What is the difference in tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of gdp between Japan and Portugal?

0 million ton-km per US$ of GDP, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?

54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Portugal: Tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of GDP

Japan

0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP

in 2023

Portugal

0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP

in 2023

Japan rank

40th

Portugal rank

39th

Tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of GDP over time

Japan
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP against 0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP in Japan, a difference of 0 million ton-km per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Portugal ahead.

Japan ranks 40th and Portugal ranks 39th of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0016 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0047 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0031 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	Portugal
1980s	0.0018 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0034 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0016 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	Portugal
1990s	0.0014 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0018 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0004 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	Portugal
2000s	0.0018 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0014 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0004 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	Japan
2010s	0.0016 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0017 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0001 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	Portugal
2020s	0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0018 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	0.0001 million ton-km per US$ of GDP	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of gdp, Japan or Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP against 0.0019 million ton-km per US$ of GDP in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of gdp between Japan and Portugal?: 0 million ton-km per US$ of GDP, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Japan and Portugal rank globally for tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of gdp?: Japan ranks 40th and Portugal ranks 39th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Tonne-kilometers of air freight, per unit of GDP
Unit: million ton-km per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 179 places, 7,236 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Tonne-kilometers of air freight divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.