Inland Surface Freight Transport - IRF World Road Statistics 2025

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2018 - 2023, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

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Field Value
Reference period start January 1, 2000
Reference period end December 31, 2023
Geographies
    Regions ['worldwide']
    Topics ['logistics']
    Category Public Data
    Sources
    Sources 1
    Title
    IRF
    Link
    https://www.irfofficial.org
    Overview Text

    This dataset captures disaggregated freight transportation activity data, measured in tonne-kilometres, by transport mode.

    Key Variables

    Tonne-kilometres: Unit of measurement of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne over one kilometre. The distance to be considered is the distance actually run.

    Available modes include:

    • Road transport

    • Rail transport, excluding trams or metro systems

    • Inland waterway transport (covers navigable rivers, lakes, canals and estuaries)
    Language en
    Is archived
    Sectors Road
    Modes
    • Truck
    • Heavy rail
    • Inland shipping
    Services Freight
    Update frequency Annually
    Indicators
    1. Inland Surface Freight Transport
    Units
    1. Mio Tonne-Km
    Dimensioning Freight Transport by mode
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      Data Provider IRF
      URL https://worldroadstatistics.org
      Data Access Recent 6 years of data (2018-2023 for the 2025 edition) are publicly available. WRS Millennium Data (2000-2023) is available for a fee.
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