Volume of freight transport relative to GDP by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
116.6
Cyprus
Lowest
36.3
Latvia
Median
92.4
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
595

What the numbers show

Volume of freight transport relative to GDP is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 116.6 in Cyprus; the lowest is 36.3 in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.4, and the mean is 88.27.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 17.4%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 65.4%).

Volume of freight transport relative to GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 116.6 2024 up 17.4% falling
2 Italy 115.5 2024 up 15.6% falling
3 Spain 107.1 2024 up 9.6% falling
4 Finland 103.7 2024 up 3.7% falling
5 Czechia 102 2024 up 9.2% rising
6 France 99.6 2024 down 3.2% falling
7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 98.7 2019 down 5.9% falling
8 Austria 97.4 2024 down 1.6% flat
9 Slovakia 97.2 2024 down 6.3% falling
10 Germany 96.1 2024 down 4.5% falling
11 Slovenia 94.7 2024 down 3.5% rising
12 Norway 93.8 2024 down 2.8% rising
13 Romania 93.2 2024 down 3.5% falling
14 Hungary 92.6 2024 down 7.3% falling
15 Bulgaria 92.4 2024 down 3.2% falling
16 Sweden 90.5 2024 down 13.3% falling
17 Poland 90.4 2024 down 9.1% flat
18 Greece 89.2 2024 down 10.1% falling
19 Croatia 88.8 2024 down 5.8% falling
19 Denmark 88.8 2024 down 14.0% flat
21 Switzerland 84.8 2024 down 18.3% falling
22 Netherlands 83.9 2024 down 18.5% falling
23 Belgium 82.7 2024 down 14.8% falling
24 Ireland 73.3 2024 down 39.9% falling
25 Portugal 69.6 2024 down 31.8% falling
26 Luxembourg 67.8 2024 down 42.8% falling
27 Estonia 58 2024 down 42.5% falling
28 Lithuania 55 2024 down 45.8% falling
29 Latvia 36.3 2024 down 65.4% falling

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
Volume of freight transport relative to GDP
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
30 places, 595 data points, 2005–2024
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