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Maritime profile: Italy

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2022
Population
GDP
Merchandise trade¹
59.037 Millions
2 046 953 Millions current US$
1 352 862 Millions current US$
Land area²
GDP growth
Transport services trade³
(j) 295 717 Km²
3.72 %
258 251 Millions current US$
MARITIME KEY FIGURES FOR 2022
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Coast/area ratio²
Ship building
Ship recycling
31.2 m/km²
730 956 GT
0.000 GT
Fleet - National flag
Fleet - National flag
Fleet - Ownership
9 982 Thousands DWT
1 285 ships
15 160 Thousands DWT
Number of port calls
Container port throughput
Number of seafarers
10 696 962 TEU
3 601
237 195
WORLD SHARES FOR 2022
0.74 %0.56 %2.03 %2.64 %2.70 %0.45 %1.65 %0.69 %1.64 %1.32 % Less than 0.01% of the World total0.36 %0.05 %1.35 %1.76 %1.79 %1.58 %0.81 %1.75 %0.53 %0.74 %0.56 %2.03 %2.64 %2.70 %0.45 %1.65 %0.69 %1.64 %1.32 % Less than 0.01% of the World total0.36 %0.05 %1.35 %1.76 %1.79 %1.58 %0.81 %1.75 %0.53 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+7.0 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2022
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchandise exports
373 135
447 301
456 990
658 557
Merchandise imports
384 790
487 049
410 919
694 305
Merchandise trade balance
-11 655
-39 748
46 071
-35 748
Export structure by product group in 2022
(as % of total exports)
5 %5 %81 %81 %5 %5 %10 %10 %
Top 5 partners in 2022
(exports, millions of US$)
86 76073 12169 89635 77534 59786 76073 12169 89635 77534 597
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES
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+15.5 %
Transport services exports growth rate in 2022
Services exports by main category¹⁰
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport
16.3
14.7
14.4
11.4
Travel
38.4
38.3
40.1
35.7
Other services
41.4
42.6
42.0
46.7
Total trade in transport services¹⁰
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport services exports
14 989
14 935
14 181
14 107
Transport services imports
21 506
26 225
23 460
31 740
Transport services trade balance
-6 517
-11 290
-9 279
-17 633
NATIONAL FLEET
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-11.4 %
Fleet growth rate in 2022
Carrying capacity by type of ship
(Thousands DWT)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Total fleet
11 316.0
17 276.0
17 009.3
9 982.3
Oil tankers
5 138.0
8 166.2
6 177.0
3 576.4
Bulk carriers
2 750.0
5 006.5
5 961.6
1 915.8
General cargo
1 361.0
1 512.3
1 457.0
1 562.9
Container ships
798.0
1 085.7
709.0
394.5
Other types of ships
1 269.0
1 505.3
2 704.7
2 532.7
Fleet by type of ship
(Number of ships)
1052610620101104271134210610339116481191045101185913010671012167134
LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY
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Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in Q1 2021¹¹
Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)
0.5300.4740.4730.4640.4550.4500.4450.4450.4430.4020.5300.4740.4730.4640.4550.4500.4450.4450.4430.402
Liner shipping connectivity index¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
276.4272.0270.2274.1276.3275.4265.0262.0274.9284.1275.6268.7277.8282.2289.2282.9285.0285.7280.5289.1288.9284.7289.7292.0287.9290.7287.3291.6285.5292.2287.0294.5282.6284.1289.8287.9283.8285.8282.1276.5288.6284.8289.7292.0294.4302.5302.0305.1304.8294.1288.5293.6295.5306.0338.6337.8330.5327.3322.0323.1332.4332.1329.2339.9343.6335.3328.4326.3
PORT CALLS AND PERFORMANCE
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Port calls, time spent in ports, vessel age and size in 2022
 
Number of arrivals
Median time
in port (days)
Avg age
of vessels
Avg size (GT)
of vessels
Avg cargo
carrying
capacity (DWT)
per vessel
Avg container
carrying
capacity (TEU)
per container ship
Maximum size (GT) of vessels
All ships
237 195
1.35
27
10 399
20 287
3 531
235 600
Liquid bulk carriers
9 643
1.26
19
17 398
29 567
..
157 477
Liquefied petroleum gas carriers
1 038
1.54
16
8 447
9 614
..
48 051
Liquefied natural gas carriers
76
2.37
19
44 039
31 811
..
66 174
Dry bulk carriers
2 278
4.27
15
26 572
46 139
..
151 915
Dry breakbulk carriers
6 980
1.93
20
6 323
8 834
..
66 870
Roll-on/ roll-off ships
8 835
..
13
35 355
13 692
..
76 420
Container ships
7 710
0.99
17
38 781
..
3 531
232 618
Passenger ships
200 635
..
29
7 828
..
..
235 600
Port liner shipping connectivity index - Top 5 ports in 2022¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
155.1156.3150.9153.2137.9137.5133.9133.9133.8138.9136.2139.0141.6150.8142.2130.9130.0138.8139.5132.1131.8142.1141.8140.0133.5124.9130.3131.3133.0131.6129.4134.6117.8117.1110.8116.5116.4116.6118.6118.5130.0136.7136.2123.3124.9111.9117.2117.6115.0106.685.593.384.790.794.589.292.277.984.678.072.472.374.070.571.570.268.874.5167.7165.4168.1170.5192.7198.1187.7187.4187.0189.6187.4187.1194.1191.9185.7202.4217.2221.3198.8203.6202.8218.1222.9238.5237.9233.8241.5258.7257.0260.8252.2249.9223.3206.3230.5223.3220.4213.8202.8208.8234.4217.5225.2234.8262.6267.2249.8244.4237.8232.9218.5233.0235.3231.1269.9276.7272.2271.3282.2270.8276.0257.2266.0283.1299.3293.7285.8269.0211.7209.6204.3198.6204.8206.8200.6209.9216.2236.6228.0258.0265.6251.0262.4278.5280.8271.5281.3283.9279.6288.1274.4259.5265.0256.0250.6246.1231.6244.4238.9233.0225.1228.8235.8231.2233.9236.9239.0249.8243.6211.9222.7221.8206.7214.7253.9253.4229.0221.0217.4214.6203.7193.1186.4192.0196.4192.2205.3212.2214.3207.1195.7188.9208.7205.6201.3187.8305.1312.3313.0295.4296.4290.0290.6286.2311.6315.3303.4284.2282.2264.2265.0265.9265.3255.9253.3256.3259.3255.1274.0256.6255.7236.8234.7241.8247.5267.7269.0282.4265.0267.0262.9260.8250.3250.7250.1243.1217.6213.1224.3210.6203.0214.1250.8265.2274.8256.2249.3256.0263.3276.0332.1342.9314.2368.7353.9347.8371.5383.5341.1338.2305.4300.9297.2288.7390.7370.0367.8371.4379.3382.6361.2377.1400.9404.3400.6424.8439.5432.7445.0444.3444.8449.1421.8452.5453.2439.5442.0455.3454.6467.7463.4441.7426.4436.3425.4422.9374.7383.5384.0374.9384.5384.0369.2369.1391.5373.7382.5414.0414.2406.0389.4393.5388.7382.0376.0367.7357.1364.4373.5378.1416.9391.5376.5388.1393.4409.1410.2416.7446.6454.1440.0421.9
Source: Detailed data sources are available in the documentation of the corresponding tables in the Data Center (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/). A link to these tables is provided in each section of the profile.
Notes:
1
Sum of exports and imports.
2
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
Coastline length based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1:250,000 scale.
3
Sum of exports and imports. Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
4
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
5
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
6
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 1000 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
7
UNCTAD Secretariat, derived from various sources including Dynamar B.V. Publications, terminal operators and port authorities. Refers to year 2020.
8
Refers to year 2021. Source: BIMCO-ICS Manpower Report 2015 and BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report, 2021 edition.
9
UNCTAD Secretariat, based on data provided by MarineTraffic (http://marinetraffic.com). Ships of 1000 GT and above.
10
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
11
UNCTAD Secretariat, generated from data provided by MDS Transmodal (https://www.mdst.co.uk).
e
Estimated.
j
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
Not available or not separately reported
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
LNG:
Liquefied natural gas
LPG:
Liquefied petroleum gas
GDP:
Gross domestic product
GT:
Gross tons
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
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Generation date: 11 April 2024