Chile vs India: Tonne-kilometers of air freight

Chile

1.50 billion million ton-km

in 2023

India

1.81 billion million ton-km

in 2023

Chile rank

22nd

India rank

20th

Tonne-kilometers of air freight over time

Chile
India

How they compare

India currently reports 1.81 billion million ton-km against 1.50 billion million ton-km in Chile, a difference of 307.95 million million ton-km.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was India ahead.

Chile ranks 22nd and India ranks 20th of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Tonne-kilometers of air freight
Unit: million ton-km
Source: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 180 places, 7,506 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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 tonnes times kilometers traveled.