World Seaborne Trade by Country Groups,1970-2016

1-1) World Total by classified Economies (Millions of tons)

(Table 1)
Goods Loaded Goods Unloaded
Economies Oil Total Oil Total
Year
(*1) Products Dry Cargo Goods Products Dry Cargo Goods
Crude Loaded Crude Unloaded
*2 *2
1970 29 89 687 805 884 237 890 2,010
1980 96 88 1,117 1,301 1,086 258 1,226 2,570
Developed 1990 173 153 1,346 1,671 932 363 1,450 2,744
economies 2000 86 111 2,183 2,380 1,169 282 2,396 3,846
2010 136 422 2,307 2,865 1,165 523 1,917 3,605
2016 144 505 2,946 3,595 991 533 2,109 3,633
1970 38 26 81 145 13 3 41 57
1980 55 50 96 201 36 1 109 145
Transition 1990 59 55 85 199 34 1 137 173
economies 2000 92 44 156 292 8 2 76 86
2010 150 46 320 516 4 5 114 122
2016 176 48 422 646 1 4 57 62
1970 1,041 117 395 1,553 204 57 200 462
1980 1,376 206 620 2,202 409 66 489 964
Developing 1990 1,056 260 822 2,138 349 82 778 1,209
economies 2000 1,487 343 1,482 3,312 551 258 1,532 2,342
2010 1,502 516 3,011 5,028 764 452 3,501 4,717
2016 1,518 665 3,863 6,046 999 695 4,893 6,587
1970 1,109 233 1,162 2,504 1,101 298 1,131 2,529
1980 1,527 344 1,833 3,704 1,530 326 1,823 3,679
1990 1,287 468 2,253 4,008 1,315 446 2,365 4,126
World Total
2000 1,665 498 3,821 5,983 1,728 542 4,004 6,273
2010 1,788 984 5,637 8,409 1,933 979 5,532 8,444
2016 1,838 1,218 7,231 10,287 1,990 1,233 7,058 10,282
1-2) World Total by region (Percentage share)
(Table 2)
Goods Loaded Goods Unloaded

Area Year Oil Total Oil Total

Products Dry cargo Goods Products Dry Cargo Goods
Crude Loaded Crude Unloaded
*2 *2
Developped 2015 7.4 39.9 39.8 34.1 52.1 44.4 31.9 37.3
economies 2016 7.8 41.5 40.7 34.9 49.8 43.3 29.9 35.3
Transition 2015 9.3 3.7 6.0 6.3 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.6
economies 2016 9.6 4.0 5.8 6.3 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.6
Developping 2015 83.3 56.4 54.2 59.6 47.9 54.9 67.3 62.1
economies 2016 82.6 54.6 53.4 58.8 50.2 56.4 69.3 64.1
2015 16.7 5.0 5.7 7.5 2.1 6.1 5.4 4.8
Africa
2016 15.8 4.1 5.6 7.2 2.0 6.4 5.5 4.9
2015 12.7 7.2 14.4 13.2 3.4 8.6 6.1 5.9
America
2016 14.7 5.7 14.2 13.3 2.9 10.0 5.9 5.8
2015 53.8 44.2 34.1 38.7 42.4 39.9 55.7 51.3
Asia
2016 52.0 44.7 33.5 38.1 45.2 39.7 57.9 53.2
2015 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1
Oceania
2016 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1
2015 17.6 11.7 70.7 100.0 19.1 11.9 69.1 100.0
World Total
2016 17.9 11.8 70.3 100.0 19.4 12.0 68.6 100.0
Sources Compiled from the UNCTAD data of "Review of Maritime Transport 2017"
The composition of Economies are as per UNCTAD classification, which is for statistical purposes only
*1 and does not imply any judgement regarding the stage of development or the political situation of any
country or territory.
Oil Products includes LNG, LPG, Naphtha, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Kerosene, Light Oil, Heavy Fuel Oil and
*2
others.
Area-Country wise details of Developped/Transition/Developping Economies are not given in Review
*3
of Maritime Transport 2017.
*4 Developed economies in North America include USA and Canada.

Transition economies include countries of South-Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent

*5
States (Russia,Ukraine etc) and Georgia.

South-Eastern Europe countries had been grouped in Developing economies until 2005. Since 2006,
*6
those countries have been grouped into Transition economies and Developed economies.
 2-1 Developments in international seaborne trade (Milions of tons loaded)
1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Oil and gas 1,871 1,755 2,163 2,422 2,772 2,794 2,841 2,829 2,825 2,932 3055
Other dy cargo 1,123 1,031 1,928 1,975 2,022 2,112 2,150 2,218 2,393 2,310 2,339
Five major bulks 608 988 1,295 1,711 2,335 2,486 2,742 2,923 2,985 3,121 3,172
Container 102 234 598 1,001 1,280 1,393 1,464 1,544 1,640 1,661 1,720

Developments in international seaborne trade (Millions of tons

loaded)
12,000

10,000

8,000

Container

6,000 Five major bulks

Other dy cargo
Oil and gas
4,000

2,000

0
1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Source: UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2017

Five major bulks: Iron ore,grain,coal,bauxite/almina and phosphate rock
 3.Estimated containerized cargo flow on major East-West container trade (Millions of TEUs)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Trans-Pacific 11 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 19 17 19 19 20 22 23 24 25 26
Europe-Asia-Europe 7 7 8 11 12 14 16 18 19 17 19 20 20 22 22 22 22 23
Transatlantic 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7

Estimated containerized cargo flow on major East-West trade (Millions of TEUs)

30

25

20

Trans-Pacific
15
Europe-Asia-Europe
Transatlantic

10

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Source: UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2017