Maritime connectivity ranking by country | LSCI

China · 1st economy in the world

1,342

+3.2%year on year

Spain

407

−3.4%year on year

8th economy in the world

Venezuela · biggest rise

+91.4%

year-on-year change in the LSCI

Qatar · biggest fall

-65.3%

year-on-year change in the LSCI

The top 10 at a glance

LSCI index

Biggest rises

LSCI ≥ 20

Venezuela	+91.4%
Syria	+79.7%
Djibouti	+34.7%
Cyprus	+32.9%
Lebanon	+27.4%

Biggest falls

LSCI ≥ 20

Qatar	−65.3%
Bahrain	−60.6%
Iraq	−56.0%
United Arab Emirates	−39.1%
Réunion	−24.0%

World ranking of economies

Trend = last 3 years · LSCI base Q1 2023 average = 100 · View month by month

Rank	Economy	Index	Year on year
1	China	1,342	+3.2%
2	South Korea	634.6	+2.0%
3	Singapore	625.7	+0.9%
4	United States of America	512	−3.1%
5	Malaysia	504.8	−2.9%
6	Vietnam	489.6	+5.4%
7	Japan	412.5	−3.9%
8	Spain	407	−3.4%
9	India	383.1	−3.7%
10	United Kingdom	382.9	−3.4%
11	Netherlands	374.9	−1.0%
12	Hong Kong SAR China	367.3	+7.1%
13	Belgium	347	+0.9%
14	Germany	326.6	+1.0%
15	Taiwan	321.5	−3.6%
16	Türkiye	299	−5.7%
17	Italy	287.1	−1.0%
18	Thailand	282.6	+2.3%
19	Sri Lanka	267.4	+1.6%
20	Egypt	264.1	−6.2%
21	France	263.4	+0.8%
22	Morocco	262.4	+4.1%
23	Indonesia	259	+8.2%
24	Panama	221	+5.1%
25	Saudi Arabia	218.7	−10.5%
26	Colombia	211.2	+2.7%
27	Mexico	201.1	+5.1%
28	United Arab Emirates	193.9	−39.1%
29	Philippines	187.1	+1.6%
30	Greece	172.7	−2.0%
31	Russia	168.5	−2.6%
32	Brazil	165.1	+3.4%
33	Portugal	159.9	−12.4%
34	Pakistan	157.3	−6.5%
35	Australia	144.5	+2.3%
36	Canada	144.1	−8.6%
37	Poland	142.2	−0.3%
38	Côte d’Ivoire	140.9	+6.8%
39	Ghana	138.2	+1.2%
40	Peru	137.1	+1.7%
41	Dominican Republic	132	+3.9%
42	Oman	127.4	−10.6%
43	Jamaica	123.9	+7.6%
44	Togo	117.4	−1.6%
45	Nigeria	116.7	+4.4%
46	South Africa	114.7	−0.3%
47	Ecuador	113.7	+2.6%
48	Malta	113.3	+2.5%
49	Argentina	112.2	+1.8%
50	Sweden	111.5	−4.0%
51	Guatemala	108.7	+2.3%
52	Cameroon	107.7	+6.1%
53	Chile	106.6	+0.2%
54	Djibouti	102.1	+34.7%
55	Uruguay	96.4	+0.1%
56	Lebanon	96.2	+27.4%
57	Lithuania	94.5	+11.8%
58	Congo - Brazzaville	92.9	+10.8%
59	Israel	90.6	+1.3%
60	Denmark	87.3	−4.8%
61	Costa Rica	87.2	−5.3%
62	Bahamas	86	+4.2%
63	New Zealand	84.2	−1.4%
64	Kenya	83.2	+3.7%
65	Slovenia	79	+2.4%
66	Bangladesh	77.9	+0.3%
67	Jordan	75.9	+7.7%
68	Namibia	75	−0.9%
69	Benin	74.2	+2.8%
70	Tanzania	73.7	+9.6%
71	Algeria	72.8	+3.4%
72	Cambodia	70.9	+23.7%
73	Finland	70.7	−0.4%
74	Croatia	69.5	+11.1%
75	Mauritius	69.5	−13.4%
76	Senegal	66	−4.7%
77	Angola	65.5	+1.0%
78	Cyprus	65.3	+32.9%
79	Venezuela	65.1	+91.4%
80	Libya	63.1	−4.0%
81	Mozambique	62.4	+9.9%
82	Honduras	61.4	+1.8%
83	Trinidad & Tobago	61.1	−0.6%
84	Ireland	59.7	−2.7%
85	Norway	55.3	+5.2%
86	Iran	51.5	−12.5%
87	Réunion	50.8	−24.0%
88	Papua New Guinea	50.4	+1.8%
89	Puerto Rico	49.3	−0.7%
90	Suriname	44.8	0.0%
91	New Caledonia	44.3	−2.1%
92	French Polynesia	43.7	+11.3%
93	Guyana	43.2	−1.2%
94	Guadeloupe	42.7	−5.8%
95	Romania	41.7	−18.1%
96	Fiji	41.7	−1.2%
97	Syria	40.1	+79.7%
98	Mauritania	39.7	+23.5%
99	Latvia	39.7	−15.2%
100	Martinique	37.5	−5.0%
101	Gabon	36.3	+12.4%
102	Iraq	34.9	−56.0%
103	Georgia	34	+12.1%
104	Myanmar (Burma)	33.7	−3.6%
105	Sint Maarten	33.7	+0.1%
106	Yemen	33.3	−12.5%
107	Equatorial Guinea	33.1	−1.8%
108	Somalia	32.8	−12.1%
109	Barbados	32.5	−6.9%
110	Qatar	31.4	−65.3%
111	Nicaragua	31	−2.6%
112	Solomon Islands	30.3	−0.1%
113	Samoa	30	+2.1%
114	Sudan	29.6	+1.5%
115	Kuwait	29	−16.5%
116	Sierra Leone	28.5	−5.4%
117	Bulgaria	28.2	+3.0%
118	Tonga	28.1	0.0%
119	Estonia	27.8	−12.2%
120	Iceland	27.6	−3.8%
121	Haiti	27.2	+11.6%
122	American Samoa	26.3	0.0%
123	Madagascar	26	−7.7%
124	Congo - Kinshasa	25.8	+21.1%
125	Guinea	25.8	−22.3%
126	Brunei	25.7	+14.8%
127	Antigua & Barbuda	25.5	−2.6%
128	El Salvador	25.4	+5.5%
129	Dominica	24.5	+0.1%
130	Vanuatu	24.5	−5.3%
131	Cuba	24.5	−16.5%
132	Bahrain	24.3	−60.6%
133	Marshall Islands	23.4	+8.2%
134	Guam	22.8	0.0%
135	Tunisia	22.7	−23.3%
136	Curaçao	22.2	−13.2%
137	St Lucia	21.9	−19.7%
138	Faroe Islands	21.3	+3.5%
139	US Virgin Islands	21.3	−1.6%
140	Grenada	21.1	−8.9%
141	Seychelles	19.2	−22.3%
142	St Vincent & the Grenadines	18.1	−10.2%
143	Belize	17.4	−9.8%
144	Gambia	17.4	+16.4%
145	Liberia	17.1	−20.7%
146	Mayotte	16.6	−4.6%
147	Cape Verde	16.5	+41.3%
148	Montenegro	16.2	−17.0%
149	Comoros	15.6	−0.3%
150	French Guiana	15.5	−20.8%
151	Kiribati	15.5	−4.5%
152	Northern Mariana Islands	15.1	0.0%
153	Micronesia	15	0.0%
154	Aruba	14.6	−18.7%
155	Maldives	14.5	−19.6%
156	São Tomé & Príncipe	13.5	0.0%
157	Ukraine	13.5	−31.6%
158	Guinea-Bissau	13	−24.1%
159	Albania	12.8	−9.9%
160	Greenland	12.3	0.0%
161	Timor-Leste	12.2	+0.1%
162	British Virgin Islands	11.8	0.0%
163	St Kitts & Nevis	11.8	0.0%
164	Paraguay	8.7	0.0%
165	Cook Islands	8.2	0.0%
166	Bermuda	8	0.0%
167	Cayman Islands	7.3	0.0%
168	Eritrea	7.3	+32.1%
169	St Pierre & Miquelon	7.1	+89.3%
170	Palau	6.9	0.0%
171	Gibraltar	6.8	−8.3%
172	Niue	5.8	0.0%
173	Caribbean Netherlands	5.3	0.0%
174	Christmas Island	5.2	0.0%
175	Turks & Caicos Islands	4.1	0.0%
176	Wallis & Futuna	3.5	−30.3%
177	St Helena	3.4	0.0%
178	Norfolk Island	2.5	0.0%

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China · 1st economy in the world

1,342

+3.2%year on year

Spain

407

−3.4%year on year

8th economy in the world

Venezuela · biggest rise

+91.4%

year-on-year change in the LSCI

Qatar · biggest fall

-65.3%

year-on-year change in the LSCI

The top 10 at a glance

LSCI index

Biggest rises

LSCI ≥ 20

Venezuela	+91.4%
Syria	+79.7%
Djibouti	+34.7%
Cyprus	+32.9%
Lebanon	+27.4%

Biggest falls

LSCI ≥ 20

Qatar	−65.3%
Bahrain	−60.6%
Iraq	−56.0%
United Arab Emirates	−39.1%
Réunion	−24.0%

World ranking of economies

Trend = last 3 years · LSCI base Q1 2023 average = 100 · View month by month

Rank	Economy	Index	Year on year
1	China	1,342	+3.2%
2	South Korea	634.6	+2.0%
3	Singapore	625.7	+0.9%
4	United States of America	512	−3.1%
5	Malaysia	504.8	−2.9%
6	Vietnam	489.6	+5.4%
7	Japan	412.5	−3.9%
8	Spain	407	−3.4%
9	India	383.1	−3.7%
10	United Kingdom	382.9	−3.4%
11	Netherlands	374.9	−1.0%
12	Hong Kong SAR China	367.3	+7.1%
13	Belgium	347	+0.9%
14	Germany	326.6	+1.0%
15	Taiwan	321.5	−3.6%
16	Türkiye	299	−5.7%
17	Italy	287.1	−1.0%
18	Thailand	282.6	+2.3%
19	Sri Lanka	267.4	+1.6%
20	Egypt	264.1	−6.2%
21	France	263.4	+0.8%
22	Morocco	262.4	+4.1%
23	Indonesia	259	+8.2%
24	Panama	221	+5.1%
25	Saudi Arabia	218.7	−10.5%
26	Colombia	211.2	+2.7%
27	Mexico	201.1	+5.1%
28	United Arab Emirates	193.9	−39.1%
29	Philippines	187.1	+1.6%
30	Greece	172.7	−2.0%
31	Russia	168.5	−2.6%
32	Brazil	165.1	+3.4%
33	Portugal	159.9	−12.4%
34	Pakistan	157.3	−6.5%
35	Australia	144.5	+2.3%
36	Canada	144.1	−8.6%
37	Poland	142.2	−0.3%
38	Côte d’Ivoire	140.9	+6.8%
39	Ghana	138.2	+1.2%
40	Peru	137.1	+1.7%
41	Dominican Republic	132	+3.9%
42	Oman	127.4	−10.6%
43	Jamaica	123.9	+7.6%
44	Togo	117.4	−1.6%
45	Nigeria	116.7	+4.4%
46	South Africa	114.7	−0.3%
47	Ecuador	113.7	+2.6%
48	Malta	113.3	+2.5%
49	Argentina	112.2	+1.8%
50	Sweden	111.5	−4.0%
51	Guatemala	108.7	+2.3%
52	Cameroon	107.7	+6.1%
53	Chile	106.6	+0.2%
54	Djibouti	102.1	+34.7%
55	Uruguay	96.4	+0.1%
56	Lebanon	96.2	+27.4%
57	Lithuania	94.5	+11.8%
58	Congo - Brazzaville	92.9	+10.8%
59	Israel	90.6	+1.3%
60	Denmark	87.3	−4.8%
61	Costa Rica	87.2	−5.3%
62	Bahamas	86	+4.2%
63	New Zealand	84.2	−1.4%
64	Kenya	83.2	+3.7%
65	Slovenia	79	+2.4%
66	Bangladesh	77.9	+0.3%
67	Jordan	75.9	+7.7%
68	Namibia	75	−0.9%
69	Benin	74.2	+2.8%
70	Tanzania	73.7	+9.6%
71	Algeria	72.8	+3.4%
72	Cambodia	70.9	+23.7%
73	Finland	70.7	−0.4%
74	Croatia	69.5	+11.1%
75	Mauritius	69.5	−13.4%
76	Senegal	66	−4.7%
77	Angola	65.5	+1.0%
78	Cyprus	65.3	+32.9%
79	Venezuela	65.1	+91.4%
80	Libya	63.1	−4.0%
81	Mozambique	62.4	+9.9%
82	Honduras	61.4	+1.8%
83	Trinidad & Tobago	61.1	−0.6%
84	Ireland	59.7	−2.7%
85	Norway	55.3	+5.2%
86	Iran	51.5	−12.5%
87	Réunion	50.8	−24.0%
88	Papua New Guinea	50.4	+1.8%
89	Puerto Rico	49.3	−0.7%
90	Suriname	44.8	0.0%
91	New Caledonia	44.3	−2.1%
92	French Polynesia	43.7	+11.3%
93	Guyana	43.2	−1.2%
94	Guadeloupe	42.7	−5.8%
95	Romania	41.7	−18.1%
96	Fiji	41.7	−1.2%
97	Syria	40.1	+79.7%
98	Mauritania	39.7	+23.5%
99	Latvia	39.7	−15.2%
100	Martinique	37.5	−5.0%
101	Gabon	36.3	+12.4%
102	Iraq	34.9	−56.0%
103	Georgia	34	+12.1%
104	Myanmar (Burma)	33.7	−3.6%
105	Sint Maarten	33.7	+0.1%
106	Yemen	33.3	−12.5%
107	Equatorial Guinea	33.1	−1.8%
108	Somalia	32.8	−12.1%
109	Barbados	32.5	−6.9%
110	Qatar	31.4	−65.3%
111	Nicaragua	31	−2.6%
112	Solomon Islands	30.3	−0.1%
113	Samoa	30	+2.1%
114	Sudan	29.6	+1.5%
115	Kuwait	29	−16.5%
116	Sierra Leone	28.5	−5.4%
117	Bulgaria	28.2	+3.0%
118	Tonga	28.1	0.0%
119	Estonia	27.8	−12.2%
120	Iceland	27.6	−3.8%
121	Haiti	27.2	+11.6%
122	American Samoa	26.3	0.0%
123	Madagascar	26	−7.7%
124	Congo - Kinshasa	25.8	+21.1%
125	Guinea	25.8	−22.3%
126	Brunei	25.7	+14.8%
127	Antigua & Barbuda	25.5	−2.6%
128	El Salvador	25.4	+5.5%
129	Dominica	24.5	+0.1%
130	Vanuatu	24.5	−5.3%
131	Cuba	24.5	−16.5%
132	Bahrain	24.3	−60.6%
133	Marshall Islands	23.4	+8.2%
134	Guam	22.8	0.0%
135	Tunisia	22.7	−23.3%
136	Curaçao	22.2	−13.2%
137	St Lucia	21.9	−19.7%
138	Faroe Islands	21.3	+3.5%
139	US Virgin Islands	21.3	−1.6%
140	Grenada	21.1	−8.9%
141	Seychelles	19.2	−22.3%
142	St Vincent & the Grenadines	18.1	−10.2%
143	Belize	17.4	−9.8%
144	Gambia	17.4	+16.4%
145	Liberia	17.1	−20.7%
146	Mayotte	16.6	−4.6%
147	Cape Verde	16.5	+41.3%
148	Montenegro	16.2	−17.0%
149	Comoros	15.6	−0.3%
150	French Guiana	15.5	−20.8%
151	Kiribati	15.5	−4.5%
152	Northern Mariana Islands	15.1	0.0%
153	Micronesia	15	0.0%
154	Aruba	14.6	−18.7%
155	Maldives	14.5	−19.6%
156	São Tomé & Príncipe	13.5	0.0%
157	Ukraine	13.5	−31.6%
158	Guinea-Bissau	13	−24.1%
159	Albania	12.8	−9.9%
160	Greenland	12.3	0.0%
161	Timor-Leste	12.2	+0.1%
162	British Virgin Islands	11.8	0.0%
163	St Kitts & Nevis	11.8	0.0%
164	Paraguay	8.7	0.0%
165	Cook Islands	8.2	0.0%
166	Bermuda	8	0.0%
167	Cayman Islands	7.3	0.0%
168	Eritrea	7.3	+32.1%
169	St Pierre & Miquelon	7.1	+89.3%
170	Palau	6.9	0.0%
171	Gibraltar	6.8	−8.3%
172	Niue	5.8	0.0%
173	Caribbean Netherlands	5.3	0.0%
174	Christmas Island	5.2	0.0%
175	Turks & Caicos Islands	4.1	0.0%
176	Wallis & Futuna	3.5	−30.3%
177	St Helena	3.4	0.0%
178	Norfolk Island	2.5	0.0%

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