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Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018

Figures for 2018, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018 covers 170 countries. China is highest, at 990.986; Moldova is lowest, at 3.643. The middle country reads 52.032. Against 2017, 163 values changed (71 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liner Shipping Connectivity Index · Data for 2018

HighestChina

990.986

LowestMoldova

3.643

Shaded 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, 2018, as published. The rank is UNCTAD’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia990.9862018Q04
2SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia592.0102018Q04
3South KoreaKOREastern Asia553.3152018Q04
4United StatesUSANorthern America475.6702018Q04
5MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia462.1582018Q04
6Hong KongHKGEastern Asia458.3782018Q04
7JapanJPNEastern Asia411.4562018Q04
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe402.8102018Q04
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe390.3222018Q04
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe373.5632018Q04
11SpainESPSouthern Europe367.6052018Q04
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe357.1262018Q04
13TaiwanTWNEastern Asia345.0512018Q04
14VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia315.3692018Q04
15ItalyITASouthern Europe284.9952018Q04
16FranceFRAWestern Europe284.8042018Q04
17United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia280.9742018Q04
18IndiaINDSouthern Asia255.4372018Q04
19TürkiyeTURWestern Asia231.4332018Q04
20IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia224.5122018Q04
21ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia219.3202018Q04
22Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia216.0242018Q04
23Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia211.2782018Q04
24EgyptEGYNorthern Africa203.1502018Q04
25MoroccoMARNorthern Africa202.8232018Q04

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1China990.986
  2. #2Singapore592.010
  3. #3South Korea553.315
  4. #4United States475.670
  5. #5Malaysia462.158

Lowest

  1. #178Moldova3.643
  2. #176Nauru5.000
  3. #173Tuvalushared5.051
  4. #173Kiribatishared5.051
  5. #172Greenland5.515

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 52.032. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 170 in both
  • 71 · 92rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran102.587 → 52.049−50.538
  • Morocco233.377 → 202.823−30.553
  • Spain384.186 → 367.605−16.581
  • Sudan39.398 → 23.302−16.096
  • Germany371.432 → 357.126−14.306

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.

How values are stored

  • 168 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 12.829. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2018). Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liner-shipping-connectivity/2018

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07Questions

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index in Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018?

China, at 990.986, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018 cover?

170.

Where can I download Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026.

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