World Bank · Infrastructure
China: Air transport, freight
26,170million ton-km · 2023+63.0% since 2013
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. Annual figures for China from 1974 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (million ton-km) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 26,170.372 | |
| 2022 | 18,964.444 | |
| 2021 | 20,961.212 | |
| 2020 | 19,264.244 | |
| 2019 | 25,394.588 | |
| 2018 | 25,256.207 | |
| 2017 | 23,323.615 | |
| 2016 | 21,304.585 | |
| 2015 | 19,805.63 | |
| 2014 | 17,822.581 | |
| 2013 | 16,053.733 | |
| 2012 | 15,568.753 | |
| 2011 | 16,764.869 | |
| 2010 | 17,193.877 | |
| 2009 | 11,976.438 | |
| 2008 | 11,386.055 | |
| 2007 | 11,189.538 | |
| 2006 | 7,692.205 | |
| 2005 | 7,579.401 | |
| 2004 | 7,024.25 | |
| 2003 | 5,650.63 | |
| 2002 | 5,013.505 | |
| 2001 | 4,232.312 | |
| 2000 | 3,900.08 | |
| 1999 | 3,295.4 | |
| 1998 | 2,474.2 | |
| 1997 | 2,083.6 | |
| 1996 | 1,688.6 | |
| 1995 | 1,501 | |
| 1994 | 1,717.2 | |
| 1993 | 1,547 | |
| 1992 | 1,316 | |
| 1991 | 1,009.5 | |
| 1990 | 818.3 | |
| 1989 | 683.1 | |
| 1988 | 731.8 | |
| 1987 | 647.5 | |
| 1986 | 467.5 | |
| 1985 | 403 | |
| 1984 | 302 | |
| 1983 | 216 | |
| 1982 | 184.2 | |
| 1981 | 155.4 | |
| 1980 | 120.9 | |
| 1979 | 123 | |
| 1978 | 86 | |
| 1977 | 60 | |
| 1976 | 49 | |
| 1975 | 46.2 | |
| 1974 | 29.2 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Civil Aviation Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Air transport, freight. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-air-transport-freight (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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