In the third quarter of 2020, the economy best connected to the global liner maritime transport network, as measured by LSCI, was China.
Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and the United States of America followed in this UNCTAD ranking.
Subregional leaders included: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium in Europe; Panama, Colombia and Mexico in Latin America and the Caribbean; Egypt, Morocco and South Africa in Africa; and Sri Lanka and India in South Asia.
Maritime transport
In 2019, the top 20 bilateral connections were intra-regional, that is, within Europe and within East and Southeast Asia.
Over the past 10 years, the ranking order among the most connected economies in shipping has remained almost unchanged, with China well ahead of the others.
During the last year, the United States of America showed a rapid increase in its connectivity, which allowed the country to climb one rank, before Malaysia.
Liner shipping connectivity index, top five economies (China Q1 2006 = 100)
