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The flags these boats fly

A short list of small jurisdictions carries most of the world's largest yachts. Where the register sits.

30 flag states across 221 hulls. Cayman Islands and Marshall Islands alone carry 54% of the fleet.

The numbersIn full
Flag stateHullsShare
Cayman Islands9543%
Marshall Islands2411%
Malta209%
United Kingdom125%
Cook Islands94%
Malaysia84%
Bermuda73%
Oman52%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines52%
United Arab Emirates31%
Russia31%
Saudi Arabia31%
United States of America31%
Italy31%
Qatar21%
Cayman Is.21%
Panama21%
Bahamas21%
British Virgin Islands21%
Egypt10%
Sierra Leone10%
Uk10%
Turkiye10%
Croatia10%
Jamaica10%
Usa10%
Greece10%
France10%
Spain10%
Comoros10%
Method

Flag state as broadcast in each vessel's AIS identity and confirmed against public registry records. Flagging is a legal and routine choice, not in itself evidence of anything.

Computed from the register on this page load. Position data runs through 27 Jul 2026; 221 hulls and 175 owners are on file. The same figures are available through the data API.

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