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Transport > Air transport > Freight > Million tons per km: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 37,357.64 million tons/km 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 9,760.26 million tons/km 2005
2 Japan 8,549.24 million tons/km 2005
3 Hong Kong 7,763.87 million tons/km 2005
4 Germany 7,722.13 million tons/km 2005
5 China 7,579.4 million tons/km 2005
6 Singapore 7,571.26 million tons/km 2005
7 South Korea 7,432.57 million tons/km 2005
8 United Kingdom 5,998.43 million tons/km 2005
9 France 5,802.44 million tons/km 2005
10 Luxembourg 5,149.69 million tons/km 2005
11 Netherlands 4,893.97 million tons/km 2005
12 United Arab Emirates 4,416.69 million tons/km 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 3,106.37 million tons/km 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 3,078.9 million tons/km 2005
13 Malaysia 2,577.58 million tons/km 2005
14 Australia 2,444.59 million tons/km 2005
15 Thailand 2,002.42 million tons/km 2005
Cold countries average (profile) 1,938.75 million tons/km 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 1,556.83 million tons/km 2005
16 Russia 1,541.22 million tons/km 2005
17 Brazil 1,530.68 million tons/km 2005
18 Canada 1,526.82 million tons/km 2005
19 Italy 1,365.13 million tons/km 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 1,315.23 million tons/km 2005
European Union average (profile) 1,236.4 million tons/km 2005
20 Israel 1,213.47 million tons/km 2005
21 Switzerland 1,109.64 million tons/km 2005
22 Colombia 1,092.49 million tons/km 2005
23 Chile 1,053.82 million tons/km 2005
24 Spain 1,021.74 million tons/km 2005
25 Saudi Arabia 1,021.45 million tons/km 2005
Europe average (profile) 950.48 million tons/km 2005
26 South Africa 923.38 million tons/km 2005
27 Qatar 869.58 million tons/km 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 857.45 million tons/km 2005
28 New Zealand 781.47 million tons/km 2005
29 India 773.22 million tons/km 2005
30 Belgium 705.13 million tons/km 2005
OPEC countries average (profile) 675.97 million tons/km 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 562.84 million tons/km 1990
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 545.74 million tons/km 2005
31 Austria 537.47 million tons/km 2005
32 Indonesia 439.77 million tons/km 2005
33 Pakistan 407.93 million tons/km 2005
34 Mexico 390.42 million tons/km 2005
35 Bahrain 382.98 million tons/km 2005
36 Turkey 382.95 million tons/km 2005
37 Finland 353.58 million tons/km 2005
South Asia average (profile) 341.22 million tons/km 2005
Religious countries average (profile) 330.09 million tons/km 2000
38 Philippines 322.71 million tons/km 2005
39 Sri Lanka 310.36 million tons/km 2005
40 Egypt 286.95 million tons/km 2005
41 Sweden 264.14 million tons/km 2005
42 Kenya 253.16 million tons/km 2005
43 Kuwait 241.62 million tons/km 2005
44 Oman 236.77 million tons/km 2005
45 Portugal 235.24 million tons/km 2005
46 Vietnam 230.19 million tons/km 2005
47 Jordan 223.58 million tons/km 2005
48 Mauritius 211.71 million tons/km 2005
Muslim countries average (profile) 199.42 million tons/km 2001
49 Denmark 190.23 million tons/km 2005
50 Bangladesh 183.49 million tons/km 2005
51 Norway 182.08 million tons/km 2005
52 Macau 169.8 million tons/km 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 148.99 million tons/km 2005
53 Peru 138.69 million tons/km 2005
54 Brunei 134.14 million tons/km 2005
55 Ethiopia 132.6 million tons/km 2005
56 Argentina 132.56 million tons/km 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 130.59 million tons/km 1996
57 Iceland 121.55 million tons/km 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 114.28 million tons/km 2005
58 Ireland 107 million tons/km 2005
59 Iran 98.22 million tons/km 2005
60 Fiji 92.11 million tons/km 2005
61 Lebanon 86.61 million tons/km 2005
Eastern Europe average (profile) 80.02 million tons/km 2003
62 Uzbekistan 71.58 million tons/km 2005
63 Poland 71.28 million tons/km 2005
64 Angola 68.11 million tons/km 2005
65 Yemen 66.81 million tons/km 2005
66 Gabon 65.54 million tons/km 2005
67 Greece 64.07 million tons/km 2005
68 Morocco 60.76 million tons/km 2005
69 Namibia 60.43 million tons/km 2005
70 Cyprus 47.96 million tons/km 2005
71 Trinidad and Tobago 47.88 million tons/km 2005
failed states average (profile) 43.34 million tons/km 1991
72 Sudan 43.12 million tons/km 2005
73 Iraq 42.8 million tons/km 1990
74 Ukraine 39.29 million tons/km 2005
75 Czech Republic 38.76 million tons/km 2005
76 Panama 37.23 million tons/km 2005
77 Algeria 31.62 million tons/km 2005
78 Cuba 30.88 million tons/km 2005
79 Uganda 28.55 million tons/km 2005
80 Suriname 27.08 million tons/km 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 26.65 million tons/km 1999
81 Seychelles 25.81 million tons/km 2005
82 Bolivia 25.3 million tons/km 2005
83 Cameroon 24.4 million tons/km 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 24 million tons/km 1987
84 Zimbabwe 22.25 million tons/km 2005
85 Syria 22.12 million tons/km 2005
86 Hungary 21.43 million tons/km 2005
87 Papua New Guinea 21.11 million tons/km 2005
88 El Salvador 20.8 million tons/km 2005
89 Tunisia 18.05 million tons/km 2005
90 Honduras 17.5 million tons/km 1993
=91 Kazakhstan 15.82 million tons/km 2005
=91 Jamaica 15.82 million tons/km 2005
93 Madagascar 15.36 million tons/km 2005
94 Azerbaijan 11.92 million tons/km 2005
95 Malta 11.11 million tons/km 2005
96 Costa Rica 10.35 million tons/km 2005
97 Turkmenistan 10.09 million tons/km 2005
98 Nigeria 10.03 million tons/km 2005
99 Sierra Leone 8.06 million tons/km 2005
100 Afghanistan 7.81 million tons/km 2000
101 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.4 million tons/km 2001
=102 Burkina Faso 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Congo, Republic of the 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Central African Republic 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Senegal 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Cote d'Ivoire 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Benin 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Togo 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Mali 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Chad 7.36 million tons/km 2001
=102 Niger 7.36 million tons/km 2001
112 Armenia 7.04 million tons/km 2005
113 Nepal 6.94 million tons/km 2005
114 Paraguay 6.8 million tons/km 1995
115 Ghana 6.65 million tons/km 2004
116 Tajikistan 6.14 million tons/km 2005
117 Mongolia 6.07 million tons/km 2005
118 Serbia and Montenegro 6.01 million tons/km 2004
119 Ecuador 5.44 million tons/km 2005
120 Romania 5.16 million tons/km 2005
121 Somalia 5 million tons/km 1991
122 Mozambique 4.93 million tons/km 2005
123 Uruguay 4.27 million tons/km 2005
124 Haiti 3.9 million tons/km 1991
125 Bulgaria 3.11 million tons/km 2005
126 Georgia 2.75 million tons/km 2005
127 Burma 2.72 million tons/km 2005
128 Slovenia 2.64 million tons/km 2005
129 Guatemala 2.6 million tons/km 1999
130 Dominican Republic 2.5 million tons/km 1994
131 Laos 2.48 million tons/km 2005
132 Croatia 2.37 million tons/km 2005
133 Tanzania 2.36 million tons/km 2005
134 North Korea 2.2 million tons/km 2005
135 Venezuela 2.11 million tons/km 2005
136 Kyrgyzstan 2.03 million tons/km 2005
137 Latvia 1.95 million tons/km 2005
138 Samoa 1.81 million tons/km 2005
139 Vanuatu 1.78 million tons/km 2005
140 Guyana 1.6 million tons/km 2001
141 Cape Verde 1.51 million tons/km 2005
142 Guinea 1.4 million tons/km 1999
143 Malawi 1.36 million tons/km 2005
144 Estonia 1.3 million tons/km 2005
145 Lithuania 1.29 million tons/km 2005
=146 Cambodia 1.2 million tons/km 2005
=146 Rwanda 1.2 million tons/km 1991
148 Belarus 1.16 million tons/km 2005
=149 Solomon Islands 0.8 million tons/km 2005
=149 Kiribati 0.8 million tons/km 1998
151 Moldova 0.62 million tons/km 2005
152 The Bahamas 0.57 million tons/km 2005
153 Nicaragua 0.54 million tons/km 2000
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.53 million tons/km 2003
155 Barbados 0.4 million tons/km 1991
156 Marshall Islands 0.33 million tons/km 2005
157 Slovakia 0.32 million tons/km 2005
158 Botswana 0.31 million tons/km 2005
159 Libya 0.29 million tons/km 2005
160 Swaziland 0.26 million tons/km 2000
161 Bhutan 0.25 million tons/km 2005
162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.19 million tons/km 2005
=163 Albania 0.1 million tons/km 2005
=163 Guinea-Bissau 0.1 million tons/km 1997
=163 Equatorial Guinea 0.1 million tons/km 1996
=163 Lesotho 0.1 million tons/km 1993
=163 Liberia 0.1 million tons/km 1992
=163 Djibouti 0.1 million tons/km 1991
=163 Burundi 0.1 million tons/km 1987
=163 Comoros 0.1 million tons/km 1985
171 Mauritania 0.09 million tons/km 2005
172 Sao Tome and Principe 0.06 million tons/km 2005
=173 Tonga 0.03 million tons/km 2004
=173 Zambia 0.03 million tons/km 2003
175 Maldives 0.01 million tons/km 2005

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Interesting observations about Transport > Air transport > Freight > Million tons per km

  • United States has had the highest air transport > freight > million tons per km since 1970.
  • Germany ranked first for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Europe in 2005.
  • China ranked first for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
  • Hong Kong ranked first for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • United Arab Emirates ranked first for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • United Kingdom ranked second for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst European Union in 2005.
  • Japan ranked second for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
  • Russia ranked first for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Former Soviet republics in 2005.
  • France ranked first for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
  • Italy ranked last for air transport > freight > million tons per km amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
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