Malta vs Zimbabwe: Tonne-kilometers of air freight
Malta
3.36 million million ton-km
in 2023
Zimbabwe
3.78 million million ton-km
in 2023
Malta rank
106th
Zimbabwe rank
103rd
Tonne-kilometers of air freight over time
- Malta
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 3.78 million million ton-km against 3.36 million million ton-km in Malta, a difference of 425,600 million ton-km.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 106th and Zimbabwe ranks 103rd of 180 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.08 million million ton-km | 525,000 million ton-km | 1.55 million million ton-km | Malta |
| 1980s | 4.18 million million ton-km | 27.06 million million ton-km | 22.88 million million ton-km | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 9.00 million million ton-km | 125.54 million million ton-km | 116.54 million million ton-km | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 11.68 million million ton-km | 43.90 million million ton-km | 32.22 million million ton-km | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 4.56 million million ton-km | 15.34 million million ton-km | 10.78 million million ton-km | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 4.42 million million ton-km | 5.17 million million ton-km | 750,005 million ton-km | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tonne-kilometers of air freight, Malta or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 3.78 million million ton-km against 3.36 million million ton-km in Malta as of 2023.
- What is the difference in tonne-kilometers of air freight between Malta and Zimbabwe?
- 425,600 million ton-km, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Zimbabwe?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Zimbabwe rank globally for tonne-kilometers of air freight?
- Malta ranks 106th and Zimbabwe ranks 103rd of 180 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), via World Bank (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Tonne-kilometers of air freight. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.