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Appendix I
Leading flags of registration by tonnage
Leading flags of registration by tonnage
| Flag State | Number of vessels | Vessel share of world total (%) | Dead-weight tonnage | Share of world total deadweight tonnage (%) | Cumulated share of deadweight tonnage (%) | Deadweight tonnage growth, 2016-2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 8,052 | 8.64 | 343,397,556 | 18.44 | 18.44 | 2.75 |
| Liberia | 3,296 | 3.54 | 219,397,222 | 11.78 | 30.23 | 5.66 |
| Marshall Islands | 3,199 | 3.43 | 216,616,351 | 11.63 | 41.86 | 7.76 |
| Hong Kong (China) | 2,576 | 2.77 | 173,318,337 | 9.31 | 51.17 | 6.23 |
| Singapore | 3,558 | 3.82 | 124,237,959 | 6.67 | 57.84 | 0.21 |
| Malta | 2,170 | 2.33 | 99,216,415 | 5.53 | 63.17 | 5.14 |
| Bahamas | 1,440 | 1.55 | 79,842,485 | 4.29 | 67.46 | 0.79 |
| China | 4,287 | 4.60 | 78,400,273 | 4.21 | 71.67 | 2.12 |
| Greece | 1,364 | 1.46 | 74,637,988 | 4.01 | 75.68 | 1.60 |
| UK | 1,551 | 1.66 | 40,985,692 | 2.20 | 77.88 | 10.42 |
| Japan | 5,289 | 5.68 | 34,529,405 | 1.85 | 79.74 | 6.60 |
| Cyprus | 1,022 | 1.10 | 33,764,669 | 1.81 | 81.55 | 1.82 |
| Norway | 1,585 | 1.70 | 21,900,458 | 1.18 | 82.73 | 6.89 |
| Indonesia | 8,782 | 9.43 | 20,143,854 | 1.08 | 83.81 | 7.58 |
| India | 1,674 | 1.80 | 17,253,564 | 0.93 | 84.74 | 5.34 |
| Denmark | 654 | 0.70 | 16,893,333 | 0.91 | 85.64 | -1.73 |
| Italy | 1,430 | 1.53 | 15,944,268 | 0.86 | 86.50 | -2.32 |
| Republic of Korea | 1,907 | 2.05 | 15,171,035 | 0.81 | 87.31 | -10.80 |
| Portugal | 466 | 0.50 | 13,752,758 | 0.74 | 88.05 | 54.97 |
| United States | 3,611 | 3.88 | 11,798,309 | 0.63 | 88.69 | 0.75 |
| Bermuda | 160 | 0.17 | 10,957,895 | 0.59 | 89.27 | 2.44 |
| Germany | 614 | 0.66 | 10,443,669 | 0.56 | 89.84 | -6.15 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 964 | 1.03 | 10,153,044 | 0.55 | 90.38 | -9.68 |
| Malaysia | 1,690 | 1.81 | 10,058,653 | 0.54 | 90.92 | 4.70 |
| Russian Federation | 2,572 | 2.76 | 8,277,175 | 0.44 | 91.37 | -2.95 |
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1,285 | 1.38 | 8,200,982 | 0.44 | 91.81 | -3.83 |
| Belgium | 185 | 0.20 | 8,039,665 | 0.43 | 92.24 | -3.57 |
| Vietnam | 1,818 | 1.95 | 7,991,039 | 0.43 | 92.67 | 2.96 |
| Netherlands | 1,244 | 1.34 | 7,619,143 | 0.41 | 93.08 | -5.31 |
| France | 547 | 0.59 | 6,966,582 | 0.37 | 93.45 | 0.90 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 739 | 0.79 | 6,583,064 | 0.35 | 93.80 | 34.49 |
| Philippines | 1,508 | 1.62 | 6,135,144 | 4.13 | 94.13 | -3.63 |
| Cayman Islands | 161 | 0.17 | 5,549,056 | 0.30 | 94.43 | 28.52 |
| Thailand | 781 | 0.84 | 5,374,875 | 0.29 | 94.72 | 0.13 |
| Kuwait | 161 | 0.17 | 5,155,256 | 0.28 | 95.00 | -3.85 |
| Top 35 total | 72,342 | 77.65 | 1,768,707,283 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 4.02 |
| Rest of world | 20,819 | 22.35 | 94,530,523 | 5.07 | 5.07 | -12.80 |
| World total | 93,161 | 100.00 | 1,861,851,750 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 2.94 |
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Source: Review of Maritime Transport (2017) (UNCTAD/RMT/2017) Table 2.6 |