economic2023
Air transport freight volume
Compare air transport freight volume across 137 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2023 official-source dataset.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,560.5million ton-km
Median: 58.5million ton-km
Countries Covered
137
with available data
Highest
United States of America
42,762.9million ton-km
Lowest
Samoa
0.0million ton-km
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America42,762.9million ton-km
2People's Republic of China26,170.4million ton-km
3Qatar13,926.6million ton-km
4United Arab Emirates13,566.2million ton-km
5Germany12,766.5million ton-km
By Region
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 137 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2023.
- •Published range: 0.005954 to 42762.858703 million ton-km.
- •Discovery motivation: X worldwide trends surfaced the Leagues Cup and global sports travel while Google surfaced IFA Berlin.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0million ton-km)High (42,762.9million ton-km)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,560.5million ton-km)
About This Statistic
Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.
Methodology
Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 42,762.9million ton-km |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 26,170.4million ton-km |
| 3 | Qatar | 13,926.6million ton-km |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 13,566.2million ton-km |
| 5 | Germany | 12,766.5million ton-km |
| 6 | South Korea | 12,293.8million ton-km |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 8,638.4million ton-km |
| 8 | Japan | 8,474.0million ton-km |
| 9 | Türkiye | 8,367.3million ton-km |
| 10 | Singapore | 7,604.2million ton-km |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 6,873.2million ton-km |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 4,413.9million ton-km |
| 13 | France | 4,301.7million ton-km |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 4,015.5million ton-km |
| 15 | Netherlands | 3,285.7million ton-km |
| 16 | Canada | 2,036.4million ton-km |
| 17 | Colombia | 1,936.5million ton-km |
| 18 | Malaysia | 1,910.1million ton-km |
| 19 | Belgium | 1,831.5million ton-km |
| 20 | India | 1,807.0million ton-km |
| 21 | Thailand | 1,649.9million ton-km |
| 22 | Chile | 1,499.0million ton-km |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 1,434.5million ton-km |
| 24 | Brazil | 1,387.1million ton-km |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 1,268.8million ton-km |
| 26 | Switzerland | 1,257.5million ton-km |
| 27 | Australia | 1,188.1million ton-km |
| 28 | Spain | 1,130.9million ton-km |
| 29 | Italy | 1,121.0million ton-km |
| 30 | Mexico | 1,091.5million ton-km |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 1,036.8million ton-km |
| 32 | Vietnam | 927.9million ton-km |
| 33 | Bahrain | 895.4million ton-km |
| 34 | Indonesia | 870.5million ton-km |
| 35 | Finland | 816.4million ton-km |
| 36 | New Zealand | 767.8million ton-km |
| 37 | Philippines | 649.2million ton-km |
| 38 | Israel | 609.7million ton-km |
| 39 | Portugal | 569.0million ton-km |
| 40 | Oman | 542.3million ton-km |
| 41 | Egypt | 492.7million ton-km |
| 42 | Ireland | 430.5million ton-km |
| 43 | Poland | 343.9million ton-km |
| 44 | Kuwait | 331.2million ton-km |
| 45 | Sweden | 324.8million ton-km |
| 46 | Pakistan | 309.5million ton-km |
| 47 | Peru | 299.2million ton-km |
| 48 | Kenya | 288.6million ton-km |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 278.5million ton-km |
| 50 | Austria | 207.8million ton-km |
| 51 | Iceland | 191.9million ton-km |
| 52 | Mauritius | 170.2million ton-km |
| 53 | Fiji | 156.1million ton-km |
| 54 | Hungary | 145.1million ton-km |
| 55 | Panama | 143.7million ton-km |
| 56 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 136.9million ton-km |
| 57 | Argentina | 136.5million ton-km |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 131.7million ton-km |
| 59 | Ecuador | 120.0million ton-km |
| 60 | Jordan | 110.1million ton-km |
| 61 | Zambia | 104.3million ton-km |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 98.9million ton-km |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 96.5million ton-km |
| 64 | Morocco | 92.6million ton-km |
| 65 | Angola | 70.7million ton-km |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 62.7million ton-km |
| 67 | Libya | 60.1million ton-km |
| 68 | South Africa | 59.7million ton-km |
| 69 | Togo | 58.5million ton-km |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 53.1million ton-km |
| 71 | Yemen | 49.7million ton-km |
| 72 | Brunei Darussalam | 45.9million ton-km |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.8million ton-km |
| 74 | Lebanon | 34.4million ton-km |
| 75 | Vanuatu | 30.3million ton-km |
| 76 | Maldives | 29.5million ton-km |
| 77 | El Salvador | 27.8million ton-km |
| 78 | Mongolia | 26.5million ton-km |
| 79 | Suriname | 23.6million ton-km |
| 80 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.0million ton-km |
| 81 | Sudan | 20.0million ton-km |
| 82 | Bolivia | 19.9million ton-km |
| 83 | Serbia | 19.3million ton-km |
| 84 | Bahamas | 18.6million ton-km |
| 85 | Nepal | 16.9million ton-km |
| 86 | Greece | 16.0million ton-km |
| 87 | Armenia | 15.7million ton-km |
| 88 | Tunisia | 11.0million ton-km |
| 89 | Myanmar | 9.9million ton-km |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 9.1million ton-km |
| 91 | Algeria | 8.6million ton-km |
| 92 | Macao | 8.5million ton-km |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 7.2million ton-km |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 7.1million ton-km |
| 95 | Belarus | 5.6million ton-km |
| 96 | Cuba | 5.2million ton-km |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 3.8million ton-km |
| 98 | Belize | 3.4million ton-km |
| 99 | Malta | 3.4million ton-km |
| 100 | Nigeria | 3.1million ton-km |
| 101 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.1million ton-km |
| 102 | Mozambique | 3.0million ton-km |
| 103 | Nauru | 2.9million ton-km |
| 104 | Madagascar | 2.5million ton-km |
| 105 | Cambodia | 2.4million ton-km |
| 106 | Latvia | 2.4million ton-km |
| 107 | Romania | 2.3million ton-km |
| 108 | Lithuania | 1.7million ton-km |
| 109 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.6million ton-km |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 1.5million ton-km |
| 111 | Seychelles | 1.2million ton-km |
| 112 | Honduras | 1.1million ton-km |
| 113 | Paraguay | 0.9million ton-km |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8million ton-km |
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8million ton-km |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 0.8million ton-km |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7million ton-km |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 0.6million ton-km |
| 119 | Guatemala | 0.5million ton-km |
| 120 | Bhutan | 0.5million ton-km |
| 121 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5million ton-km |
| 122 | Marshall Islands | 0.4million ton-km |
| 123 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.4million ton-km |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0.4million ton-km |
| 125 | Kiribati | 0.3million ton-km |
| 126 | Botswana | 0.3million ton-km |
| 127 | Niger | 0.3million ton-km |
| 128 | Georgia | 0.2million ton-km |
| 129 | Croatia | 0.1million ton-km |
| 130 | Venezuela | 0.1million ton-km |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 0.1million ton-km |
| 132 | Uganda | 0.1million ton-km |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.1million ton-km |
| 134 | Czech Republic | 0.0million ton-km |
| 135 | Cameroon | 0.0million ton-km |
| 136 | North Korea | 0.0million ton-km |
| 137 | Samoa | 0.0million ton-km |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Development Indicators (2023).
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