Maritime profile: India

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2021

Population

GDP

Merchandise trade¹

1 407.564 Millions

3 171 347 Millions current US$

968 334 Millions current US$

Land area²

GDP growth

Transport services trade³

(o) 2 973 190 Km²

8.32 %

(e) 195 956 Millions current US$

MARITIME KEY FIGURES FOR 2021

Coast/area ratio²

Ship building⁴

Ship recycling⁴

5.8 m/km²

72 137 GT

2 699 541 GT

Fleet - National flag⁵

Fleet - Ownership⁶

17 123 Thousands DWT

1 811 ships

26 417 Thousands DWT

Container port throughput⁷

Number of seafarers⁸

Number of port calls⁹

16 285 806 TEU

113 474

44 922

WORLD SHARES FOR 2021

INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE

+43.1 %

Merchandise exports growth rate in 2021

Total merchandise trade

(millions of US$)

2005

2010

2015

2021

Merchandise exports

99 616

226 351

267 951

395 425

Merchandise imports

142 870

350 233

394 131

572 909

Merchandise trade balance

-43 254

-123 881

-126 180

-177 485

Export structure by product group in 2021

(as % of total exports)

Top 5 partners in 2021

(exports, millions of US$)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES

+41.1 %

Transport services exports growth rate in 2021

Services exports by main category¹⁰

(as % of total services)

2005

2010

2015

2021

Transport

12.5

11.3

9.2

12.2

Travel

14.4

12.4

13.4

3.7

Other services

(e) 73.1

76.3

77.2

83.9

Total trade in transport services¹⁰

(millions of US$)

2005

2010

2015

2021

Transport services exports

6 537

13 275

14 319

29 343

Transport services imports

(e) 33 009

(e) 46 705

(e) 52 257

(e) 82 655

Transport services trade balance

(e) -26 472

(e) -33 430

(e) -37 938

(e) -53 312

NATIONAL FLEET

-2.1 %

Fleet growth rate in 2021

Carrying capacity by type of ship⁵

(Thousands DWT)

2005

2010

2015

2021

Total fleet

12 347.0

14 969.6

15 617.4

17 123.3

Oil tankers

7 872.0

9 004.6

7 736.4

9 046.5

Bulk carriers

3 318.0

4 109.4

4 940.2

4 267.3

General cargo

351.0

362.3

1 197.0

1 321.4

Container ships

131.0

328.1

321.8

645.5

Other types of ships

675.0

1 165.2

1 422.1

1 842.6

Fleet by type of ship⁵

(Number of ships)

LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY

Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in Q1 2021¹¹

Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)

Liner shipping connectivity index¹¹

Maximum 2006=100 for China

PORT CALLS AND PERFORMANCE

Port calls, time spent in ports, vessel age and size in 2021⁹

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

44 922

1.31

14

27 861

40 872

4 017

169 116

Liquid bulk carriers

10 418

1.45

15

32 823

57 942

..

166 955

Liquefied petroleum gas carriers

1 601

1.48

17

27 688

31 904

..

57 494

Liquefied natural gas carriers

396

1.17

13

104 965

85 637

..

141 671

Dry bulk carriers

10 936

2.54

13

32 654

58 821

..

109 631

Dry breakbulk carriers

9 978

0.66

13

4 083

5 818

..

91 649

Roll-on/ roll-off ships

889

..

10

27 239

9 607

..

76 420

Container ships

8 983

0.93

16

43 908

..

4 017

153 666

Passenger ships

1 721

..

8

4 222

..

169 116

Port liner shipping connectivity index - Top 5 ports in 2021¹¹

Maximum 2006=100 for China, Hong Kong SAR

Source: Detailed data sources are available in the documentation of the corresponding tables in the Data Center (http://stats.unctad.org/data_center). 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.
	o	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: 20 October 2022