Air transport freight ton km by country
Countries reporting
179
Highest
42.76 billion
United States
Lowest
0
Slovakia
Median
15.68 million
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
7,506
What the numbers show
Air transport freight ton km is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 42.76 billion in United States; the lowest is 0 in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.68 million, and the mean is 1.20 billion.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 550,154.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Air transport freight ton km: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 42.76 billion | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 26.17 billion | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 13.93 billion | 2023 | up 180.7% | volatile |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 13.57 billion | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 12.77 billion | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 6 | South Korea | 12.29 billion | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 8.64 billion | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 8.47 billion | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Turkey | 8.37 billion | 2023 | up 264.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Singapore | 7.60 billion | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 6.87 billion | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 4.41 billion | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 4.30 billion | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 4.02 billion | 2023 | up 407.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Netherlands | 3.29 billion | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 2.04 billion | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 1.94 billion | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Malaysia | 1.91 billion | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | 1.83 billion | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 1.81 billion | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 1.65 billion | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Chile | 1.50 billion | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 1.43 billion | 2023 | up 7,904.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Brazil | 1.39 billion | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 25 | Russia | 1.27 billion | 2023 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Switzerland | 1.26 billion | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 1.19 billion | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Spain | 1.13 billion | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 1.12 billion | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 1.09 billion | 2023 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 1.04 billion | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Vietnam | 927.89 million | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bahrain | 895.44 million | 2023 | up 237.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Indonesia | 870.51 million | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Finland | 816.39 million | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 36 | New Zealand | 767.76 million | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Philippines | 649.21 million | 2023 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Israel | 609.66 million | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Portugal | 568.98 million | 2023 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Oman | 542.34 million | 2023 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Egypt | 492.65 million | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Ireland | 430.49 million | 2023 | up 264.0% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 343.93 million | 2023 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Kuwait | 331.17 million | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 324.82 million | 2023 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Pakistan | 309.51 million | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 299.23 million | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Kenya | 288.62 million | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 278.50 million | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 207.84 million | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 191.91 million | 2023 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Norway | 176.59 million | 2004 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 53 | Denmark | 174.54 million | 2004 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 54 | Mauritius | 170.21 million | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Fiji | 156.08 million | 2023 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 145.08 million | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 143.67 million | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Iran | 136.93 million | 2023 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Argentina | 136.48 million | 2023 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 131.74 million | 2023 | up 27,592.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 120.01 million | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Jordan | 110.06 million | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Zambia | 104.32 million | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 98.85 million | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 96.46 million | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Morocco | 92.64 million | 2023 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 67 | Angola | 70.71 million | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 62.72 million | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Libya | 60.05 million | 2023 | up 1,535.3% | volatile |
| 70 | South Africa | 59.67 million | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Togo | 58.55 million | 2023 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 53.08 million | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Yemen | 49.73 million | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Brunei | 45.91 million | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.84 million | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Lebanon | 34.40 million | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 30.27 million | 2023 | up 1,463.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Maldives | 29.46 million | 2023 | up 401.1% | volatile |
| 79 | El Salvador | 27.80 million | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Mongolia | 26.52 million | 2023 | up 199.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Suriname | 23.62 million | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 82 | Tanzania | 20.04 million | 2023 | up 550,154.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan | 20.04 million | 2023 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Bolivia | 19.89 million | 2023 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia | 19.33 million | 2023 | up 1,232.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Bahamas | 18.57 million | 2023 | up 12,683.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Nepal | 16.93 million | 2023 | up 193.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Central African Republic | 16.20 million | 1991 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 16.02 million | 2023 | up 2,601.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 15.68 million | 2023 | up 1,468.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Laos | 11.72 million | 2022 | up 1,112.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 10.96 million | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 93 | Senegal | 9.99 million | 2022 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Myanmar | 9.93 million | 2023 | up 247.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 9.14 million | 2023 | up 197.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Algeria | 8.58 million | 2023 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 97 | Macao | 8.54 million | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 7.18 million | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 7.12 million | 2023 | down 78.2% | rising |
| 100 | Belarus | 5.57 million | 2023 | up 228.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Cuba | 5.16 million | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Congo | 4.15 million | 2019 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 3.78 million | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Uruguay | 3.76 million | 2009 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Belize | 3.45 million | 2023 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Malta | 3.36 million | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Nigeria | 3.14 million | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Ukraine | 3.13 million | 2022 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.10 million | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Mozambique | 3.02 million | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 111 | Nauru | 2.94 million | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 112 | Madagascar | 2.49 million | 2023 | down 92.8% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 2.44 million | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Latvia | 2.37 million | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Romania | 2.34 million | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Lithuania | 1.69 million | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Syria | 1.55 million | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Burkina Faso | 1.47 million | 2023 | up 2,270.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea | 1.40 million | 1999 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Seychelles | 1.18 million | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | 1.14 million | 2023 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Paraguay | 905,000 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 848,600 | 2023 | up 1,129.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea | 799,920 | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 794,172 | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 701,661 | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 654,975 | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 626,000 | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Guatemala | 539,540 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 535,000 | 2000 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Bhutan | 501,684 | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 479,762 | 2023 | up 485.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Chad | 471,912 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Marshall Islands | 407,146 | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Barbados | 400,000 | 1991 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Moldova | 370,693 | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Cyprus | 369,485 | 2023 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Slovenia | 359,507 | 2019 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Kiribati | 345,358 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 282,000 | 2023 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | 279,008 | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Georgia | 221,390 | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Croatia | 146,080 | 2023 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Venezuela | 123,204 | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Djibouti | 100,000 | 1991 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 100,000 | 1997 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Liberia | 100,000 | 1992 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Lesotho | 100,000 | 1993 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 94,055 | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Uganda | 55,860 | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Haiti | 55,037 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Czechia | 40,746 | 2023 | down 99.8% | rising |
| 153 | Montenegro | 32,273 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Tonga | 30,000 | 2004 | — | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 29,225 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Guyana | 22,018 | 2021 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Cameroon | 17,701 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | American Samoa | 11,652 | 2014 | — | rising |
| 159 | North Korea | 7,500 | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Benin | 6,443 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Samoa | 5,954 | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Malawi | 590.05 | 2021 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Namibia | 290.48 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Albania | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Estonia | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Gabon | 0 | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Ghana | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Gambia | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Iraq | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Jamaica | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Mali | 0 | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Rwanda | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Somalia | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Slovakia | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |