Data for 2019

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2019

Name: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2019
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

Figures for 2019, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2019 covers 171 countries. China is highest, at 1,004.04; Moldova is lowest, at 3.64. The middle country reads 51.05. Against 2018, 163 values changed (83 up, 80 down), 1 country joined.

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Liner Shipping Connectivity Index · Data for 2019

HighestChina

1,004.04

LowestMoldova

3.64

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

171countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
168distinct values5 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01UNCTAD’s rank

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Every country and every column of Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2019, as published. The rank is UNCTAD’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2019: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,004.04	2019Q04
2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	559.25	2019Q04
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	558.45	2019Q04
4	United States`USA`Northern America	486.97	2019Q04
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	463.65	2019Q04
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	435.99	2019Q04
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	420.80	2019Q04
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	413.09	2019Q04
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	400.64	2019Q04
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	370.98	2019Q04
11	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	368.60	2019Q04
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	363.79	2019Q04
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	354.78	2019Q04
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	311.21	2019Q04
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	295.08	2019Q04
16	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	280.10	2019Q04
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	277.76	2019Q04
18	India`IND`Southern Asia	245.45	2019Q04
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	232.19	2019Q04
20	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	225.16	2019Q04
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	218.16	2019Q04
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	217.79	2019Q04
23	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	215.95	2019Q04
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	212.15	2019Q04
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	202.84	2019Q04
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	193.98	2019Q04
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	192.09	2019Q04
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	184.69	2019Q04
29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	180.56	2019Q04
30	Colombia`COL`South America	175.33	2019Q04
31	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	165.41	2019Q04
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	160.88	2019Q04
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	146.62	2019Q04
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	146.35	2019Q04
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	141.17	2019Q04
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	133.45	2019Q04
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	130.78	2019Q04
38	Peru`PER`South America	121.13	2019Q04
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	118.89	2019Q04
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	117.18	2019Q04
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	116.40	2019Q04
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	116.16	2019Q04
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	115.88	2019Q04
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	111.31	2019Q04
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	105.59	2019Q04
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	103.29	2019Q04
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	102.21	2019Q04
48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.23	2019Q04
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	98.10	2019Q04
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.89	2019Q04
51	Chile`CHL`South America	94.80	2019Q04
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	94.11	2019Q04
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.53	2019Q04
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	91.48	2019Q04
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.83	2019Q04
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.04	2019Q04
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.99	2019Q04
58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.85	2019Q04
59	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.46	2019Q04
60	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.38	2019Q04
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	75.04	2019Q04
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.73	2019Q04
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	73.24	2019Q04
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	73.15	2019Q04
65	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	72.41	2019Q04
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.05	2019Q04
67	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	69.76	2019Q04
68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.13	2019Q04
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	67.12	2019Q04
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	65.12	2019Q04
71	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	65.06	2019Q04
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.08	2019Q04
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	62.10	2019Q04
74	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.83	2019Q04
75	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	60.25	2019Q04
76	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	58.99	2019Q04
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.98	2019Q04
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	56.00	2019Q04
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.83	2019Q04
80	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	54.87	2019Q04
82	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.65	2019Q04
83	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	53.42	2019Q04
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.27	2019Q04
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.42	2019Q04
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.68	2019Q04
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.05	2019Q04
88	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.42	2019Q04
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.27	2019Q04
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.92	2019Q04
92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	43.55	2019Q04
93	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	41.51	2019Q04
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.46	2019Q04
95	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	40.90	2019Q04
96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	40.82	2019Q04
98	Suriname`SUR`South America	39.42	2019Q04
99	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	39.20	2019Q04
100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.03	2019Q04
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.86	2019Q04
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.01	2019Q04
103	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.53	2019Q04
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.48	2019Q04
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.31	2019Q04
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	36.63	2019Q04
107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35.77	2019Q04
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	35.22	2019Q04
109	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.95	2019Q04
110	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	33.23	2019Q04
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.65	2019Q04
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.59	2019Q04
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.39	2019Q04
114	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	30.85	2019Q04
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.52	2019Q04
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	30.35	2019Q04
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.99	2019Q04
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.98	2019Q04
119	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.06	2019Q04
120	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	27.09	2019Q04
=121	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	26.10	2019Q04
=121	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	26.10	2019Q04
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	25.76	2019Q04
124	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.37	2019Q04
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.17	2019Q04
126	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	24.80	2019Q04
=127	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.77	2019Q04
=127	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	24.77	2019Q04
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.61	2019Q04
130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	24.16	2019Q04
131	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	24.02	2019Q04
132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.93	2019Q04
133	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	23.54	2019Q04
134	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	23.49	2019Q04
135	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22.99	2019Q04
136	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.71	2019Q04
137	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	22.56	2019Q04
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.29	2019Q04
139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	22.25	2019Q04
140	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22.24	2019Q04
141	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	21.60	2019Q04
142	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21.24	2019Q04
143	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.11	2019Q04
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21.02	2019Q04
145	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.67	2019Q04
147	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	19.52	2019Q04
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.18	2019Q04
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.86	2019Q04
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.43	2019Q04
151	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.14	2019Q04
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.51	2019Q04
153	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	16.38	2019Q04
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	15.63	2019Q04
156	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.51	2019Q04
157	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.48	2019Q04
158	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	15.18	2019Q04
159	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	14.89	2019Q04
=160	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	13.99	2019Q04
=160	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	13.99	2019Q04
162	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	12.83	2019Q04
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11.27	2019Q04
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.01	2019Q04
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.41	2019Q04
167	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	8.79	2019Q04
168	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.76	2019Q04
169	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	8.35	2019Q04
170	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	7.98	2019Q04
171	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	7.73	2019Q04
172	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	7.39	2019Q04
173	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	5.52	2019Q04
174	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5.05	2019Q04
177	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	4.32	2019Q04
178	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	4.13	2019Q04
179	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.64	2019Q04

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1China1,004.04
#2South Korea559.25
#3Singapore558.45
#4United States486.97
#5Malaysia463.65

Lowest

#179Moldova3.64
#178Turks and Caicos Islands4.13
#177Nauru4.32
#174Tuvalu5.05
#173Greenland5.52

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 170 in both
83 · 80rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Taiwan345.05 → 368.60+23.55
Ghana74.16 → 94.11+19.95
Poland117.84 → 133.45+15.61
Egypt203.15 → 217.79+14.64
Mexico166.01 → 180.56+14.55

Fell most

Portugal184.28 → 146.35−37.93
Singapore592.01 → 558.45−33.56
Malta142.90 → 117.18−25.72
Bahrain48.14 → 24.16−23.98
Hong Kong458.38 → 435.99−22.39

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

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

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168 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 26.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
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Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2019). Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liner-shipping-connectivity/2019

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