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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 | 39,313.6 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | European Union | 30,846.99 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | China | 11,386.06 | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 10,139.8 | 2008 | |||
| 4 | Germany | 8,352.88 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Japan | 8,172.81 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Singapore | 7,981.25 | 2006 | ||
| 7 | United Kingdom | 6,283.83 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | France | 6,187.8 | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Luxembourg | 5,270.27 | 2006 | ||
| 10 | Netherlands | 4,903.38 | 2008 | ||
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 3,733.66 | 2004 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 3,289.82 | 2006 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 3,226.14 | 2008 | |||
| 12 | Malaysia | 2,444.46 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Russia | 2,399.59 | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Thailand | 2,288.96 | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Australia | 2,212.44 | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Brazil | 1,807.06 | 2008 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 1,728.55 | 2003 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 1,626.02 | 2006 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 1,406.63 | 2006 | |||
| 17 | Canada | 1,388.67 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 1,382.55 | 2008 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 1,319.9 | 2006 | |||
| 19 | Chile | 1,307.72 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Spain | 1,306.44 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Italy | 1,279.02 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | India | 1,233.94 | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 1,182.64 | 2008 | |||
| 23 | Switzerland | 1,181.57 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Colombia | 1,099.55 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Belgium | 981.68 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | New Zealand | 920.85 | 2008 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 904.54 | 2004 | |||
| 27 | Israel | 901.86 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Qatar | 888.5 | 2006 | ||
| 29 | South Africa | 760.89 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Finland | 542.62 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Mexico | 482.78 | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Turkey | 480.67 | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Austria | 420.79 | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Bahrain | 416.51 | 2004 | ||
| 35 | Indonesia | 394.58 | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 365.16 | 2006 | |||
| 36 | Portugal | 347.47 | 2008 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 330.09 | 2000 | |||
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 325.41 | 2006 | ||
| 38 | Pakistan | 319.8 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Vietnam | 295.76 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Kenya | 295.18 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Philippines | 277.36 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Sweden | 256.52 | 2004 | ||
| 43 | Kuwait | 239.21 | 2006 | ||
| 44 | Oman | 235.19 | 2004 | ||
| 45 | Peru | 230.13 | 2008 | ||
| 46 | Ethiopia | 227.76 | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Mauritius | 191.19 | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Norway | 176.58 | 2004 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 159.33 | 1990 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 157.61 | 2006 | |||
| 49 | Jordan | 140.85 | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 140.78 | 2006 | |||
| 50 | Iceland | 138.61 | 2006 | ||
| 51 | Argentina | 131.69 | 2008 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 130.59 | 1996 | |||
| 52 | Ireland | 130.5 | 2006 | ||
| 53 | Brunei | 130.18 | 2006 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 127.52 | 1990 | |||
| 54 | Fiji | 96.06 | 2008 | ||
| 55 | Bangladesh | 84.22 | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 80.1 | 2003 | |||
| 56 | Poland | 78.92 | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Greece | 78.11 | 2008 | ||
| 58 | Lebanon | 73.56 | 2006 | ||
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 71.69 | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Gabon | 67.99 | 2008 | ||
| 61 | Ukraine | 63.36 | 2008 | ||
| 62 | Guam | 57.96 | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Morocco | 55.48 | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.17 | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Cyprus | 47.81 | 2006 | ||
| 66 | Sudan | 46.82 | 2008 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 46.17 | 1991 | |||
| 67 | Slovakia | 45.91 | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Iraq | 42.8 | 1990 | ||
| 69 | Panama | 35.88 | 2006 | ||
| 70 | Uganda | 33.98 | 2006 | ||
| 71 | Cuba | 31.69 | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Suriname | 27.81 | 2008 | ||
| 73 | Czech Republic | 27.17 | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Seychelles | 26.71 | 2008 | ||
| 75 | Cameroon | 25.52 | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 23.05 | 1991 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 22.73 | 1985 | |||
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 22 | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Hungary | 20 | 2006 | ||
| 78 | Tunisia | 18.57 | 2006 | ||
| 79 | El Salvador | 18.44 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Honduras | 17.5 | 1993 | ||
| 81 | Algeria | 16.98 | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 16.49 | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Central African Republic | 16.2 | 1991 | ||
| 84 | Chad | 16.1 | 1991 | ||
| 85 | Jamaica | 15.35 | 2006 | ||
| 86 | Syria | 14.29 | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Latvia | 13.19 | 2006 | ||
| 88 | Madagascar | 12.19 | 2008 | ||
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 12.03 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Malta | 11.66 | 2006 | ||
| 91 | Costa Rica | 10.63 | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 10.51 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Nigeria | 10.04 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 9.59 | 2006 | ||
| 95 | Bolivia | 8.76 | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Afghanistan | 7.81 | 2000 | ||
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 7.46 | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.4 | 2001 | ||
| 99 | Armenia | 7.39 | 2006 | ||
| =100 | Mali | 7.36 | 2001 | ||
| =100 | Niger | 7.36 | 2001 | ||
| =100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.36 | 2001 | ||
| =100 | Benin | 7.36 | 2001 | ||
| =100 | Togo | 7.36 | 2001 | ||
| 105 | Nepal | 7.23 | 2008 | ||
| 106 | Mozambique | 6.74 | 2008 | ||
| 107 | Ghana | 6.65 | 2004 | ||
| 108 | Romania | 6.42 | 2008 | ||
| 109 | Mongolia | 5.93 | 2008 | ||
| 110 | Somalia | 5 | 1991 | ||
| 111 | Tajikistan | 4.82 | 2008 | ||
| 112 | Ecuador | 4.66 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Uruguay | 4.15 | 2006 | ||
| 114 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4.11 | 2006 | ||
| 115 | Haiti | 3.9 | 1991 | ||
| 116 | Georgia | 2.89 | 2006 | ||
| 117 | Burma | 2.83 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Guatemala | 2.6 | 1999 | ||
| 119 | Laos | 2.58 | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 2.5 | 1994 | ||
| 121 | Croatia | 2.33 | 2008 | ||
| 122 | Slovenia | 2.31 | 2006 | ||
| 123 | Bulgaria | 2.28 | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Venezuela | 2.17 | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.07 | 2008 | ||
| 126 | Samoa | 1.89 | 2008 | ||
| 127 | Vanuatu | 1.86 | 2006 | ||
| 128 | Guyana | 1.6 | 2001 | ||
| 129 | Malawi | 1.59 | 2008 | ||
| 130 | Cape Verde | 1.57 | 2008 | ||
| 131 | Tanzania | 1.45 | 2008 | ||
| 132 | Guinea | 1.4 | 1999 | ||
| 133 | Lithuania | 1.29 | 2008 | ||
| 134 | Denmark | 1.28 | 2006 | ||
| 135 | Belarus | 1.23 | 2008 | ||
| 136 | Rwanda | 1.2 | 1991 | ||
| 137 | Estonia | 0.97 | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 0.83 | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Kiribati | 0.8 | 1998 | ||
| 140 | Moldova | 0.78 | 2006 | ||
| 141 | Cambodia | 0.66 | 2008 | ||
| 142 | The Bahamas | 0.59 | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Nicaragua | 0.54 | 2000 | ||
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.53 | 2003 | ||
| 145 | Libya | 0.46 | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Barbados | 0.4 | 1991 | ||
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 0.36 | 2008 | ||
| =148 | Bhutan | 0.26 | 2006 | ||
| =148 | Swaziland | 0.26 | 2000 | ||
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.18 | 2006 | ||
| 151 | Mauritania | 0.12 | 2008 | ||
| 152 | Albania | 0.11 | 2006 | ||
| =153 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1 | 1997 | ||
| =153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1 | 1996 | ||
| =153 | Lesotho | 0.1 | 1993 | ||
| =153 | Liberia | 0.1 | 1992 | ||
| =153 | Djibouti | 0.1 | 1991 | ||
| =153 | Burundi | 0.1 | 1987 | ||
| =153 | Comoros | 0.1 | 1985 | ||
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.08 | 2008 | ||
| 161 | Tonga | 0.03 | 2004 | ||
| 162 | Maldives | 0.01 | 2006 | ||
| =163 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Senegal | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Monaco | 0.0 | 2006 | ||
| =163 | Congo, Republic of the | 0.0 | 2003 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Transport > Air transport > Freight > Million ton-km
- China ranked first for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
- United States has had the highest air transport > freight > million ton-km since 2003.
- Germany ranked first for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst European Union in 2008.
- Singapore ranked first for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Hot countries in 2006.
- France ranked first for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Catholic countries in 2008.
- Italy ranked last for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2008.
- United Arab Emirates ranked first for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Muslim countries in 2004.
- European Union has ranked in the top 2 for air transport > freight > million ton-km since 1970.
- Russia ranked first for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Former Soviet republics in 2008.
- United Kingdom ranked second for air transport > freight > million ton-km amongst Europe in 2008.