Road freight transport by distance class and type of goods (t, tkm, vehicle-km, basic transport operations) - annual data (from 2008 onwards) by country

Countries reporting
30
Highest
2.80 million
Germany
Lowest
1,013
Montenegro
Median
212,672
Years covered
18
2008–2025
Data points
592

What the numbers show

Road freight transport by distance class and type of goods (t, tkm, vehicle-km, basic transport operations) - annual data (from 2008 onwards) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 2.80 million in Germany; the lowest is 1,013 in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 212,672, and the mean is 510,068.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,768.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 205.5%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 46.8%).

Road freight transport by distance class and type of goods (t, tkm): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 2.80 million 2025 down 7.6% flat
2 Spain 1.67 million 2025 up 32.8% flat
3 Poland 1.65 million 2025 up 30.2% rising
4 France 1.56 million 2025 down 13.3% falling
5 United Kingdom 1.47 million 2019 up 0.7% falling
6 Italy 1.23 million 2025 up 28.4% falling
7 Netherlands 619,992 2025 down 3.4% rising
8 Czechia 466,112 2025 up 6.1% rising
9 Sweden 427,501 2025 up 1.0% rising
10 Austria 359,815 2025 up 2.5% rising
11 Romania 330,078 2025 up 65.7% rising
12 Switzerland 283,341 2025 down 2.1% flat
13 Norway 256,052 2025 down 9.6% falling
14 Belgium 253,873 2025 down 14.0% falling
15 Greece 223,324 2025 down 46.8% falling
16 Finland 202,020 2025 down 25.7% falling
17 Hungary 192,801 2025 down 6.7% flat
18 Denmark 175,940 2025 down 2.9% flat
19 Ireland 167,945 2025 up 43.4% rising
20 Bulgaria 167,087 2025 up 2.0% rising
21 Slovak Republic 149,897 2025 up 1.8% flat
22 Lithuania 140,850 2025 up 140.4% rising
23 Portugal 115,152 2025 down 23.4% falling
24 Slovenia 97,316 2025 up 38.0% rising
25 Croatia 96,117 2025 up 42.5% rising
26 Latvia 84,404 2025 up 24.9% rising
27 Cyprus 43,997 2025 up 205.5% rising
28 Luxembourg 39,939 2025 down 12.6% falling
29 Estonia 26,486 2025 down 6.0% falling
30 Montenegro 1,013 2025 up 20.7% rising

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Road freight transport by distance class and type of goods (t, tkm, vehicle-km, basic transport operations) - annual data (from 2008 onwards)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
35 places, 592 data points, 2008–2025
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