Freight loaded and unloaded, maritime transport (metric tons) by country
Countries reporting
4
Highest
1.67 billion metons
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
1.56 million metons
Polynesia
Median
19.44 million metons
Years covered
25
2000β2024
Data points
1,000
What the numbers show
Freight loaded and unloaded, maritime transport (metric tons) is currently reported for 4 countries. The highest value is 1.67 billion metons in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 1.56 million metons in Polynesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.44 million metons, and the mean is 428.82 million metons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,076.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 22.4%), and the largest decrease in Polynesia (down 4.7%).
Freight loaded and unloaded, maritime transport: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.67 billion metons | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 2 | Melanesia | 27.60 million metons | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Micronesia | 11.28 million metons | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 4 | Polynesia | 1.56 million metons | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 23.96 billion metons
- Developing regions 13.95 billion metons
- Asia 11.45 billion metons
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 10.01 billion metons
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 8.05 billion metons
- Europe and Northern America 7.50 billion metons
- Eastern Asia 5.56 billion metons
- Europe 5.52 billion metons
- Americas 4.12 billion metons
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 2.53 billion metons
- South-Eastern Asia 2.49 billion metons
- Western Europe 2.18 billion metons