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

30,089 Tonnes-kilometres, with Germany ahead.

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

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.

Germany vs Romania: Freight transport

Germany

42,659 Tonnes-kilometres

in 2025

Romania

12,570 Tonnes-kilometres

in 2024

Germany rank

3rd

Romania rank

5th

Freight transport over time

Germany
Romania

How they compare

Germany currently reports 42,659 Tonnes-kilometres against 12,570 Tonnes-kilometres in Romania, a difference of 30,089 Tonnes-kilometres.

That makes Germany's figure about 3.4 times Romania's.

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

Germany ranks 3rd and Romania ranks 5th of 19 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	62,693 Tonnes-kilometres	3,300 Tonnes-kilometres	59,394 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany
2000s	62,962 Tonnes-kilometres	4,895 Tonnes-kilometres	58,067 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany
2010s	55,791 Tonnes-kilometres	12,731 Tonnes-kilometres	43,060 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany
2020s	44,717 Tonnes-kilometres	12,487 Tonnes-kilometres	32,231 Tonnes-kilometres	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher freight transport, Germany or Romania?: Germany, at 42,659 Tonnes-kilometres against 12,570 Tonnes-kilometres in Romania as of 2025.
What is the difference in freight transport between Germany and Romania?: 30,089 Tonnes-kilometres, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Romania?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Germany and Romania rank globally for freight transport?: Germany ranks 3rd and Romania ranks 5th 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

Germany vs Romania: Freight transport. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/freight-transport/germany/romania/

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/germany/romania/">Germany vs Romania: 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.