Data for 2012
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012
Figures for 2012, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012 covers 170 countries. China is highest, at 907.7921; North Korea is lowest, at 3.3516. The middle country reads 47.4357. Against 2011, 157 values changed (94 up, 63 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index · Data for 2012
HighestChina
907.7921LowestNorth Korea
3.3516Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01UNCTAD’s rank
The table
Every country and every column of Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012, as published. The rank is UNCTAD’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort
| 1 | CHNEastern Asia | 907.7921 | 2012Q04 |
| 2 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 561.7737 | 2012Q04 |
| 3 | HKGEastern Asia | 536.0045 | 2012Q04 |
| 4 | KOREastern Asia | 527.6328 | 2012Q04 |
| 5 | USANorthern America | 482.2867 | 2012Q04 |
| 6 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 477.1562 | 2012Q04 |
| 7 | JPNEastern Asia | 442.7999 | 2012Q04 |
| 8 | NLDWestern Europe | 403.0259 | 2012Q04 |
| 9 | DEUWestern Europe | 401.2076 | 2012Q04 |
| 10 | BELWestern Europe | 400.7987 | 2012Q04 |
| 11 | GBRNorthern Europe | 381.2741 | 2012Q04 |
| 12 | ESPSouthern Europe | 365.5674 | 2012Q04 |
| 13 | TWNEastern Asia | 323.2057 | 2012Q04 |
| 14 | AREWestern Asia | 299.6520 | 2012Q04 |
| 15 | ITASouthern Europe | 288.5634 | 2012Q04 |
| 16 | FRAWestern Europe | 275.7563 | 2012Q04 |
| 17 | INDSouthern Asia | 235.4578 | 2012Q04 |
| 18 | RUSEastern Europe | 232.8112 | 2012Q04 |
| 19 | EGYNorthern Africa | 221.2835 | 2012Q04 |
| 20 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 219.9413 | 2012Q04 |
| 21 | TURWestern Asia | 219.5942 | 2012Q04 |
| 22 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 217.3441 | 2012Q04 |
| 23 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 202.3733 | 2012Q04 |
| 24 | PANCentral America | 194.6769 | 2012Q04 |
| 25 | SAUWestern Asia | 188.5916 | 2012Q04 |
| 26 | MARNorthern Africa | 176.4598 | 2012Q04 |
| 27 | LKASouthern Asia | 173.2304 | 2012Q04 |
| 28 | MEXCentral America | 159.5044 | 2012Q04 |
| 29 | COLSouth America | 158.8958 | 2012Q04 |
| 30 | PRTSouthern Europe | 158.5510 | 2012Q04 |
| 31 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 149.1629 | 2012Q04 |
| 32 | CANNorthern America | 145.5710 | 2012Q04 |
| 33 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 143.7943 | 2012Q04 |
| 34 | BRASouth America | 138.6417 | 2012Q04 |
| 35 | OMNWestern Asia | 134.4461 | 2012Q04 |
| 36 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 129.9256 | 2012Q04 |
| 37 | GRCSouthern Europe | 125.6936 | 2012Q04 |
| 38 | SWENorthern Europe | 125.2719 | 2012Q04 |
| 39 | DOMCaribbean | 119.2167 | 2012Q04 |
| 40 | ARGSouth America | 113.1837 | 2012Q04 |
| 41 | MLTSouthern Europe | 112.3217 | 2012Q04 |
| 42 | ISRWestern Asia | 110.9884 | 2012Q04 |
| 43 | PAKSouthern Asia | 108.8974 | 2012Q04 |
| 44 | JAMCaribbean | 106.8680 | 2012Q04 |
| 45 | PERSouth America | 103.7107 | 2012Q04 |
| 46 | DNKNorthern Europe | 97.5192 | 2012Q04 |
| 47 | VENSouth America | 96.6119 | 2012Q04 |
| 48 | CRICentral America | 95.3058 | 2012Q04 |
| 49 | CHLSouth America | 94.4193 | 2012Q04 |
| 50 | FINNorthern Europe | 92.8009 | 2012Q04 |
| 51 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 92.6161 | 2012Q04 |
| 52 | URYSouth America | 91.9129 | 2012Q04 |
| 53 | NGAWestern Africa | 90.4808 | 2012Q04 |
| 54 | POLEastern Europe | 89.7984 | 2012Q04 |
| 55 | LBNWestern Asia | 87.1507 | 2012Q04 |
| 56 | GHAWestern Africa | 82.0509 | 2012Q04 |
| 57 | CIVWestern Africa | 81.9921 | 2012Q04 |
| 58 | IRNSouthern Asia | 81.4798 | 2012Q04 |
| 59 | ECUSouth America | 80.2613 | 2012Q04 |
| 60 | AGOMiddle Africa | 79.8299 | 2012Q04 |
| 61 | GTMCentral America | 78.0464 | 2012Q04 |
| 62 | TTOCaribbean | 76.1458 | 2012Q04 |
| 63 | CMRMiddle Africa | 74.6686 | 2012Q04 |
| 64 | UKREastern Europe | 72.7050 | 2012Q04 |
| 65 | BHSCaribbean | 68.3817 | 2012Q04 |
| 66 | HNDCentral America | 65.3340 | 2012Q04 |
| 67 | CYPWestern Asia | 64.8945 | 2012Q04 |
| 68 | ROUEastern Europe | 63.4513 | 2012Q04 |
| 69 | COGMiddle Africa | 62.5366 | 2012Q04 |
| 70 | MUSEastern Africa | 62.3795 | 2012Q04 |
| 71 | NORNorthern Europe | 61.6375 | 2012Q04 |
| 72 | JORWestern Asia | 61.6344 | 2012Q04 |
| 73 | SVNSouthern Europe | 60.7007 | 2012Q04 |
| 74 | IRLNorthern Europe | 57.1487 | 2012Q04 |
| 75 | KENEastern Africa | 56.7363 | 2012Q04 |
| 76 | DZANorthern Africa | 55.1102 | 2012Q04 |
| 77 | DJIEastern Africa | 53.8102 | 2012Q04 |
| 78 | TZAEastern Africa | 53.7511 | 2012Q04 |
| 79 | BENWestern Africa | 53.0806 | 2012Q04 |
| 80 | TGOWestern Africa | 52.2541 | 2012Q04 |
| 81 | NAMSouthern Africa | 52.0891 | 2012Q04 |
| 82 | PRICaribbean | 51.2143 | 2012Q04 |
| 83 | SENWestern Africa | 49.3840 | 2012Q04 |
| 84 | NCLMelanesia | 48.9326 | 2012Q04 |
| 85 | FJIMelanesia | 47.7009 | 2012Q04 |
| 86 | HRVSouthern Europe | 47.1706 | 2012Q04 |
| 87 | SYRWestern Asia | 46.5697 | 2012Q04 |
| 88 | GABMiddle Africa | 46.5301 | 2012Q04 |
| 89 | MOZEastern Africa | 46.4147 | 2012Q04 |
| 90 | TUNNorthern Africa | 46.2746 | 2012Q04 |
| 91 | BHRWestern Asia | 46.0619 | 2012Q04 |
| 92 | ESTNorthern Europe | 44.1990 | 2012Q04 |
| 93 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 43.9702 | 2012Q04 |
| 94 | KWTWestern Asia | 43.5877 | 2012Q04 |
| 95 | LBYNorthern Africa | 42.9054 | 2012Q04 |
| 96 | PNGMelanesia | 41.3721 | 2012Q04 |
| 98 | MDGEastern Africa | 40.4245 | 2012Q04 |
| 99 | PYFPolynesia | 38.3227 | 2012Q04 |
| 100 | HTICaribbean | 38.2938 | 2012Q04 |
| 102 | BGDSouthern Asia | 38.0045 | 2012Q04 |
| 103 | YEMWestern Asia | 37.9987 | 2012Q04 |
| 104 | LTUNorthern Europe | 37.9127 | 2012Q04 |
| 105 | GUYSouth America | 37.8130 | 2012Q04 |
| 106 | CUWCaribbean | 37.6400 | 2012Q04 |
| 107 | SXMCaribbean | 37.1200 | 2012Q04 |
| 108 | SURSouth America | 37.0751 | 2012Q04 |
| 109 | QATWestern Asia | 36.8185 | 2012Q04 |
| 110 | GMBWestern Africa | 35.9369 | 2012Q04 |
| 111 | GINWestern Africa | 35.7486 | 2012Q04 |
| 112 | GNQMiddle Africa | 35.3717 | 2012Q04 |
| 113 | CUBCaribbean | 33.8336 | 2012Q04 |
| 114 | VCTCaribbean | 32.6338 | 2012Q04 |
| 115 | LCACaribbean | 32.4933 | 2012Q04 |
| 116 | BRBCaribbean | 32.4930 | 2012Q04 |
| 118 | SLBMelanesia | 31.3560 | 2012Q04 |
| 119 | CODMiddle Africa | 30.7529 | 2012Q04 |
| 120 | LVANorthern Europe | 30.6046 | 2012Q04 |
| 121 | GRDCaribbean | 30.3356 | 2012Q04 |
| 122 | ABWCaribbean | 30.3302 | 2012Q04 |
| 123 | SYCEastern Africa | 28.3411 | 2012Q04 |
| 124 | SDNNorthern Africa | 28.2120 | 2012Q04 |
| 125 | VUTMelanesia | 27.0847 | 2012Q04 |
| 126 | BGREastern Europe | 26.8628 | 2012Q04 |
| 127 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 26.1787 | 2012Q04 |
| 128 | IRQWestern Asia | 25.4893 | 2012Q04 |
| 129 | LBRWestern Africa | 25.1692 | 2012Q04 |
| 130 | SLVCentral America | 25.1125 | 2012Q04 |
| 131 | WSMPolynesia | 25.0827 | 2012Q04 |
| 133 | SLEWestern Africa | 23.9880 | 2012Q04 |
| 134 | MDVSouthern Asia | 23.7282 | 2012Q04 |
| 135 | BLZCentral America | 23.4782 | 2012Q04 |
| 136 | VIRCaribbean | 23.1362 | 2012Q04 |
| 137 | ATGCaribbean | 22.9900 | 2012Q04 |
| 138 | TONPolynesia | 22.6840 | 2012Q04 |
| 139 | GUMMicronesia | 22.5229 | 2012Q04 |
| 140 | NICCentral America | 21.8789 | 2012Q04 |
| 141 | MHLMicronesia | 21.8160 | 2012Q04 |
| 142 | MRTWestern Africa | 21.7660 | 2012Q04 |
| 143 | COMEastern Africa | 20.6926 | 2012Q04 |
| 144 | DMACaribbean | 19.9736 | 2012Q04 |
| 145 | GEOWestern Asia | 19.7555 | 2012Q04 |
| 146 | ASMPolynesia | 19.4246 | 2012Q04 |
| 147 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 19.2232 | 2012Q04 |
| 148 | CPVWestern Africa | 18.7273 | 2012Q04 |
| 149 | KIRMicronesia | 18.5330 | 2012Q04 |
| 150 | KNACaribbean | 17.4287 | 2012Q04 |
| 151 | STPMiddle Africa | 16.8701 | 2012Q04 |
| 152 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 16.7999 | 2012Q04 |
| 153 | ISLNorthern Europe | 16.7637 | 2012Q04 |
| 155 | GNBWestern Africa | 14.8381 | 2012Q04 |
| 156 | FRONorthern Europe | 14.4439 | 2012Q04 |
| 158 | MNPMicronesia | 13.6422 | 2012Q04 |
| 159 | ALBSouthern Europe | 12.6980 | 2012Q04 |
| 160 | COKPolynesia | 12.4554 | 2012Q04 |
| 161 | GIBSouthern Europe | 12.3392 | 2012Q04 |
| 162 | VGBCaribbean | 11.7236 | 2012Q04 |
| 163 | MNESouthern Europe | 11.4400 | 2012Q04 |
| 164 | TUVPolynesia | 10.7489 | 2012Q04 |
| 166 | AIACaribbean | 10.3151 | 2012Q04 |
| 167 | CYMCaribbean | 9.4355 | 2012Q04 |
| 168 | ERIEastern Africa | 9.3073 | 2012Q04 |
| 169 | PLWMicronesia | 8.5937 | 2012Q04 |
| 170 | FSMMicronesia | 8.4226 | 2012Q04 |
| 172 | BMUNorthern America | 7.7893 | 2012Q04 |
| 175 | GRLNorthern America | 4.7600 | 2012Q04 |
| 176 | PRYSouth America | 4.4524 | 2012Q04 |
| 177 | NIUPolynesia | 4.2748 | 2012Q04 |
| 178 | SOMEastern Africa | 3.4009 | 2012Q04 |
| 179 | MDAEastern Europe | 3.3794 | 2012Q04 |
| 180 | PRKEastern Asia | 3.3516 | 2012Q04 |
02In 2012
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- #1
China907.7921
- #2
Singapore561.7737
- #3
Hong Kong536.0045
- #4
South Korea527.6328
- #5
United States482.2867
Lowest
- #180
North Korea3.3516
- #179
Moldova3.3794
- #178
Somalia3.4009
- #177
Niue4.2748
- #176
Paraguay4.4524
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.4357. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032011 → 2012
Since 2011
What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +5 / −1countries joined / left
- 157values changed, of 165 in both
- 94 · 63rose · fell
- 8unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Saudi Arabia219.2081 → 188.5916−30.6165
United Kingdom410.3210 → 381.2741−29.0469
Iran110.0926 → 81.4798−28.6128
Malaysia503.4778 → 477.1562−26.3215
India260.7299 → 235.4578−25.2721
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The rank is UNCTAD’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 170 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2012). Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liner-shipping-connectivity/2012
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07Questions
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index in Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012?
China, at 907.7921, of the 170 countries in the file.
What year does Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012 describe?
2012.
How many countries does Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012 cover?
170.
Where can I download Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2012 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026.