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Air freight traffic — Upper-middle-income countries

Air freight traffic in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 46,057.5 M t-km. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 618.4%.

2023 46,057.5 M t-km +18.77% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 46,057.5 M t-km2023
Period minimum 6,410.7 M t-km1992

Trend over time

1992–2023 · million tonne-kilometers

Air freight traffic — Upper-middle-income countries, 1992–2023020,00040,00060,0001992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 6,410.7 M t-km1993: 7,077.6 M t-km1994: 7,957.6 M t-km1995: 8,283.8 M t-km1996: 8,634.6 M t-km1997: 10,220.1 M t-km1998: 10,277.6 M t-km1999: 11,146.7 M t-km2000: 12,676.1 M t-km2001: 12,455.1 M t-km2002: 13,537.1 M t-km2003: 14,651.6 M t-km2004: 17,202.6 M t-km2005: 17,739.3 M t-km2006: 18,263.2 M t-km2007: 22,059.3 M t-km2008: 22,027.9 M t-km2009: 24,471.4 M t-km2010: 29,516.6 M t-km2011: 29,101.5 M t-km2012: 28,167.3 M t-km2013: 29,714.9 M t-km2014: 32,130.5 M t-km2015: 33,754 M t-km2016: 35,005.7 M t-km2017: 39,199.4 M t-km2018: 42,621.5 M t-km2019: 44,398.5 M t-km2020: 34,259.4 M t-km2021: 40,414.7 M t-km2022: 38,778.1 M t-km2023: 46,057.5 M t-km
Change over the period: +39,646.8 (+618.45%) Average annual rate: 6.57 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 46,057.5 M t-km
World 213,781.7 M t-km
Air freight traffic — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2023 46,057.5 +7,279.4 +18.77%
2022 38,778.1 −1,636.6 −4.05%
2021 40,414.7 +6,155.3 +17.97%
2020 34,259.4 −10,139.1 −22.84%
2019 44,398.5 +1,777 +4.17%
2018 42,621.5 +3,422.1 +8.73%
2017 39,199.4 +4,193.7 +11.98%
2016 35,005.7 +1,251.8 +3.71%
2015 33,754 +1,623.5 +5.05%
2014 32,130.5 +2,415.6 +8.13%
2013 29,714.9 +1,547.6 +5.49%
2012 28,167.3 −934.2 −3.21%
2011 29,101.5 −415.1 −1.41%
2010 29,516.6 +5,045.2 +20.62%
2009 24,471.4 +2,443.5 +11.09%
2008 22,027.9 −31.4 −0.14%
2007 22,059.3 +3,796.1 +20.79%
2006 18,263.2 +523.9 +2.95%
2005 17,739.3 +536.6 +3.12%
2004 17,202.6 +2,551 +17.41%
2003 14,651.6 +1,114.6 +8.23%
2002 13,537.1 +1,082 +8.69%
2001 12,455.1 −221 −1.74%
2000 12,676.1 +1,529.4 +13.72%
1999 11,146.7 +869.1 +8.46%
1998 10,277.6 +57.5 +0.56%
1997 10,220.1 +1,585.5 +18.36%
1996 8,634.6 +350.8 +4.23%
1995 8,283.8 +326.2 +4.1%
1994 7,957.6 +880 +12.43%
1993 7,077.6 +666.9 +10.4%
1992 6,410.7 — —

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.

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