EU: road freight mileage 2021

In 2021, road freight mileage in the European Union was about 1.86 trillion metric ton kilometers. The data for 2005 and beyond are for activities carried out by European drivers within the EU territory. On January 31, 2020 the United Kingdom officially left the European Union, ending a partnership that stretched back almost fifty years.

Road freight mileage in EU from 2000 to 2021 (in billion metric ton kilometers)

Characteristic	Mileage in billion metric ton kilometers
2021	1,862.5
2020	1,745
2019	1,764.2
2018	1,707.5
2017	1,707.3
2016	1,619.7
2015	1,562
2014	1,527.4
2013	1,516.4
2012	1,481.7
2011	1,541.6
2010	1,558.3
2009	1,515.3
2008	1,676.5
2007	1,697.6
2006	1,638.8
2005	1,588.2
2004	1,588.3
2003	1,440.5
2002	1,438.8
2001	1,389.3
2000	1,343.9

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Release date

September 2023

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Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Supplementary notes

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.
One metric ton transported a distance of one kilometer.

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