Economy

Italy maritime connectivity

Italy has a Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) of 287.1 in Q3 2026 (-1% year on year), ranking 17th out of 178 economies. Its best-connected port is Genoa. UNCTAD’s LSCI measures how well a country is integrated into global liner shipping networks for containers.

Period · Q3 2026Ports in the index · 25

LSCI index

287.1

−1.0%year on year

Base Q1 2023 average = 100

World ranking

17th

out of 178 economies with data

All-time high

343.6

Q4 2006

Ports in the PLSCI

25

highest index: Genoa

Quarterly LSCI series

Since 2006 · 83 quarters

Ranking over time

1st at the top

Month by month

September 2026282.8−2.5%month on month−3.3%year on year17th in the world

UNCTAD monthly LSCI since January 2023, on the same scale as the quarterly index.

Ports of Italy

PLSCI index · latest quarter
CountryWorldPortIndexYear on year
1st45thGenoa413.1−3.3%
2nd63rdGioia Tauro309.8−5.5%
3rd66thLa Spezia304.8+13.9%
4th130thSalerno190−10.7%
5th152ndNaples169.5+24.3%
6th167thLeghorn159.6+4.4%
7th186thTrieste147.2−4.3%
8th216thVenice122+3.9%
9th218thVado Ligure121−14.4%
10th285thRavenna85.7−12.3%
11th294thAncona82.6+6.8%
12th321stCivitavecchia70.7−14.1%
13th527thCagliari29.3−15.1%
14th550thTaranto26.6−2.8%
15th552ndMarina di Carrara26.50.0%
16th560thSavona26.20.0%
17th610thBari21.9+14.9%
18th615thTrapani21.8−4.2%
19th618thPalermo21.5−7.5%
20th693rdPorto Marghera15.80.0%
21st701stMilazzo15.4+118.9%
22nd798thCatania11.10.0%
23rd799thPozzallo11.10.0%
24th823rdAugusta10.7−60.0%
25th848thOlbia9.90.0%

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