Breakdown of merchant ships worldwide by owning country 2021

Published by
Martin Placek,
Dec 6, 2022
In 2021, Greece owned the biggest share of the global merchant fleet, about 17.6 percent. China ranked second with a share of some 11.6 percent. At the beginning of 2020, there were around 55,000 ships in the world's merchant fleet.

Distribution of vessels in the global merchant fleet in 2021, by owning country

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2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The vessels covered in data include all propelled sea-going merchant vessels of 1000 gross tons (GT) and above, including offshore drill ships and Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units (FPSOs). Military vessels, yachts, waterway vessels, fishing vessels, and offshore fixed and mobile platforms and barges are excluded

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