Freight volume, by mode of transport (tonne kilometres) by country
Countries reporting
138
Highest
43.16 billion
China
Lowest
0
Cook Islands
Median
49.11 million
Years covered
8
2017–2024
Data points
1,329
What the numbers show
Freight volume, by mode of transport (tonne kilometres) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 43.16 billion in China; the lowest is 0 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.11 million, and the mean is 1.30 billion.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 82,026.2%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Freight volume, by mode of transport: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 43.16 billion | 2024 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 16.13 billion | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 3 | Qatar | 14.85 billion | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 13.75 billion | 2024 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 12.68 billion | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 9.13 billion | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 7.33 billion | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.17 billion | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 9 | Singapore | 4.47 billion | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 10 | France | 4.46 billion | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 4.14 billion | 2024 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.50 billion | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 13 | India | 2.24 billion | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 2.16 billion | 2024 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 2.15 billion | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 2.08 billion | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.07 billion | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 1.72 billion | 2024 | up 2,686.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Chile | 1.69 billion | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 1.67 billion | 2024 | up 16.1% | flat |
| 21 | Brazil | 1.63 billion | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 22 | Australia | 1.50 billion | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 23 | Switzerland | 1.47 billion | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 1.45 billion | 2024 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 25 | Belgium | 1.42 billion | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 26 | Malaysia | 1.33 billion | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 1.32 billion | 2024 | up 51.8% | falling |
| 28 | Spain | 1.29 billion | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 1.11 billion | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 30 | Indonesia | 948.12 million | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 31 | Bahrain | 921.48 million | 2024 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Finland | 876.58 million | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 33 | Israel | 759.64 million | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 34 | Philippines | 735.64 million | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 35 | Portugal | 596.48 million | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 36 | Egypt | 591.54 million | 2024 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 567.44 million | 2024 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 38 | Denmark | 436.03 million | 2024 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 39 | Ireland | 419.76 million | 2024 | up 171.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Oman | 416.58 million | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kuwait | 375.18 million | 2024 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 42 | Poland | 332.74 million | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 43 | Peru | 328.65 million | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 321.19 million | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 45 | Kenya | 269.10 million | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 46 | Ecuador | 267.98 million | 2024 | up 364.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Pakistan | 264.73 million | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 258.65 million | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 49 | Sweden | 233.11 million | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 208.85 million | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Norway | 205.68 million | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Mauritius | 203.92 million | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 53 | Hungary | 189.53 million | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Argentina | 172.81 million | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 55 | Panama | 161.02 million | 2024 | up 251.7% | rising |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 160.94 million | 2024 | up 160.6% | rising |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 152.04 million | 2024 | up 5,145.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Jordan | 143.53 million | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 59 | Iceland | 142.38 million | 2024 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 60 | Morocco | 107.17 million | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 61 | Angola | 101.37 million | 2024 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 62 | Malta | 97.17 million | 2024 | up 3,585.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 90.44 million | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 78.51 million | 2024 | up 303.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Brunei Darussalam | 70.43 million | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Libya | 67.00 million | 2024 | up 5,316.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 61.51 million | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.59 million | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 69 | Mongolia | 52.67 million | 2024 | up 529.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Lebanon | 45.56 million | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 71 | Yemen | 45.46 million | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 44.01 million | 2024 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 35.87 million | 2024 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 74 | Togo | 33.49 million | 2024 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 75 | El Salvador | 27.79 million | 2024 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 76 | Maldives | 25.68 million | 2024 | up 231.5% | volatile |
| 77 | South Africa | 24.38 million | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Serbia | 24.20 million | 2024 | up 229.1% | rising |
| 79 | Myanmar | 23.68 million | 2024 | up 389.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Greece | 17.79 million | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.78 million | 2024 | up 82,026.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Zambia | 17.58 million | 2024 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 83 | Nepal | 16.75 million | 2024 | up 266.7% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 12.95 million | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 85 | Suriname | 10.96 million | 2024 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 10.89 million | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 10.17 million | 2024 | up 3,015.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Cuba | 9.44 million | 2024 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 8.98 million | 2024 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 8.57 million | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 6.61 million | 2024 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Albania | 6.22 million | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Cambodia | 5.43 million | 2024 | up 519.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Belarus | 4.92 million | 2024 | up 157.2% | rising |
| 95 | Nigeria | 3.61 million | 2024 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Naoero | 3.55 million | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Senegal | 3.14 million | 2024 | up 7,427.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Belize | 3.09 million | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Latvia | 2.85 million | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 2.85 million | 2024 | up 12,778.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Romania | 2.78 million | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 102 | Mozambique | 2.70 million | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 2.66 million | 2024 | up 299.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 2.28 million | 2024 | up 316.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Seychelles | 2.25 million | 2024 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Bhutan | 1.89 million | 2024 | up 257.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Honduras | 1.44 million | 2024 | up 527.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Paraguay | 1.27 million | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 1.03 million | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 856,770 | 2024 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 111 | Equatorial Guinea | 499,091 | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Cyprus | 421,000 | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Madagascar | 398,600 | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 338,420 | 2024 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Botswana | 332,000 | 2024 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Kiribati | 203,715 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Georgia | 203,184 | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Croatia | 148,940 | 2024 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Czechia | 81,066 | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Marshall Islands | 70,270 | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Sudan | 49,000 | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Samoa | 9,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Namibia | 267 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Bahamas | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Cameroon | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Congo | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Ghana | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Guyana | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Iraq | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Malawi | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Eswatini | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Uganda | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Ukraine | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Developing regions 4.55 trillion
- World 243.74 billion
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 4.55 trillion
- Europe and Northern America 92.54 billion
- Asia 135.65 billion
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 84.96 billion
- Eastern Asia 74.12 billion
- Türkiye 10.23 billion
- Americas 55.13 billion
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 6.51 billion
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 47.79 billion
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4.93 billion
- Northern America 47.47 billion
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.61 billion
- Western Asia 46.97 billion
- Viet Nam 1.18 billion
- United States of America 45.30 billion
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 157.48 million
- Europe 45.07 billion
- Melanesia 133.95 million
- Western Europe 32.20 billion
- Middle Africa 112.21 million
- South-Eastern Asia 10.84 billion
- United Republic of Tanzania 29.88 million
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9.07 billion
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18.00 million
- Latin America and the Caribbean 7.67 billion
- Syrian Arab Republic 3.92 million
- Northern Europe 7.18 billion
- Micronesia 3.83 million
- South America 6.28 billion
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.05 million
- Africa 5.68 billion
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.03 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.86 billion
- Republic of Moldova 623,098
- Eastern Africa 4.67 billion
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 577,731
- Central and Southern Asia 3.71 billion
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 139,717