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Total Waterway Coverage by Country (2023)



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Ranking the total waterway coverage by country, from highest to lowest.



Waterway Coverage is tracked as the total available distance of usable water lanes internally accessible to any one nation within the scope of the GFP formula. Access to waterways allow for rapid movement of various goods and military forces when serviceable roads and railways prove limiting. In peacetime, waterways are critical to commerce and trade while, in times of war, waterways provide warplanners with routes for movement of man, machine, and supplies to critical areas.

For the purposes of the GFP ranking, some nations report a waterways value of 0km (ex: Qatar) while others showcase no value at all (ex: Israel). These values are per the CIA World Factbook.

Values below displayed in Kilometers (km). Data presented on this list is through 2023.
Photograph of a Russian Navy gunboat on unknown waters.


Waterway Coverage (TOP 5)
1
China
CHN
110,000 km
2
Russia
RUS
102,000 km
3
Brazil
BRA
50,000 km
4
United States
USA
41,009 km
5
Pakistan
PAK
25,220 km
6
Colombia
COL
24,725 km
7
Indonesia
INO
21,579 km
8
Vietnam
VET
17,702 km
9
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
15,000 km
10
India
IND
14,500 km
11
Myanmar
MYA
12,800 km
12
Chile
CHI
12,290 km
13
Argentina
ARG
11,000 km
14
Bolivia
BOL
10,000 km
15
Peru
PER
8,808 km
16
Nigeria
NGA
8,600 km
17
France
FRA
8,501 km
18
Bangladesh
BNG
8,370 km
19
Finland
FIN
7,842 km
20
Germany
GER
7,467 km


21
Malaysia
MLY
7,200 km
22
Venezuela
VEN
7,100 km
23
Netherlands
NTH
6,237 km
24
Iraq
IRQ
5,279 km
25
Laos
LAO
4,600 km
26
Georgia
GEO
4,349 km
27
Thailand
THL
4,000 km
28
Poland
POL
3,997 km
29
Taiwan
TWN
3,720 km
30
Cambodia
CMB
3,700 km
31
Egypt
EGY
3,500 km
32
Philippines
PHL
3,219 km
33
United Kingdom
UKD
3,200 km
34
Paraguay
PAR
3,100 km
35
Mexico
MEX
2,900 km
36
Central African Republic
CAR
2,800 km
37
Belarus
BLR
2,500 km
38
Italy
ITA
2,400 km
39
North Korea
NKO
2,250 km
40
Zambia
ZAM
2,250 km


41
Nicaragua
NIC
2,220 km
42
Ukraine
UKR
2,150 km
43
Sweden
SWE
2,052 km
44
Belgium
BEL
2,043 km
45
Australia
AUS
2,000 km
46
Japan
JPN
1,770 km
47
Romania
ROM
1,731 km
48
Sudan
SDN
1,723 km
49
Hungary
HUN
1,622 km
50
Gabon
GAB
1,600 km
51
South Korea
SKO
1,600 km
52
Uruguay
URU
1,600 km
53
Norway
NOR
1,577 km
54
Ecuador
ECU
1,500 km
55
Angola
ANG
1,300 km
56
Turkmenistan
TKM
1,300 km
57
Switzerland
SWZ
1,299 km
58
Ghana
GHA
1,293 km
59
Afghanistan
AFG
1,200 km
60
Suriname
SRN
1,200 km


61
Turkiye
TKY
1,200 km
62
Republic of the Congo
ROC
1,120 km
63
Uzbekistan
UZB
1,100 km
64
Senegal
SEN
1,000 km
65
Spain
SPN
1,000 km
66
Guatemala
GUA
990 km
67
Ivory Coast
IVC
980 km
68
Ireland
IRE
956 km
69
Syria
SYR
900 km
70
Iran
IRN
850 km
71
Beliz
BLZ
825 km
72
Panama
PAN
800 km
73
Sierra Leone
SLE
800 km
74
Croatia
CRO
785 km
75
Portugal
POR
764 km
76
Czechia
CZC
664 km
77
Canada
CAN
636 km
78
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
600 km
79
Madagascar
MAD
600 km
80
Serbia
SRB
587 km


81
Mongolia
MGL
580 km
82
Moldova
MOL
558 km
83
Jordan
JOR
540 km
84
Bulgaria
BUL
470 km
85
Honduras
HON
465 km
86
Mozambique
MOZ
460 km
87
Lithuania
LIT
441 km
88
Denmark
DEN
400 km
89
Dominican Republic
DOM
350 km
90
Estonia
EST
335 km
91
Latvia
LAT
300 km
92
Niger
NGR
300 km
93
North Macedonia
MAC
280 km
94
Cuba
CUB
240 km
95
Tajikistan
TJK
200 km
96
Slovakia
SLK
172 km
97
Lebanon
LEB
170 km
98
Sri Lanka
SRL
160 km
99
Benin
BEN
150 km
100
Albania
ALB
41 km


101
Luxembourg
LUX
37 km
102
Singapore
SNG
10 km
103
Greece
GRE
6 km
104
Algeria
ALG
0 km
105
Armenia
ARM
0 km
106
Austria
AST
0 km
107
Azerbaijan
AZR
0 km
108
Bahrain
BAH
0 km
109
Bhutan
BUT
0 km
110
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
0 km
111
Botswana
BOT
0 km
112
Burkina Faso
BKF
0 km
113
Cameroon
CAM
0 km
114
Chad
CHD
0 km
115
El Salvador
ESL
0 km
116
Eritrea
ERI
0 km
117
Ethiopia
ETH
0 km
118
Iceland
ICE
0 km
119
Israel
ISR
0 km
120
Kazakhstan
KAZ
0 km


121
Kenya
KEN
0 km
122
Kosovo
KOS
0 km
123
Kuwait
KUW
0 km
124
Liberia
LIB
0 km
125
Libya
LBY
0 km
126
Mali
MAL
0 km
127
Mauritania
MAU
0 km
128
Montenegro
MTN
0 km
129
Morocco
MOR
0 km
130
Namibia
NAM
0 km
131
Nepal
NEP
0 km
132
New Zealand
NWZ
0 km
133
Oman
OMA
0 km
134
Qatar
QTR
0 km
135
Saudi Arabia
SAR
0 km
136
Slovenia
SLV
0 km
137
Somalia
SOM
0 km
138
South Africa
SAF
0 km
139
South Sudan
SSD
0 km
140
Tanzania
TNZ
0 km


141
Tunisia
TUN
0 km
142
Uganda
UGA
0 km
143
United Arab Emirates
UAE
0 km
144
Yemen
YEM
0 km
145
Zimbabwe
ZIM
0 km
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