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Countries With the Fastest Decline in Air freight (5-Year Change)

Change in Air freight over the five years to each country's latest year, as a percentage of the earlier value. Only countries that fell are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Antigua and Barbuda fell the most: by 100%, from 0.294 million ton-km to 0 million ton-km in the five years to 2023. Congo, Rep. is second (−100%), followed by Guyana (−100%). 77 countries fell over that period; the median change among them was −41.4%.

#1
Antigua and Barbuda · −100%
Median
−41.4%
Coverage
77 countries
Data year
2023
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: 5-year change (%)Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Antigua and Barbuda -100; 2. Congo, Rep. -100; 3. Guyana -100; 4. Iraq -100; 5. Lao PDR -100; 6. Montenegro -100; 7. Malawi -100; 8. Namibia -100; 9. Slovenia -100; 10. Eswatini -100.Antigua and Barbuda-100Congo, Rep.-100Guyana-100Iraq-100Lao PDR-100Montenegro-100Malawi-100Namibia-100Slovenia-100Eswatini-100
Top 10: 5-year change (%). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Antigua and Barbuda -100; 2. Congo, Rep. -100; 3. Guyana -100; 4. Iraq -100; 5. Lao PDR -100; 6. Montenegro -100; 7. Malawi -100; 8. Namibia -100; 9. Slovenia -100; 10. Eswatini -100.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Decline in Air freight (5-Year Change), 2023
RankCountryFromTo5-year change (%)
1Antigua and Barbuda0.2940−100%
2Congo, Rep.4.60−100%
3Guyana0.10−100%
4Iraq16.20−100%
5Lao PDR0.9110−100%
6Montenegro0.1350−100%
7Malawi0.0110−100%
8Namibia26.30−100%
9Slovenia0.5430−100%
10Eswatini0.0560−100%
11Ukraine75.30−100%
12Czechia25.20.041−99.8%
13Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.490.0075−98.5%
14Afghanistan29.60.794−97.3%
15South Africa696.759.7−91.4%
16Seychelles7.791.18−84.9%
17Madagascar16.22.49−84.7%
18Nigeria19.83.14−84.1%
19Russian Federation6,8111,269−81.4%
20Papua New Guinea317.12−77.1%
21Cameroon0.0670.018−73.5%
22Macao SAR, China31.88.54−73.2%
23Croatia0.530.146−72.4%
24Naoero10.32.94−71.5%
25Cuba17.85.16−70.9%
26Georgia0.7510.221−70.5%
27Algeria28.38.58−69.6%
28Sweden991324.8−67.2%
29Brunei Darussalam129.445.9−64.5%
30Argentina311.7136.5−56.2%
31Bulgaria1.380.626−54.5%
32Paraguay1.970.905−54.1%
33Kyrgyz Republic1.260.655−48.2%
34Congo, Dem. Rep.0.9150.48−47.6%
35Austria373.5207.8−44.4%
36Netherlands5,8873,286−44.2%
37New Zealand1,349767.8−43.1%
38Moldova0.6450.371−42.5%
39Australia2,0281,188−41.4%
40Latvia4.012.37−41%
41Lebanon56.634.4−39.2%
42Israel994.5609.7−38.7%
43Thailand2,6661,650−38.1%
44Jordan175.8110.1−37.4%
45Mozambique4.783.02−36.8%
46Sri Lanka436.2278.5−36.2%
47Costa Rica11.17.18−35.5%
48Malta5.143.36−34.8%
49India2,7041,807−33.2%
50Hong Kong SAR, China12,6778,638−31.9%
51Switzerland1,8411,258−31.7%
52Suriname33.223.6−28.9%
53United Kingdom6,1984,414−28.8%
54Bhutan0.6910.502−27.4%
55Mauritius233.7170.2−27.2%
56Greece21.916−26.9%
57Côte d'Ivoire4.163.1−25.5%
58Brazil1,8461,387−24.8%
59Indonesia1,132870.5−23.1%
60Philippines835.9649.2−22.3%
61Italy1,4181,121−20.9%
62Iran, Islamic Rep.169.8136.9−19.4%
63Canada2,4822,036−18%
64Tunisia13.211−17.2%
65Kuwait392.4331.2−15.6%
66United Arab Emirates15,96313,566−15%
67Finland957.6816.4−14.7%
68Romania2.712.34−13.8%
69Japan9,4218,474−10%
70Angola78.270.7−9.53%
71Luxembourg7,3236,873−6.14%
72Morocco97.792.6−5.19%
73Saudi Arabia1,0861,037−4.49%
74Peru313.3299.2−4.48%
75France4,4444,302−3.2%
76Kenya295.1288.6−2.18%
77United States42,98542,763−0.516%

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Source and method

Change in Air freight over the five years to each country's latest year, as a percentage of the earlier value. Only countries that fell are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Air transport, freight (million ton-km): Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); ICAO Staff estimates, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.