
Malaysia	vessels															8,708	7,755	8,571	9,448	9,391
Malta	vessels															36,101	36,942	40,440	45,218	50,666
Norway	vessels															24,243	23,237	23,950	23,949	23,541
Singapore	vessels															40,935	48,562	50,981	55,550	60,798
South Korea	vessels															12,017	14,347	16,456	21,141	22,600
USA	vessels															11,658	11,768	12,411	12,140	11,962
United Kingdom	vessels															23,161	25,548	28,715	29,738	32,607