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Maritime profile: Singapore

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2022
Population
GDP
Merchandise trade¹
5.976 Millions
466 789 Millions current US$
991 379 Millions current US$
Land area²
GDP growth
Transport services trade³
(j) 718 Km²
3.65 %
549 870 Millions current US$
MARITIME KEY FIGURES FOR 2022
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Coast/area ratio²
Ship building⁴
Ship recycling⁴
373.3 m/km²
157 798 GT
..
Fleet - National flag⁵
Fleet - National flag⁵
Fleet - Ownership⁶
131 432 Thousands DWT
3 226 ships
137 816 Thousands DWT
Number of port calls⁹
Container port throughput⁷
Number of seafarers⁸
36 870 900 TEU
..
52 670
WORLD SHARES FOR 2022
0.07 %0.02 %0.46 %2.07 %1.85 %5.97 %6.84 %6.31 %5.19 %0.28 %Not available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reported4.66 %3.32 %6.08 %0.50 %0.35 %0.72 %1.06 %0.07 %0.02 %0.46 %2.07 %1.85 %5.97 %6.84 %6.31 %5.19 %0.28 %Not available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reported4.66 %3.32 %6.08 %0.50 %0.35 %0.72 %1.06 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+12.8 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2022
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchandise exports
229 649
351 867
351 587
515 802
Merchandise imports
200 047
310 791
297 087
475 578
Merchandise trade balance
29 602
41 076
54 500
40 224
Export structure by product group in 2022
(as % of total exports)
8 %8 %76 %76 %15 %15 %
Top 5 partners in 2022
(exports, millions of US$)
63 09456 53251 54344 61836 45863 09456 53251 54344 61836 458
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES
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+10.1 %
Transport services exports growth rate in 2022
Services exports by main category¹⁰
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport
42.7
38.4
30.4
34.9
Travel
13.6
14.1
10.8
4.0
Other services
36.9
40.9
54.1
58.3
Total trade in transport services¹⁰
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport services exports
19 488
38 582
46 622
101 552
Transport services imports
20 206
29 558
47 724
92 128
Transport services trade balance
-718
9 023
-1 102
9 423
NATIONAL FLEET
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-3.6 %
Fleet growth rate in 2022
Carrying capacity by type of ship⁵
(Thousands DWT)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Total fleet
40 935.0
61 660.4
117 534.0
131 431.6
Oil tankers
22 317.0
29 772.9
33 514.1
28 062.1
Bulk carriers
10 722.0
14 427.0
49 614.1
55 846.3
General cargo
2 331.0
2 928.8
1 641.1
1 142.1
Container ships
4 590.0
10 480.0
23 457.0
30 332.7
Other types of ships
975.0
4 051.8
9 307.7
16 048.5
Fleet by type of ship⁵
(Number of ships)
1379542995746321455497121570743145549212858571615084881306027261523502131595714
LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY
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Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in Q1 2022¹¹
Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)
Liner shipping connectivity index¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
581.7572.7560.7569.3564.0577.7582.5581.3588.2570.0559.3566.8558.4572.7575.6576.3592.0594.1600.8597.4581.7568.8557.1537.8531.9558.2549.6556.7559.2549.5544.5548.0546.4538.7544.6555.0567.3574.5557.3549.8561.8566.9556.7556.9583.3578.9585.7576.3578.8583.1561.4549.1551.3551.5541.1552.6570.4584.7575.9576.0564.3553.6548.4541.2543.1527.4529.0538.8
PORT CALLS AND PERFORMANCE
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Port calls, time spent in ports, vessel age and size in 2022⁹
 
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
52 670
0.76
12
25 668
19 252
5 212
236 583
Liquid bulk carriers
32 709
0.65
11
11 494
19 283
..
170 611
Liquefied petroleum gas carriers
428
1.14
14
8 221
9 302
..
51 035
Liquefied natural gas carriers
153
1.28
10
104 038
82 195
..
144 978
Dry bulk carriers
979
0.42
10
17 532
28 435
..
151 307
Dry breakbulk carriers
2 194
0.85
16
9 240
13 034
..
91 649
Roll-on/ roll-off ships
1 265
..
15
54 248
17 894
..
76 420
Container ships
14 553
0.91
14
55 780
..
5 212
236 583
Passenger ships
389
..
8
99 491
..
..
169 379
Port liner shipping connectivity index - Top 5 ports in 2022¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
1 708.31 683.51 643.91 671.11 651.01 690.21 708.01 706.41 729.61 673.51 643.41 669.71 647.61 695.31 703.51 700.51 746.21 753.21 776.31 758.11 710.51 674.51 637.61 585.21 570.71 645.41 619.21 645.61 651.21 626.01 606.51 617.51 613.61 592.81 617.51 637.31 674.31 693.71 644.71 619.11 655.61 664.81 635.51 643.91 724.21 713.71 733.01 699.71 706.31 716.11 650.51 614.21 617.01 620.11 587.11 613.81 674.31 714.51 685.81 681.51 644.61 610.91 614.61 583.91 591.01 546.21 546.41 567.3
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 2022. Source: BIMCO-ICS Manpower Report 2015 and BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report, 2022 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).
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