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.
Transportation Statistics > Air transport, freight > million tons per km (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
37,357.64 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
Korea, South :
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
# 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
# 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
# 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
# 26
South Africa :
923.38 million tons/km
2005
# 27
Qatar :
869.58 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
# 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
# 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
# 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
# 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
# 57
Iceland :
121.55 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
# 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
# 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
# 81
Seychelles :
25.81 million tons/km
2005
# 82
Bolivia :
25.3 million tons/km
2005
# 83
Cameroon :
24.4 million tons/km
2005
# 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
Jamaica :
15.82 million tons/km
2005
= 91
Kazakhstan :
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
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
7.4 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Mali :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Benin :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Senegal :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Chad :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Côte d'Ivoire :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Congo, Republic of the :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Niger :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Central African Republic :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Burkina Faso :
7.36 million tons/km
2001
= 102
Togo :
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
Korea, North :
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
Bahamas, The :
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
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.11 million tons/km
2005
= 164
Djibouti :
0.1 million tons/km
1991
= 164
Liberia :
0.1 million tons/km
1992
= 164
Albania :
0.1 million tons/km
2005
= 164
Guinea-Bissau :
0.1 million tons/km
1997
= 164
Equatorial Guinea :
0.1 million tons/km
1996
= 164
Comoros :
0.1 million tons/km
1985
= 164
Lesotho :
0.1 million tons/km
1993
= 164
Burundi :
0.1 million tons/km
1987
# 172
Mauritania :
0.09 million tons/km
2005
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.06 million tons/km
2005
= 174
Zambia :
0.03 million tons/km
2003
= 174
Tonga :
0.03 million tons/km
2004
# 176
Maldives :
0.01 million tons/km
2005
Weighted average:
811.1 million tons/km
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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