Economy

Japan maritime connectivity

Japan has a Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) of 412.5 in Q3 2026 (-3.9% year on year), ranking 7th out of 178 economies. Its best-connected port is Yokohama. UNCTAD’s LSCI measures how well a country is integrated into global liner shipping networks for containers.

Period · Q3 2026Ports in the index · 40

LSCI index

412.5

−3.9%year on year

Base Q1 2023 average = 100

World ranking

7th

out of 178 economies with data

All-time high

527.5

Q3 2006

Ports in the PLSCI

40

highest index: Yokohama

Quarterly LSCI series

Since 2006 · 83 quarters

Ranking over time

1st at the top

Month by month

September 2026411.5−0.3%month on month−4.5%year on year7th in the world

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

Ports of Japan

PLSCI index · latest quarter
CountryWorldPortIndexYear on year
1st17thYokohama696.3−6.2%
2nd28thTokyo567−1.7%
3rd30thNagoya547.7+4.8%
4th31stKobe537.7−4.3%
5th48thOsaka397.7−6.6%
6th75thHakata279.8+5.1%
7th90thMoji250+3.8%
8th145thShimizu171.2−19.2%
9th208thYokkaichi128.9−9.4%
10th233rdHiroshima108.9−9.8%
11th282ndSendai89+24.0%
12th283rdMizushima87−3.7%
13th309thNiigata74.3+3.6%
14th314thTomakomai72.9+2.0%
15th322ndTokuyama70.6−1.5%
16th333rdFukuyama67+0.9%
17th336thKawasaki65.8−37.9%
18th342ndNaha64.6+2.0%
19th345thKanazawa64.10.0%
20th354thToyama Shinko61.60.0%
21st361stShibushi59.8−1.6%
22nd368thOita58.7+0.7%
23rd377thTakamatsu56.2+5.5%
24th399thChiba51.6+14.4%
25th401stHibikishinko50.7+31.5%
26th402ndHitachinaka50.6−3.6%
27th411thAkita48.8−5.2%
28th420thIyomishima46.4+14.9%
29th423rdHososhima46.2−16.4%
30th428thMatsuyama44.8−14.5%
31st458thIwakuni40−10.2%
32nd462ndImabari38.9+15.9%
33rd468thSakaiminato37.9−1.7%
34th480thHachinoe36.30.0%
35th493rdKitakyushu/Hibiki34.2−16.3%
36th510thImari32.6+0.6%
37th514thIshikariwan Shinko31.1−1.3%
38th516thMitajiri31.1+149.7%
39th545thTsuruga27.3−0.1%
40th551stToyohashi26.6−1.5%

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