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Freight Transport 2022

5.1 Transport of goods, performance by mode in EU 27, 1995-2019 (billion tkm)

Road Rail Inland Water- ways Pipe- lines Sea Air Total
1995 1 127  375  122  104  671  1 2400
1996 1 136  379  120  108  680  1 2423
1997 1 182  394  128  108  699  2 2513
1998 1 242  377  131  115  722  2 2588
1999 1 294  367  129  113  743  2 2648
2000 1 344  388  134  116  770  2 2753
2001 1 389  369  132  122  782  2 2797
2002 1 439  368  132  119  794  2 2854
2003 1 441  376  123  121  807  2 2870
2004 1 588  390  137  123  836  2 3075
2005 1 588  395  139  127  844  2 3094
2006 1 639  416  138  126  843  2 3164
2007 1 698  431  145  118  843  2 3237
2008 1 676  422  147  115  841  2 3203
2009 1 515  344  133  112  770  2 2875
2010 1 558  375  155  111  834  2 3036
2011 1 542  401  142  108  850  2 3045
2012 1 482  385  150  105  838  2 2962
2013 1 516  384  153  102  851  2 3008
2014 1 527  389  151  101  875  2 3045
2015 1 562  396  147  104  864  2 3 075
2016 1 620  405  147  105  901  2 3 180
2017 1 707  409  147  104  916  2 3 286
2018 1 707  417  132  104  978  2 3 340
2019 1 764  406  140  101  979  2 3 392
1995 -2019 56,5% 8,4% 14,6% -2,7% 45,8% 61,9% 41,3%
2000 -2019 31,3% 4,8% 4,5% -12,7% 27,2% 32,2% 23,2%
2018-2019 3,3% -2,5% 6,0% -3,0% 0,1% 3,6% 1,6%

Source: EC
Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-27 until 2004, from 2005 onwards the activity performed by European drivers within the EU territory.
Air and Sea: only domestic and intra-EU-27 transport; estimates for air and for sea based on Eurostat data. The time series for maritime activity from 1995 to 2004 and for aviation activity from 1995 to 2007 have been recalibrated by DG MOVE in line with the new EU-27 figures to avoid break in series.

5.2 Goods transport by mode in EU 27, 2019 (% of tkm)

Source: EC
Notes:
Air and Sea: only domestic and intra-EU-27 transport; estimates for air and for sea based on Eurostat data. The time series for maritime activity from 1995 to 2004 and for aviation activity from 1995 to 2007 have been recalibrated by DG MOVE in line with the new EU-27 figures to avoid break in series.

Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-27 until 2004, from 2005 onwards the activity performed by European drivers within the EU territory.

5.3 Inland transport modal split in EU 27, 2000-2019 (% of tkm)

Road Rail Inland waterways Pipelines
2000 48,8 14,1 4,9 4,2
2001 49,7 13,2 4,7 4,4
2002 50,4 12,9 4,6 4,2
2003 50,2 13,1 4,3 4,2
2004 51,6 12,7 4,4 4,0
2005 51,3 12,8 4,5 4,1
2006 51,8 13,2 4,4 4,0
2007 52,4 13,3 4,5 3,7
2008 52,3 13,2 4,6 3,6
2009 52,7 12,0 4,6 3,9
2010 51,3 12,4 5,1 3,7
2011 50,6 13,2 4,7 3,6
2012 50,0 13,0 5,1 3,5
2013 50,4 12,8 5,1 3,4
2014 50,2 12,8 4,9 3,3
2015 50,8 12,9 4,8 3,4
2016 50,9 12,7 4,6 3,3
2017 52,0 12,4 4,5 3,2
2018 51,1 12,5 3,9 3,1
2019 52,0 12,0 4,1 3,0

Source: EC
Notes:
Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-27 until 2004, from 2005 onwards the activity performed by European drivers within the EU territory.

5.4 Inland transport modal split in EU 27, 2019 (% of tkm)

Source: EC

5.5 Performance of inland freight transport by mode in EU countries, 2019 (billion tkm)

Road (*) Railways Inland Waterways (**) Pipelines (Oil) (***)
EU-28 1980, 368 423, 276 139, 936 110, 979
BE 34,8 7,3 7,8 1,6
BG 20,6 3,9 5,9 0,7
CZ 39,1 16,2 0,0 2,1
DK 15,0 2,5  — 1,5
DE 311,9 119,5 50,9 17,6
EE 4,8 2,2  —  —
IE 12,4 0,1  —  —
EL 28,2 0,5  — 0,0
ES 249,6 10,7  — 10,5
FR 174,1 31,8 8,0 11,8
HR 12,5 2,9 0,8 1,4
IT 138,0 21,3 0,1 10,1
CY 0,9  —  —  —
LV 15,0 15,0  — 0,9
LT 53,1 16,2 0,0 0,3
LU 7,4 0,2 0,2  —
HU 37,0 10,6 2,1 2,5
MT 0,3  —  —  —
NL 68,3 7,0 47,0 5,8
AT 26,4 21,7 1,7 8,6
PL 349,0 54,6 0,1 19,4
PT 31,0 2,5  — 0,5
RO 61,0 13,3 14,0 1,2
SI 24,0 5,3  —  —
SK 33,9 8,1 0,9 4,6
FI 28,8 10,3 0,1  —
SE 42,6 22,7 0,0  —
UK 160,8 16,9 0,2 10,0

Source: EC
(*) National and international haulage by vehicles registered in the reporting country (including cross-trade and cabotage). Only haulage of heavy goods vehicles (usually > 3,5 tonnes load capacity)
(**) For FI only shipborne transport (i.e. no floating) IT, LT, FI and UK: data include only national traffic BG, HR and RO: data include transit traffic from 2009 (and partially in 2008) HR: data include transit traffic from 2008 onward
(***) Data are not harmonised and therefore not fully comparable; in most countries, only pipelines longer than 40km are included. DE: only crude oil (i.e. no refined petroleum products) DK: crude oil including water

5.6 Performance by mode for inland freight transport in EU 27, 1995-2019 (billion tkm)

Source: ΕC

5.7 Total road freight transport in EU countries, 2020 (1.000 tonnes and million tkm)

Thousand
tonnes		 Million tkm
BE 273251 34379
BG 136229 32566
CZ 459703 56090
DK 178098 14686
DE 3119646 304613
EE 23281 4279
IE 139987 11424
EL 289246 25161
ES 1467774 242268
FR 1508016 169663
HR 80707 12255
IT 933601 133222
CY 26041 709
LV 75660 13705
LT 107042 55292
LU 44931 6176
HU 188118 32224
NL 684348 67594
AT 373064 25910
PL 1500104 354927
PT 131115 24241
RO 266547 55027
SI 90870 22662
SK 168653 31634
FI 261920 29671
SE 475232 43187
UK  —  —
TOTAL 13.003.184 1.803.565

Source: Eurostat
no data for MT

5.8 Transport of dangerous goods* in EU countries, 2013-2020 (million tkm)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
BE 2124 1.694 3.353 4.070 3.838 3.003 3.591 3221
BG 958 684 885 469 591 400 240 907
CZ 1281 1.567 1.865 2.224 1.895 1.516 1.611 2081
DK 760 690 814 699 621 734 728 832
DE 12958 12.912 12.425 12.725 12.934 12.835 12.793 11758
EE 163 172 146 145 208 215 211 126
IE 476 355 347 306 146 102 112 77
EL 820 875 1.377 714 1.451 1.178 1.127 825
ES 10626 11.718 12.269 11.538 12.735 13.210 12.710 11609
FR 8158 7.976 8.281 9.747 9.737 9.059 8.287 9089
HR 483 501 455 531 582 713 820 707
IT 8037 7.358 6.942 6.635 7.918 8.439 9.293 9215
CY 181 147 138 165 193 146 79 87
LV 213 227 315 335 282 296 272 311
LT 386 534 488 591 593 582 629 445
LU 700 839 408 431 426 491 495 386
HU 997 1.023 1.206 1.315 1.273 1.204 1.017 1150
NL 1332 1.119 1.171 1.181 1.296 1.467 1.496 1375
AT 946 933 927 1.010 1.033 968 995 912
PL 7024 8.778 9.174 8.444 8.785 7.386 9.441 8255
PT 973 946 1.158 983 1.035 665 750 649
RO 1704 1.664 1.623 2.326 2.490 1.944 1.936 1711
SI 552 724 714 857 890 1.062 1.068 1248
SK 228 329 364 398 496 384 300 462
FI 1426 1.423 1.909 2.201 1.888 1.945 2.294 2189
SE 1064 1.283 2.122 1.794 1.983 1.585 1.431 1676
UK 8268 7.759 9.601 9.015 7.121 7.255 6.251  —
EU 28 72838 74230 80477 80849 82.440 78.784 79.977 71.303

Source: Eurostat
*Total of dangerous goods includes: Explosives; Gases – compressed, liquified, dissolved under pressure; Flammable liquids and solids; Substances liable to spontaneous combustion; Substance emitting flammable gases (with water); Oxidising substances; Organic peroxides; Toxic substances; Substances liable to cause infections; Radioactive material; Corrosives; Miscellaneous dangerous substances.

5.9 Registration of commercial vehicles in EU and selected countries, 2020-2021

Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) Up to 3,5 t

Country 2020 2021 Evolution 2020-2021
AT 36.545 58.806 60,9%
BE 71.312 71.562 0,4%
DK 5.060 6.659 31,6%
HR 6.797 7.958 17,1%
CZ 1.683 1.938 15,2%
CY 17.141 19.660 14,7%
DK 31.117 31.588 1,5%
EE 3.289 4.142 25,9%
FI 12.842 12.893 0,4%
FR 401.154 431.385 7,5%
DE 267.832 265.732 -0,8%
EL 6.865 10.426 51,9%
HU 22.043 22.981 4,3%
IE 21.732 28.741 32,3%
IT 159.590 183.093 14,7%
LV 2.120 2.530 19,3%
LT 2.859 3.363 17,6%
LU 4.420 4.560 3,2%
NL 60.395 68.443 13,3%
PL 59.648 73.926 23,9%
PT 27.578 28.790 4,4%
RO 13.733 16.168 17,7%
SK 6.371 8.252 29,5%
SI 8.033 9.687 20,6%
ES 158.201 151.904 -4,0%
SE 31.015 36.238 16,8%
EU 27 1.439.375 1.561.425 8,5%
IS 996 1.162 16,7%
NO 32.110 34.070 6,1%
CH 28.158 29.375 4,3%

Source: ACEA

Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles Over 3.5 t

2020 2021 Evolution 2020-2021
AT 5.676 6.680 17,7%
BE 7.516 8.179 8,8%
DK 2055 3073 49,5%
HR 895 1.284 43,5%
CZ 85 83 -2,4%
CY 7.355 8.679 18,0%
DK 3.724 4.389 17,9%
EE 493 772 56,6%
FI 3.430 3.536 3,1%
FR 42.699 45.030 5,5%
DE 74.779 78.981 5,6%
EL 561 568 1,2%
HU 3.275 4.476 36,7%
IE 1.936 2.272 17,4%
IT 20.276 24.807 22,3%
LV 716 1.392 94,4%
LT 4.188 7.976 90,4%
LU 991 1.054 6,4%
NL 10.527 11.744 11,6%
PL 20.672 32.684 58,1%
PT 3.585 4.264 18,9%
RO 4.112 5.889 43,2%
SK 1.943 2.868 47,6%
SI 1.380 1.925 39,5%
ES 19.245 20.801 8,1%
SE 5.502 5.910 7,4%
EU 27 247616 289.316 16,8%
IS 203 274 35,0%
NO 5.993 6.035 0,7%
CH 3.579 3.565 -0,4%