These figures include capital expenditure on new infrastructure or extension of existing one, including reconstruction, renewal, and upgrades renewal and upgrades or major repairs.
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*Figures for 2022. **Figures for 2021.
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Global inland waterways infrastructure investment in selected countries 2023
Among the selected countries, Germany was the one with the highest investment on inland waterways in 2023. The investment on that type of infrastructure, which includes canals, amounted to ****** million euros in the Netherlands in 2023, and to *** million euros in the United States in 2021.
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OECD. (June 6, 2025). Global investment on inland waterways infrastructure in selected countries in 2023 (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479069/global-inland-waterways-infrastructure-investment/
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