Germany vs Qatar: Tonne-kilometers of air freight

Germany
12.77 billion million ton-km
in 2023
Qatar
13.93 billion million ton-km
in 2023
Germany rank
5th
Qatar rank
3rd

Tonne-kilometers of air freight over time

  • Germany
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 13.93 billion million ton-km against 12.77 billion million ton-km in Germany, a difference of 1.16 billion million ton-km.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 5th and Qatar ranks 3rd 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

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.