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Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026

Figures for 2026, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026 covers 167 countries. China is highest, at 1,319.457; Turks and Caicos Islands is lowest, at 4.130. The middle country reads 56.208. Against 2025, 152 values changed (76 up, 76 down), 1 left.

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Liner Shipping Connectivity Index · Data for 2026

HighestChina

1,319.457

LowestTurks and Caicos Islands

4.130

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, 2026, as published. The rank is UNCTAD’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 167 countries · select a heading to sort

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,319.4572026Q02
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia637.1522026Q02
3SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia617.6342026Q02
4MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia509.5312026Q02
5United StatesUSANorthern America503.8882026Q02
6VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia489.8362026Q02
7SpainESPSouthern Europe416.6062026Q02
8JapanJPNEastern Asia415.7082026Q02
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe387.6262026Q02
10IndiaINDSouthern Asia381.2952026Q02
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe380.8002026Q02
12Hong KongHKGEastern Asia349.9292026Q02
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe342.0802026Q02
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe325.4702026Q02
15TaiwanTWNEastern Asia318.0222026Q02
16TürkiyeTURWestern Asia305.8232026Q02
17ItalyITASouthern Europe289.9992026Q02
18EgyptEGYNorthern Africa284.2532026Q02
19Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia272.8092026Q02
20ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia272.1172026Q02
21FranceFRAWestern Europe269.6012026Q02
22MoroccoMARNorthern Africa265.5222026Q02
23IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia260.2002026Q02
24PanamaPANCentral America220.2922026Q02
25ColombiaCOLSouth America210.3582026Q02

02In 2026

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1China1,319.457
  2. #2South Korea637.152
  3. #3Singapore617.634
  4. #4Malaysia509.531
  5. #5United States503.888

Lowest

  1. #175Turks and Caicos Islands4.130
  2. #172Gibraltar5.453
  3. #171Eritrea5.548
  4. #170Niue5.762
  5. #168Palau6.875

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.208. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032025 → 2026

Since 2025

What changed between 2025 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 167 in both
  • 76 · 76rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Tuvalu

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

  • 166 distinct values among 167

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 11.789. 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 167 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) (2026). Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026 [data set], describing 2026. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liner-shipping-connectivity/2026

0621 held

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07Questions

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index in Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026?

China, at 1,319.457, of the 167 countries in the file.

What year does Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026 describe?

2026.

How many countries does Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026 cover?

167.

Where can I download Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2026?

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, 2026 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-12, when it was read from the publisher.

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