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

Countries reporting
25
Highest
1.9
Romania
Lowest
0.1
Denmark
Median
0.4
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
476

What the numbers show

Modal split of air, sea, inland and oil pipeline freight transport is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 1.9 in Romania; the lowest is 0.1 in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4, and the mean is 0.612.

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

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 180.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 33.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 1.9 2024 up 35.7% rising
2 Luxembourg 1.5 2024 up 66.7% rising
2 Hungary 1.5 2024 up 36.4% rising
4 Latvia 1.4 2024 up 180.0% rising
4 Lithuania 1.4 2024 up 27.3% rising
6 Bulgaria 1.2 2024 up 100.0% rising
7 Czechia 0.9 2024 unchanged falling
8 Austria 0.8 2024 up 33.3% rising
9 Estonia 0.7 2024 up 133.3% rising
10 Slovenia 0.5 2024 up 25.0% falling
11 Belgium 0.4 2024 up 33.3% rising
11 Poland 0.4 2024 down 20.0% falling
11 Germany 0.4 2024 up 33.3% rising
11 Switzerland 0.4 2024 unchanged rising
15 Croatia 0.3 2024 unchanged rising
15 Ireland 0.3 2024 down 25.0% rising
17 France 0.2 2024 unchanged rising
17 Finland 0.2 2024 down 33.3% flat
17 Cyprus 0.2 2024 up 100.0% rising
17 Sweden 0.2 2024 unchanged rising
21 Greece 0.1 2024 unchanged falling
21 Italy 0.1 2024 unchanged flat
21 Spain 0.1 2024 volatile
21 Netherlands 0.1 2024 unchanged flat
21 Denmark 0.1 2024 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Modal split of air, sea, inland and oil pipeline freight transport
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
28 places, 476 data points, 2008–2024
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