Economy

Netherlands maritime connectivity

Netherlands has a Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) of 374.9 in Q3 2026 (-1% year on year), ranking 11th out of 178 economies. Its best-connected port is Rotterdam. UNCTAD’s LSCI measures how well a country is integrated into global liner shipping networks for containers.

Period · Q3 2026Ports in the index · 6

LSCI index

374.9

−1.0%year on year

Base Q1 2023 average = 100

World ranking

11th

out of 178 economies with data

All-time high

468.2

Q4 2007

Ports in the PLSCI

6

highest index: Rotterdam

Quarterly LSCI series

Since 2006 · 83 quarters

Ranking over time

1st at the top

Month by month

September 2026376.5+1.4%month on month−1.1%year on year11th in the world

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

Ports of Netherlands

PLSCI index · latest quarter
CountryWorldPortIndexYear on year
1st10thRotterdam918−3.6%
2nd302ndVlissingen77.6+30.9%
3rd323rdMoerdijk70.5+2.0%
4th489thAmsterdam35−0.6%
5th775thBotlek12.10.0%
6th778thTerneuzen11.90.0%

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