What is the difference in freight transport between Belgium and Germany?

35,584 Tonnes-kilometres, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Germany?

32 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Freight transport. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Germany: Freight transport

Belgium

7,075 Tonnes-kilometres

in 2025

Germany

42,659 Tonnes-kilometres

in 2025

Belgium rank

6th

Germany rank

3rd

Freight transport over time

Belgium
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 42,659 Tonnes-kilometres against 7,075 Tonnes-kilometres in Belgium, a difference of 35,584 Tonnes-kilometres.

That makes Germany's figure about 6.0 times Belgium's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 6th and Germany ranks 3rd of 19 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Germany	Difference	Ahead
1990s	5,949 Tonnes-kilometres	62,693 Tonnes-kilometres	56,744 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany
2000s	8,231 Tonnes-kilometres	62,962 Tonnes-kilometres	54,731 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany
2010s	9,599 Tonnes-kilometres	55,791 Tonnes-kilometres	46,192 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany
2020s	6,998 Tonnes-kilometres	44,374 Tonnes-kilometres	37,377 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher freight transport, Belgium or Germany?: Germany, at 42,659 Tonnes-kilometres against 7,075 Tonnes-kilometres in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in freight transport between Belgium and Germany?: 35,584 Tonnes-kilometres, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Germany?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Germany rank globally for freight transport?: Belgium ranks 6th and Germany ranks 3rd of 19 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Freight transport. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Freight transport
Unit: Tonnes-kilometres
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 25 places, 695 data points, 1994–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Freight transport by rail, road and inland waterways, split in national and international transport.