Air transport, freight

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
184
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Civil Aviation Organization

    Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), uri: https://data.icao.int/newdataplus/#:~:text=ICAO%20data%20is%20comprised%20of,information%20about%20commercial%20air%20carriers

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    International Civil Aviation Organization

    ICAO Staff estimates, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), uri: https://data.icao.int/newdataplus/#:~:text=ICAO%20data%20is%20comprised%20of,information%20about%20commercial%20air%20carriers

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20230.79million ton-km
Algeria20238.58million ton-km
Angola202370.71million ton-km
Argentina2023136.48million ton-km
Armenia202315.68million ton-km
Australia20231188.15million ton-km
Austria2023207.84million ton-km
Azerbaijan20231434.48million ton-km
Bahamas202318.57million ton-km
Bahrain2023895.44million ton-km

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