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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.