Road share of inland freight transport

Road transport as a share of inland freight transport by road, rail and inland waterways, measured in tonne-kilometres.

Unit: % of inland freight tonne-kilometres Frequency: Annual Coverage: 30 countries and 1 group 2005 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2024 100.0% Cyprus Lowest in 2024 53.7% Netherlands
European Union, 2024 78.2%e (estimated) Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 29 Updated by the source on 17 March 2026

29 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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% of inland freight tonne-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Road share of inland freight transport (% of inland freight tonne-kilometres), 2005 to 2024
Period GermanyLithuania
2024 72.7% 62.2%
2023 72.8% 60.8%
2022 72.3% 53.6%
2021 72.5% 37.5%
2020 74.0% 35.3%
2019 72.3% 32.6%
2018 72.4% 32.1%
2017 71.7% 33.3%
2016 70.2% 35.0%
2015 71.6% 34.1%
2014 71.3% 31.9%
2013 70.7% 33.4%
2012 70.8% 29.7%
2011 71.3% 26.3%
2010 70.5% 27.2%
2009 71.8% 29.6%
2008 70.0% 27.0%
2007 69.7% 29.1%
2006 69.8% 28.9%
2005 69.9% 26.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 29 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Cyprus (100.0%) and the lowest Netherlands (53.7%).
  • Half of the countries are above 76.4% and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 11.
  • The figure for the European Union was 78.2% in 2024, against 76.0% in 2019 (+2.2 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
Road transport as a share of inland freight transport by road, rail and inland waterways, measured in tonne-kilometres.
Population covered
Inland freight transport
Unit
% of inland freight tonne-kilometres
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
tran_hv_frmod · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A tra_mode=ROAD unit=PC
Observation period
2005 to 2024
Provider update
17 March 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Cyprus 100.0%
  2. 2 Malta 100.0%
  3. 3 Ireland 99.4%
  4. 4 Greece 98.7%
  5. 5 Spain 96.1%
  6. 6 Denmark 92.2%
  7. 7 Italy 88.4%
  8. 8 France 88.3%
  9. 9 Norway 87.5%
  10. 10 Portugal 86.3%
  11. 11 Luxembourg 85.6%
  12. 12 Estonia 85.4%
  13. 13 Czechia 78.7%
  14. 14 Belgium 78.0%e (estimated)
  15. 15 Poland 76.4%
  16. 16 Finland 76.1%
  17. 17 Germany 72.7%
  18. 18 Croatia 71.5%
  19. 19 Hungary 69.9%
  20. 20 Sweden 69.7%
  21. 21 Slovenia 68.9%
  22. 22 Austria 67.8%
  23. 23 Slovakia 67.2%
  24. 24 Switzerland 66.2%e (estimated)
  25. 25 Latvia 64.9%
  26. 26 Lithuania 62.2%
  27. 27 Bulgaria 60.1%
  28. 28 Romania 55.4%
  29. 29 Netherlands 53.7%
  30. European Union 78.2%e (estimated)
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.