What is the difference in freight transport between Bulgaria and United Kingdom?

708.2 Tonnes-kilometres, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United Kingdom?

31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.

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.

Bulgaria vs United Kingdom: Freight transport

Bulgaria

359.8 Tonnes-kilometres

in 2025

United Kingdom

1,068 Tonnes-kilometres

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

13th

United Kingdom rank

10th

Freight transport over time

Bulgaria
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1,068 Tonnes-kilometres against 359.8 Tonnes-kilometres in Bulgaria, a difference of 708.2 Tonnes-kilometres.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 3.0 times Bulgaria's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 10th of 19 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	563.57 Tonnes-kilometres	1,653 Tonnes-kilometres	1,090 Tonnes-kilometres	United Kingdom
2000s	685.48 Tonnes-kilometres	1,421 Tonnes-kilometres	735.52 Tonnes-kilometres	United Kingdom
2010s	375 Tonnes-kilometres	1,258 Tonnes-kilometres	883.3 Tonnes-kilometres	United Kingdom
2020s	301.56 Tonnes-kilometres	1,029 Tonnes-kilometres	727.24 Tonnes-kilometres	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher freight transport, Bulgaria or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 1,068 Tonnes-kilometres against 359.8 Tonnes-kilometres in Bulgaria as of 2024.
What is the difference in freight transport between Bulgaria and United Kingdom?: 708.2 Tonnes-kilometres, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United Kingdom?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and United Kingdom rank globally for freight transport?: Bulgaria ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 10th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs United Kingdom: Freight transport. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/freight-transport/bulgaria/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/freight-transport/bulgaria/united-kingdom/">Bulgaria vs United Kingdom: Freight transport</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.