Based on a comparison of 137 countries in 2021, USA ranked the highest in air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km with 46,005 mil tonne-km followed by China and Qatar. On the other end of the scale was Guatemala with < 0.001 mil tonne-km, Namibia with < 0.001 mil tonne-km and Malawi with < 0.001 mil tonne-km.
Total air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km reached 219,227 mil tonne-km in 2021 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 16.7 % more than in the previous year and 16.3 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km reached an all time high of 222,157 mil tonne-km in 2018 and an all time low of 15,569 mil tonne-km in 1973. The average annual growth amounted to 5.66 % since 1970.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 21.0 % of air transport freight measured by mil tonne-km in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 37.8 % share while the ten largest countries some 74.3 % in 2021.
Data for more countries are available at Air Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) indicator page.
| Air Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| China | mil tonne-km | 19,806 | 21,305 | 23,324 | 25,256 | 25,395 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil tonne-km | 1,229 | 1,500 | 2,076 | 2,089 | 2,450 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil tonne-km | 4,098 | 4,155 | 4,261 | 4,444 | 4,523 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil tonne-km | 6,986 | 6,943 | 7,902 | 7,970 | 7,764 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | mil tonne-km | 11,294 | 11,409 | 12,415 | 12,677 | 11,739 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil tonne-km | 8,662 | 9,361 | 10,685 | 9,421 | 8,919 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil tonne-km | 6,309 | 6,878 | 7,321 | 7,323 | 7,188 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil tonne-km | 5,293 | 4,746 | 5,855 | 5,887 | 5,656 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil tonne-km | 7,563 | 9,206 | 10,970 | 12,667 | 12,740 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil tonne-km | 4,761 | 5,863 | 6,845 | 6,811 | 6,481 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | mil tonne-km | 11,294 | 10,806 | 11,512 | 11,519 | 10,664 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil tonne-km | 2,882 | 3,494 | 4,800 | 5,949 | 6,816 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil tonne-km | 37,866 | 38,658 | 41,592 | 42,985 | 42,498 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil tonne-km | 15,963 | 16,139 | 16,616 | 15,963 | 14,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil tonne-km | 5,423 | 5,513 | 5,916 | 6,198 | 5,851 |
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