Based on a comparison of 16 countries in 2015, Germany ranked the highest in number of inland waterway vessels with 1,168 vessels followed by Belgium and France. On the other end of the scale was Estonia with 9.00 vessels, Switzerland with 13.0 vessels and Croatia with 19.0 vessels.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Inland Waterway Vessels indicator page.
| Number of Inland Waterway Vessels | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belgium | vessels | 1,091 | 1,065 | 1,022 | 972 | 922 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | vessels | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | ... | ||||||||||
| Croatia | vessels | 10.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | vessels | 46.0 | 46.0 | 44.0 | 40.0 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | vessels | 145 | 153 | 153 | 152 | 151 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | vessels | 898 | 890 | 900 | 905 | 876 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | vessels | ... | 1,330 | 1,336 | 1,331 | 1,292 | 1,253 | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | vessels | 83.0 | 80.0 | 77.0 | 72.0 | 72.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | vessels | ... | ... | ... | 3,060 | 47.0 | 109 | 113 | 58.0 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Lithuania | vessels | 36.0 | 35.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | vessels | 104 | 79.0 | 67.0 | 71.0 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | vessels | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 101 | 97.0 | 107 | 103 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | vessels | 28.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 20.0 | 31.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | vessels | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | |||||
| United Kingdom | vessels | 158 | 158 | 158 | 158 | 158 |
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