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Annex II (c).
Merchant fleets of the world by flags of registration,a groups of economies and types of ship,b
as at 1 January 2012
(Number of ships)

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AFRICA

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Comoros
Congo
Cte d 'Ivoire
Democratic People's Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Libya
Madagascar
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
United Republic of Tanzania
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AFRICA
Total
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AMERICA
Anguilla
Argentina
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia

Bulk

Container

carriers

ships

General
Oil
cargo ships c tankers

17
14
24
4
1
5

1
3
7
5
3
-

4
11
117
1
31
6
4
8
11
15
2
7
3
16
3
5
5
10
1
11
9
5
7
231
2
2
2
69
5
139

71

19

1
26
37
2

1
6
-

Other

Grand

types

total

2
1
37
6
1
1
1
2
19
1
1
4
3
86
1
6
71
7
24
1
16

108
156
8
57
27
120
22
31
16
13
269
33
8
1
39
8
216
43
17
26
141
53
133
47
494
114
166
467
2
12
203
40
119
10
249
17
30
69
73

137
177
8
61
43
277
22
33
18
13
354
45
13
9
51
8
232
45
24
28
163
70
137
56
509
124
167
564
2
21
209
53
450
12
258
19
130
76
233

769

335

3 657

4 851

1
7
64
210
23

27
18
21
1

1
394
1
30
178
9

2
430
1
144
446
35

12
15

11
6
5
22
-

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Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)d
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AMERICA
Total
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF ASIA
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brunei Darussalem
Cambodia
China
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Taiwan Province of
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar, Republic of the Union of
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Saudi Arabia

15
21
12
1
1
13
16
4
5
15
1
4

16
2
4
5
1
3
-

23
2
30
18
22
5
88
30
1
8
3
35
2
230
8
9
2
24
1
101
3
1
1
4
21

45
1
68
13
9
1
4
8
39
1
5
83
40
1
2
19
63
3
1
7
22

385
15
44
344
120
17
42
44
51
20
236
16
26
4
11
77
1
555
18
803
26
18
395
104
10
128
6
106
284

484
18
163
389
151
17
49
137
102
21
283
16
26
7
12
117
3
884
34
857
29
49
416
286
16
130
7
118
331

174

38

977

502

4 519

6 210

2
30
38
681
868
43
11
104
158
13
2
1
4
11
1
19
5
86
3
213
-

4
4
3
220
295
31
3
13
127
4
6
40
2
1
16
13
73
3

2
86
8
451
1 048
240
70
157
171
1 789
260
6
15
1
31
191
38
51
50
9
2
663
2
419
17

6
72
3
10
512
336
30
16
128
447
14
2
1
22
1
176
13
14
6
1
6
193
5
291
50

209
120
69
89
1 687
196
732
36
1 027
3 811
356
1
16
161
8
1 031
27
52
70
39
46
1 037
99
1 920
259

223
312
80
591
4 148
1 935
906
223
1 443
6 332
647
3
23
206
2
44
1 449
79
138
127
49
59
1 995
122
2 916
329

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Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syrian Arab Republic
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Viet Nam
Yemen
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF ASIA
Total
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF OCEANIA
Fiji
Kiribati
Micronesia, Federal States of
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF OCEANIA
Total
OPEN REGISTRY COUNTRIES
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bermuda
Cyprus
Isle of Man
Liberia
Malta
Marshall Islands
Panama
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
OPEN REGISTRY ECONOMIES
Total
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway

286
5
3
32
109
4
156
-

346
1
31
43
5
20
-

205
12
11
166
471
78
975
3

779
8
236
188
38
109
4

1 261
61
14
385
1
549
408
265
42

2 877
87
28
850
1
1 360
533
1 525
49

2 888

1 304

7 698

3 717

16 084

31 691

6
2
7
6
39

2
1

15
58
10
65
4
11
15
29
35

17
4
2
36
-

101
30
21
74
7
23
19
87
426

116
111
33
150
11
34
36
160
501

60

242

59

788

1 152

42
258
23
277
67
736
567
616
2 624
62

409
60
16
195
6
978
120
229
737
12

799
348
9
183
68
288
394
102
1 928
319

5
304
25
128
144
771
489
656
1 074
16

67
439
91
239
125
257
245
273
1 764
448

1 322
1 409
164
1 022
410
3 030
1 815
1 876
8 127
857

5 272

2 762

4 438

3 612

3 948

20 032

12
22
9
63
6
3
5
5
257
1
112
401
2
10
8
71

3
2
95
3
26
278
35
1
5
19
15
1
7
67
1
-

67
26
20
40
105
5
84
57
84
92
4
39
1
133
1 465
8
34
15
586
45
351

11
13
9
31
166
5
12
55
37
417
1
2
6
240
623
6
18
53
4
175

648
171
46
794
609
97
178
676
464
585
216
205
24
1 163
3 115
119
61
109
666
206
1 407

738
235
84
930
981
107
280
819
868
1 386
222
247
36
1 667
5 619
133
96
151
1 382
264
2 004

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Poland
6
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
8
Spain
7
Sweden
21
Switzerland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 47
55
United States of America
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
1 131
Total
Economies In Transition
Albania
Azerbaijan
29
Croatia
8
Georgia
Kazakhstan
1
Montenegro
4
Republic of Moldova
60
Russian Federation
Turkmenistan
2
Ukraine
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
104
Total
116
Unknown flag
9 816
World totale

6
5
3
202
85

12
56
5
6
52
81
9
339
89

6
20
6
33
37
5
174
55

164
371
69
1
8
1 157
327
1
1 203
6 177

182
459
80
7
8
1 255
452
39
1 965
6 461

859

3 910

2 220

21 037

29 157

1
13
-

51
36
33
69
8
1
133
942
8
135

51
20
10
12
4
367
6
18

9
195
218
66
109
9
18
1 980
54
368

60
282
300
154
129
11
159
3 362
68
523

14
13
5 012

1 416
1 080
20 530

488
281
11 214

3 026
4 674
57 733

5 048
6 164
104 305

Source : IHS Fairplay .

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this table refer to flags of registration
and do not imply the expression of any opinion by the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning
the legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities, or concerning
the delimitation of its frontiers.

Seagoing propelled merchant ships of 100 GT and above, excluding the Great Lakes fleets of the
United States of America and Canada and the United States of America Reserve Fleet.

Including passenger/cargo.

A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Excluding estimates of the United States Reserve Fleet and the United States and Canadian Great
Lakes fleets.