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IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1 ยท t-km

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Mexico. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany
12,767 t-km2023
Period covered
1970 - 202354 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
42,763 t-kmUnited States, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries
1,091.48 t-kmMexico, 2023

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

025,00050,00019701983199720102023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States42,763 t-km2023
  • China26,170 t-km2023
  • Germany12,767 t-km2023
  • United Kingdom4,413.9 t-km2023
  • Netherlands3,285.75 t-km2023
  • Spain1,130.88 t-km2023
  • Italy1,120.99 t-km2023
  • Mexico1,091.48 t-km2023

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
GermanyUnited KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaMexico
202312,767 t-km4,413.9 t-km1,120.99 t-km1,130.88 t-km3,285.75 t-km42,763 t-km26,170 t-km1,091.48 t-km
202212,857 t-km4,019.83 t-km1,587.26 t-km956.25 t-km3,366.76 t-km45,973 t-km18,964 t-km1,076.25 t-km
202111,533 t-km4,097.09 t-km1,150.69 t-km850.82 t-km4,346.4 t-km46,005 t-km20,961 t-km962.57 t-km
20209,166.37 t-km3,667.47 t-km978.76 t-km494.26 t-km4,145.02 t-km40,793 t-km19,264 t-km732.8 t-km
20197,763.62 t-km5,851.19 t-km1,344.96 t-km1,191.47 t-km5,656.44 t-km42,498 t-km25,395 t-km1,072.52 t-km
20187,969.86 t-km6,198.37 t-km1,418 t-km1,118.73 t-km5,886.51 t-km42,985 t-km25,256 t-km1,062.99 t-km
20177,901.65 t-km5,915.64 t-km1,437.25 t-km1,078.63 t-km5,855.48 t-km41,592 t-km23,324 t-km928.84 t-km
20166,942.71 t-km5,512.67 t-km1,083.24 t-km1,068.16 t-km4,745.96 t-km38,658 t-km21,305 t-km760.85 t-km
20156,986.41 t-km5,423.17 t-km945.26 t-km1,035.49 t-km5,292.79 t-km37,866 t-km19,806 t-km714 t-km
20147,184.15 t-km5,974.83 t-km989.18 t-km962.64 t-km5,726.18 t-km38,225 t-km17,823 t-km617.53 t-km
20137,335.7 t-km6,031.57 t-km892.93 t-km958 t-km5,753.73 t-km37,114 t-km16,054 t-km677.14 t-km
20127,236.98 t-km6,243.54 t-km795.12 t-km1,131.85 t-km6,014.59 t-km39,111 t-km15,569 t-km763.89 t-km
20117,716.76 t-km6,280.25 t-km760.27 t-km1,313.29 t-km6,347.25 t-km39,622 t-km16,765 t-km774.6 t-km
20107,487.48 t-km6,082.74 t-km784.97 t-km1,235.86 t-km6,444.38 t-km39,353 t-km17,194 t-km908.95 t-km
200910,188 t-km6,615.13 t-km400 t-km1,079.59 t-km4,520.33 t-km35,098 t-km11,976 t-km714.06 t-km
20088,352.88 t-km6,283.83 t-km1,279.02 t-km1,306.44 t-km4,903.38 t-km39,314 t-km11,386 t-km482.79 t-km
20078,528.96 t-km6,154.45 t-km1,549.94 t-km1,203.88 t-km5,005.6 t-km40,618 t-km11,190 t-km482.34 t-km
20068,133.99 t-km6,215.32 t-km1,377.2 t-km1,100.21 t-km4,959 t-km39,882 t-km7,692.21 t-km456.96 t-km
20057,722.13 t-km5,998.43 t-km1,365.13 t-km1,021.74 t-km4,893.97 t-km37,358 t-km7,579.4 t-km390.43 t-km
20048,065.6 t-km5,698.49 t-km1,393.04 t-km1,043.56 t-km4,780.43 t-km37,450 t-km7,024.25 t-km394.93 t-km

World Bank definition

Air transport, freight (million ton-km)

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.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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