Which Country Transports the Most Freight by Air?

Based on a comparison of 137 countries in 2020, USA ranked the highest in air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km with 40,793 mil tonne-km followed by China and Qatar. On the other end of the scale was Malawi with < 0.001 mil tonne-km, Guatemala with < 0.001 mil tonne-km and Kyrgyzstan with 0.006 mil tonne-km.

Total air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km reached 180,531 mil tonne-km in 2020 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 22.5 % less than in the previous year and -0.828 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, total air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km reached an all time high of 221,496 mil tonne-km in 2019 and an all time low of 15,569 mil tonne-km in 1973. The average annual growth amounted to 5.35 % since 1970.

The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 22.6 % of air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 40.8 % share while the ten largest countries some 74.1 % in 2020.

Data for more countries are available at Air Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) indicator page.