Road share of inland freight transport in European Union
Roads carried 78.2% of inland freight in the European Union in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
European Union, 2024
78.2%e (Estimated)
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
Road share of inland freight transport in European Union over time
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% of inland freight tonne-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.2%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 78.1%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 77.4%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 77.0%e (estimated) |
| 2020 | 77.1%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 76.0%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 75.3%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 75.0%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 74.2%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 74.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 73.9%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 73.9%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 73.5%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 74.0% |
| 2010 | 74.6% |
| 2009 | 76.1% |
| 2008 | 74.3%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 74.2%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 74.3%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 74.4%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 78.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 73.9%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
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