Air freight traffic — all countries

Air freight traffic — Bulgaria

Air freight traffic in Bulgaria in 2023 — 0.6 M t-km. Ranked 118 in the world out of 137. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 87.2%.

2023 0.6 M t-km −27.27% vs 2022
World rank 118of 137
Period maximum 31.6 M t-km1997
Period minimum 0 M t-km2002

Trend over time

1970–2023 · million tonne-kilometers

Air freight traffic — Bulgaria, 1970–202301020304019701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 4.9 M t-km1971: 5.1 M t-km1972: 5.6 M t-km1973: 6.3 M t-km1974: 6.5 M t-km1975: 6.5 M t-km1976: 7 M t-km1977: 7.2 M t-km1978: 7.6 M t-km1979: 8.1 M t-km1980: 8.9 M t-km1981: 9 M t-km1982: 9.5 M t-km1983: 10.5 M t-km1984: 11.7 M t-km1985: 8 M t-km1986: 8.7 M t-km1987: 9.6 M t-km1988: 9 M t-km1989: 7.7 M t-km1990: 8 M t-km1991: 5.9 M t-km1992: 14.4 M t-km1993: 27.1 M t-km1994: 30.9 M t-km1995: 29.9 M t-km1996: 23.9 M t-km1997: 31.6 M t-km1998: 30.4 M t-km1999: 12.4 M t-km2000: 6 M t-km2001: 2.4 M t-km2002: 0 M t-km2003: 0.6 M t-km2004: 2.6 M t-km2005: 3.1 M t-km2006: 3.4 M t-km2007: 3 M t-km2008: 2.3 M t-km2009: 1.7 M t-km2010: 2.1 M t-km2011: 2.3 M t-km2012: 1.9 M t-km2013: 1.7 M t-km2014: 1.7 M t-km2015: 1.5 M t-km2016: 1.8 M t-km2017: 1.7 M t-km2018: 1.4 M t-km2019: 1.3 M t-km2020: 1 M t-km2021: 0.1 M t-km2022: 0.9 M t-km2023: 0.6 M t-km
Change over the period: −4.3 (−87.22%) Average annual rate: -3.81 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 0.6 M t-km
World 213,781.7 M t-km
Europe & Central Asia 51,491.4 M t-km
Eastern Europe computed 1,766.8 M t-km
Upper-middle-income countries computed 46,057.5 M t-km
Air freight traffic — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2023 0.6 −0.2 −27.27%
2022 0.9 +0.8 +1,381.76%
2021 0.1 −1 −94.32%
2020 1 −0.2 −18.7%
2019 1.3 −0.1 −8.58%
2018 1.4 −0.3 −20.01%
2017 1.7 −0.1 −2.84%
2016 1.8 +0.2 +15.57%
2015 1.5 −0.2 −11.09%
2014 1.7 −0 −0.52%
2013 1.7 −0.2 −10.5%
2012 1.9 −0.4 −15.86%
2011 2.3 +0.2 +7.65%
2010 2.1 +0.4 +23.42%
2009 1.7 −0.5 −24.06%
2008 2.3 −0.7 −22.83%
2007 3 −0.4 −12.66%
2006 3.4 +0.3 +8.86%
2005 3.1 +0.5 +21.38%
2004 2.6 +1.9 +307.32%
2003 0.6 +0.6 +1,925.81%
2002 0 −2.4 −98.71%
2001 2.4 −3.6 −59.61%
2000 6 −6.4 −51.98%
1999 12.4 −18 −59.21%
1998 30.4 −1.2 −3.8%
1997 31.6 +7.7 +32.22%
1996 23.9 −6 −20.07%
1995 29.9 −1 −3.24%
1994 30.9 +3.8 +14.02%
1993 27.1 +12.7 +88.19%
1992 14.4 +8.5 +144.07%
1991 5.9 −2.1 −26.25%
1990 8 +0.3 +3.9%
1989 7.7 −1.3 −14.44%
1988 9 −0.6 −6.25%
1987 9.6 +0.9 +10.34%
1986 8.7 +0.7 +8.75%
1985 8 −3.7 −31.62%
1984 11.7 +1.2 +11.43%
1983 10.5 +1 +10.53%
1982 9.5 +0.5 +5.56%
1981 9 +0.1 +1.12%
1980 8.9 +0.8 +9.88%
1979 8.1 +0.5 +6.58%
1978 7.6 +0.4 +5.56%
1977 7.2 +0.2 +2.86%
1976 7 +0.5 +7.69%
1975 6.5 +0 +0%
1974 6.5 +0.2 +3.17%
1973 6.3 +0.7 +12.5%
1972 5.6 +0.5 +9.8%
1971 5.1 +0.2 +4.08%
1970 4.9

Eastern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The volume of freight and mail carried by air, in millions of tonne-kilometers: the mass of the cargo multiplied by the distance of the haul. Air freight accounts for less than 1% of world trade by weight but about a third of it by value — what goes by air is high-margin and time-sensitive goods.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.