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3.12 Ownership of the World Fleet - Ranked By Dead-Weight Tonnage, 2021

(As on 1st January 2021)
Number of the vessels Dead-Wieght Tonnage (thousand of tons) National flag as
Rank Country or territory Foreign or Foreign or percentage of total
(DWT) National International Total National International Total (dead-weight
flag flag
flag flag tonnage)
1 Greece 642 4063 4705 58067003 315350152 373417155 17.64
2 China 4887 2431 7318 105657323 138898420 244555743 11.56
3 Japan 914 3115 4029 35107223 206741103 241848326 11.43
4 Singapore 1459 1384 2843 73258302 65805758 139064059 6.57
5 China Hong Kong SAR 886 878 1764 72367151 31851549 104218700 4.92
6 Germany 198 2197 2395 7437473 78759307 86196779 4.07
7 Republic of Korea 787 854 1641 15096916 70995920 86092836 4.07
8 Norway 387 1655 2042 1899017 62144480 64043497 3.03
9 Bermuda 13 540 553 300925 63733226 64034151 3.03
United Kingdom(excl. channel
10 309 1014 1323 7160493 46524174 53684667 2.54
islands)
United States of America
11 (incl. Puerto Rico but 790 1020 1810 10395172 44576019 54971191 2.60
excluding Virgin Islands)
12 Taiwan Province of China 147 867 1014 6998235 46284542 53282777 2.52
13 Monaco 0 478 478 0 43426478 43426478 2.05
14 Denmark 26 902 928 47415 42185673 42233088 2.00
15 Belgium 108 249 357 8974783 21969171 30943954 1.46
16 Turkey 429 1112 1541 5994812 21970706 27965518 1.32
17 Indonesia 2232 89 2321 24139035 2704715 26843751 1.27
18 Switzerland 18 396 414 928432 25794797 26723229 1.26
19 India 875 195 1070 16396087 10013434 26409521 1.25
20 United Arab Emirates 119 941 1060 525959 24431420 24957380 1.18
21 Russian Federation 1464 322 1786 9184626 14682694 23867320 1.13
22 Islamic Republic of Iran 246 8 254 18898257 352889 19251146 0.91
23 Netherlands 692 515 1207 5577088 13185003 18762090 0.89
24 Saudi Arabia 151 111 262 13397363 3422203 16819566 0.79
25 Italy 481 170 651 10296714 5900509 16197223 0.77
26 Brazil 292 91 383 4735593 9120015 13855608 0.65
27 France, metropolitan 98 327 425 1592919 12004098 13597017 0.64
28 Viet Nam 929 166 1095 9491311 3043458 12534769 0.59
29 Cyprus 134 177 311 5166089 7174723 12340812 0.58
30 Canada 210 164 374 2569373 7212024 9781397 0.46
31 Oman 5 58 63 5704 8926419 8932123 0.42
32 Malaysia 456 163 619 6587734 2158859 8746592 0.41
33 Qatar 57 69 126 1123717 6145431 7269149 0.34
34 Nigeria 198 73 271 3517645 3429887 6947532 0.33
35 Sweden 90 208 298 1004333 5448524 6452857 0.30
Total of top 35 shipowning countries 20729 27002 47731 543900223 1466373485 2010273707 94.99
Rest of world and unknown 3096 3146 6242 37011088 69116093 106127181 5.01
WORLD TOTAL 23825 30148 53973 580911310 1535489578 2116400888 100

Note: Propelled seagoing vessels of 1000 gross tons and above, as of 1 January 2021. For the purpose of this table, second and international registries are recorded as foreign or international
registries, whereby, for example, ships belonging to owners in the United Kingdom but registered in Gibraltar or on the isle of Man are recorded as being under a foreign or international flag.
In addition, ships belong to owners in Denmark and registered in the Danish International Ship Register account for 48 per cent of the Denmark-owned fleet in dead-weight tonnage, and ships
belonging to owners in Norway registered in the Norwegian International Ship Register account for 28 per cent of the Norway-owned fleet in dead-weight tonnage.
Source: UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2021

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