social2023
Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,164.3tonnes-km
Median: 11.3tonnes-km
Countries Covered
184
with available data
Highest
United States of America
42,762.9tonnes-km
Lowest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.0tonnes-km
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America42,762.9tonnes-km
2People's Republic of China26,170.4tonnes-km
3Qatar13,926.6tonnes-km
4United Arab Emirates13,566.2tonnes-km
5Germany12,766.5tonnes-km
By Region
North America11,472.8tonnes-km(4 countries)
Asia3,905.3tonnes-km(26 countries)
Europe1,262.8tonnes-km(32 countries)
Oceania978.0tonnes-km(2 countries)
South America768.9tonnes-km(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0tonnes-km)High (42,762.9tonnes-km)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,164.3tonnes-km)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (104)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 42,762.9tonnes-km |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 26,170.4tonnes-km |
| 3 | Qatar | 13,926.6tonnes-km |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 13,566.2tonnes-km |
| 5 | Germany | 12,766.5tonnes-km |
| 6 | South Korea | 12,293.8tonnes-km |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 8,638.4tonnes-km |
| 8 | Japan | 8,474.0tonnes-km |
| 9 | Türkiye | 8,367.3tonnes-km |
| 10 | Singapore | 7,604.2tonnes-km |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 6,873.2tonnes-km |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 4,413.9tonnes-km |
| 13 | France | 4,301.7tonnes-km |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 4,015.5tonnes-km |
| 15 | Netherlands | 3,285.7tonnes-km |
| 16 | Canada | 2,036.4tonnes-km |
| 17 | Colombia | 1,936.5tonnes-km |
| 18 | Malaysia | 1,910.1tonnes-km |
| 19 | Belgium | 1,831.5tonnes-km |
| 20 | India | 1,807.0tonnes-km |
| 21 | Thailand | 1,649.9tonnes-km |
| 22 | Chile | 1,499.0tonnes-km |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 1,434.5tonnes-km |
| 24 | Brazil | 1,387.1tonnes-km |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 1,268.8tonnes-km |
| 26 | Switzerland | 1,257.5tonnes-km |
| 27 | Australia | 1,188.1tonnes-km |
| 28 | Spain | 1,130.9tonnes-km |
| 29 | Italy | 1,121.0tonnes-km |
| 30 | Mexico | 1,091.5tonnes-km |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 1,036.8tonnes-km |
| 32 | Vietnam | 927.9tonnes-km |
| 33 | Bahrain | 895.4tonnes-km |
| 34 | Indonesia | 870.5tonnes-km |
| 35 | Finland | 816.4tonnes-km |
| 36 | New Zealand | 767.8tonnes-km |
| 37 | Philippines | 649.2tonnes-km |
| 38 | Israel | 609.7tonnes-km |
| 39 | Portugal | 569.0tonnes-km |
| 40 | Oman | 542.3tonnes-km |
| 41 | Egypt | 492.7tonnes-km |
| 42 | Ireland | 430.5tonnes-km |
| 43 | Poland | 343.9tonnes-km |
| 44 | Kuwait | 331.2tonnes-km |
| 45 | Sweden | 324.8tonnes-km |
| 46 | Pakistan | 309.5tonnes-km |
| 47 | Peru | 299.2tonnes-km |
| 48 | Kenya | 288.6tonnes-km |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 278.5tonnes-km |
| 50 | Austria | 207.8tonnes-km |
| 51 | Iceland | 191.9tonnes-km |
| 52 | Norway | 176.6tonnes-km |
| 53 | Denmark | 174.5tonnes-km |
| 54 | Mauritius | 170.2tonnes-km |
| 55 | Fiji | 156.1tonnes-km |
| 56 | Hungary | 145.1tonnes-km |
| 57 | Panama | 143.7tonnes-km |
| 58 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 136.9tonnes-km |
| 59 | Argentina | 136.5tonnes-km |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 131.7tonnes-km |
| 61 | Ecuador | 120.0tonnes-km |
| 62 | Jordan | 110.1tonnes-km |
| 63 | Zambia | 104.3tonnes-km |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 98.9tonnes-km |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 96.5tonnes-km |
| 66 | Morocco | 92.6tonnes-km |
| 67 | Angola | 70.7tonnes-km |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 62.7tonnes-km |
| 69 | Libya | 60.1tonnes-km |
| 70 | South Africa | 59.7tonnes-km |
| 71 | Togo | 58.5tonnes-km |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 53.1tonnes-km |
| 73 | Yemen | 49.7tonnes-km |
| 74 | Guam | 48.6tonnes-km |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 45.9tonnes-km |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.8tonnes-km |
| 77 | Lebanon | 34.4tonnes-km |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 30.3tonnes-km |
| 79 | Maldives | 29.5tonnes-km |
| 80 | El Salvador | 27.8tonnes-km |
| 81 | Mongolia | 26.5tonnes-km |
| 82 | Suriname | 23.6tonnes-km |
| 83 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.0tonnes-km |
| 84 | Sudan | 20.0tonnes-km |
| 85 | Bolivia | 19.9tonnes-km |
| 86 | Serbia | 19.3tonnes-km |
| 87 | Bahamas | 18.6tonnes-km |
| 88 | Nepal | 16.9tonnes-km |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 16.2tonnes-km |
| 90 | Greece | 16.0tonnes-km |
| 91 | Armenia | 15.7tonnes-km |
| 92 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.7tonnes-km |
| 93 | Tunisia | 11.0tonnes-km |
| 94 | Senegal | 10.0tonnes-km |
| 95 | Myanmar | 9.9tonnes-km |
| 96 | Solomon Islands | 9.1tonnes-km |
| 97 | Algeria | 8.6tonnes-km |
| 98 | Macao | 8.5tonnes-km |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 7.2tonnes-km |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 7.1tonnes-km |
| 101 | Belarus | 5.6tonnes-km |
| 102 | Cuba | 5.2tonnes-km |
| 103 | Republic of the Congo | 4.2tonnes-km |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 3.8tonnes-km |
| 105 | Uruguay | 3.8tonnes-km |
| 106 | Belize | 3.4tonnes-km |
| 107 | Malta | 3.4tonnes-km |
| 108 | Nigeria | 3.1tonnes-km |
| 109 | Ukraine | 3.1tonnes-km |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.1tonnes-km |
| 111 | Mozambique | 3.0tonnes-km |
| 112 | Nauru | 2.9tonnes-km |
| 113 | Madagascar | 2.5tonnes-km |
| 114 | Cambodia | 2.4tonnes-km |
| 115 | Latvia | 2.4tonnes-km |
| 116 | Romania | 2.3tonnes-km |
| 117 | Lithuania | 1.7tonnes-km |
| 118 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.6tonnes-km |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 1.5tonnes-km |
| 120 | Guinea | 1.4tonnes-km |
| 121 | Seychelles | 1.2tonnes-km |
| 122 | Honduras | 1.1tonnes-km |
| 123 | Paraguay | 0.9tonnes-km |
| 124 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8tonnes-km |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8tonnes-km |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 0.8tonnes-km |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7tonnes-km |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7tonnes-km |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 0.6tonnes-km |
| 130 | Guatemala | 0.5tonnes-km |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 0.5tonnes-km |
| 132 | Bhutan | 0.5tonnes-km |
| 133 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5tonnes-km |
| 134 | Chad | 0.5tonnes-km |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 0.4tonnes-km |
| 136 | Barbados | 0.4tonnes-km |
| 137 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.4tonnes-km |
| 138 | Cyprus | 0.4tonnes-km |
| 139 | Slovenia | 0.4tonnes-km |
| 140 | Kiribati | 0.3tonnes-km |
| 141 | Botswana | 0.3tonnes-km |
| 142 | Niger | 0.3tonnes-km |
| 143 | Georgia | 0.2tonnes-km |
| 144 | Croatia | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 145 | Venezuela | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 146 | Burundi | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 147 | Comoros | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 148 | Djibouti | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 149 | Lesotho | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 154 | Haiti | 0.1tonnes-km |
| 155 | Czech Republic | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 156 | Montenegro | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 157 | Tonga | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 158 | Eswatini | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 159 | Guyana | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 160 | Cameroon | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 161 | American Samoa | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 162 | North Korea | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 163 | Benin | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 164 | Samoa | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 165 | Malawi | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 166 | Namibia | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 167 | Dominican Republic | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 168 | Eritrea | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 169 | Estonia | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 170 | Gabon | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 171 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 172 | Ghana | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 173 | Iraq | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 174 | Jamaica | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 175 | Mali | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 177 | Monaco | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 178 | Rwanda | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 180 | Slovakia | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 181 | Somalia | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 182 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 183 | Albania | 0.0tonnes-km |
| 184 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0tonnes-km |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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