Modal split of air, sea and inland freight transport by country

Countries reporting
33
Highest
1.9%
Romania
Lowest
0.1%
Greece
Median
0.5%
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
629

What the numbers show

Modal split of air, sea and inland freight transport is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 1.9% in Romania; the lowest is 0.1% in Greece.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 180.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 33.3%).

Modal split of air, sea and inland freight transport: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 1.9% 2024 up 35.7% rising
2 Hungary 1.6% 2024 up 45.5% rising
3 Lithuania 1.5% 2024 up 36.4% rising
3 Luxembourg 1.5% 2024 up 66.7% rising
3 Lithuania 1.5% 2024 up 36.4% rising
6 Latvia 1.4% 2024 up 180.0% rising
6 Latvia 1.4% 2024 up 180.0% rising
8 Slovakia 1.2% 2024 up 20.0% flat
8 Slovakia 1.2% 2024 up 20.0% flat
8 Bulgaria 1.2% 2024 up 71.4% rising
11 Czechia 0.9% 2024 unchanged falling
12 Austria 0.8% 2024 up 14.3% flat
13 Estonia 0.7% 2024 up 133.3% rising
13 Estonia 0.7% 2024 up 133.3% rising
15 Poland 0.5% 2024 unchanged falling
15 Slovenia 0.5% 2024 up 25.0% falling
15 Poland 0.5% 2024 unchanged falling
15 Slovenia 0.5% 2024 up 25.0% falling
19 Germany 0.4% 2024 up 33.3% rising
19 Belgium 0.4% 2024 up 33.3% rising
19 Switzerland 0.4% 2024 unchanged rising
22 Croatia 0.3% 2024 unchanged rising
22 Ireland 0.3% 2024 down 25.0% rising
22 Croatia 0.3% 2024 unchanged rising
25 Cyprus 0.2% 2024 up 100.0% rising
25 Sweden 0.2% 2024 unchanged rising
25 France 0.2% 2024 unchanged rising
25 Finland 0.2% 2024 down 33.3% flat
29 Netherlands 0.1% 2024 unchanged flat
29 Netherlands 0.1% 2024 unchanged flat
29 Denmark 0.1% 2024 unchanged flat
29 Italy 0.1% 2024 unchanged flat
29 Greece 0.1% 2024 unchanged falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Modal split of air, sea and inland freight transport by country. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 30 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/modal-split-of-air-sea-and-inland-freight-transport/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/modal-split-of-air-sea-and-inland-freight-transport/">Modal split of air, sea and inland freight transport by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Modal split of air, sea and inland freight transport
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 629 data points, 2008–2024
Last refreshed