Goods transported by type of transport (2004-2016) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

346,741 Thousand tonnes

Germany

Lowest

581 Thousand tonnes

Ireland

Median

39,388 Thousand tonnes

Years covered

2003–2016

Data points

409

What the numbers show

Goods transported by type of transport (2004-2016) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 346,741 Thousand tonnes in Germany; the lowest is 581 Thousand tonnes in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 39,388 Thousand tonnes, and the mean is 54,252 Thousand tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 597.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 34.1%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 71.8%).

Goods transported by type of transport: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Germany	346,741 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 0.2%	rising
2	Poland	222,523 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 23.6%	falling
3	Austria	102,835 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 7.2%	flat
4	Czechia	98,034 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 0.6%	flat
5	France	96,702 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 11.4%	falling
6	Italy	92,949 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 9.0%	rising
7	United Kingdom	78,549 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 28.1%	falling
8	Switzerland	67,846 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 2.9%	flat
9	Sweden	67,479 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 3.9%	rising
10	Belgium	55,876 Thousand tonnes	2011	up 0.3%	falling
11	Romania	52,618 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 23.0%	falling
12	Hungary	50,047 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 8.5%	flat
13	Latvia	47,819 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 1.9%	rising
14	Lithuania	47,651 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 5.1%	flat
15	Slovakia	47,548 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 9.3%	falling
16	Netherlands	42,615 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 14.4%	rising
17	Finland	36,162 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 17.0%	falling
18	Norway	33,260 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 34.1%	rising
19	Spain	26,504 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 11.2%	falling
20	Estonia	25,364 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 58.6%	falling
21	Türkiye	24,546 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 24.3%	rising
22	Slovenia	18,595 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 9.0%	rising
23	Bulgaria	14,226 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 35.0%	falling
24	Portugal	10,259 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 5.0%	rising
25	Croatia	9,985 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 35.1%	falling
26	Denmark	9,383 Thousand tonnes	2016	up 25.5%	rising
27	Luxembourg	4,482 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 63.1%	falling
28	Montenegro	1,395 Thousand tonnes	2016	—	rising
29	North Macedonia	1,358 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 53.6%	falling
30	Greece	1,094 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 71.8%	falling
31	Liechtenstein	1,037 Thousand tonnes	2013	down 54.6%	falling
32	Ireland	581 Thousand tonnes	2016	down 53.3%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Goods transported by type of transport (2004-2016)
Unit: Thousand tonnes
Source: Eurostat
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage: 32 places, 409 data points, 2003–2016
Last refreshed: 09 August 2026