Malawi vs Samoa: Tonne-kilometers of air freight

Malawi
590.05 million ton-km
in 2021
Samoa
5,954 million ton-km
in 2023
Malawi rank
162nd
Samoa rank
161st

Tonne-kilometers of air freight over time

  • Malawi
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 5,954 million ton-km against 590.05 million ton-km in Malawi, a difference of 5,364 million ton-km.

That makes Samoa's figure about 10.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 162nd and Samoa ranks 161st 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.