Air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre was 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million ton-km per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 million ton-km per square kilometre, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 44 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | million ton-km per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | +22.8% |
| 1973 | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1974 | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +17.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +28.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +22.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | +39.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -32.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0001 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0002 million ton-km per square kilometre | 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 27 Ireland 0.0062 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
- 28 Portugal 0.0062 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
- 29 Malaysia 0.0058 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
- 30 United States of America 0.0047 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
- 31 Sri Lanka 0.0045 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
- 32 Denmark 0.0044 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
- 33 Italy 0.0038 million ton-km per square kilometre compare
More infrastructure data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 704.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 117.7 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 72.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 12 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1149 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 72.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.12 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0003 million ton-km per square kilometre in 2009.
- What is the lowest air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million ton-km per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 44 groups with data for 2023.
- Is air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Air transport, freight (million ton-km), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Air transport, freight Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.