Freight Ton-Kilometers
(100 million ton-km)
Year   Total         High-ways   Water-ways   Civil Aviation   Petroleum and Gas Pipelines
Railways   National Railways   Local Railways   National & Local Railways  
1952 762 601.60 601.60

14.49 145.75 0.02  
1957 1810 1345.90 1345.90

47.98 415.58 0.08  
1962 2236 1721.08 1719.08 2.00
62.13 452.59 0.15  
1965 3464 2698.69 2696.39 2.30
95.06 670.24 0.25  
1970 4566 3495.97 3491.35 4.62
138.05 931.34 0.35  
1975 7296 4255.65 4246.14 9.51
202.65 2574.67 0.60 262
1978 9829 5345.19 5333.46 11.73
274.14 3779.16 0.97 430
1980 12026 5716.87 5707.32 9.55
764.00 5052.76 1.41 491
1985 18365 8125.66 8111.60 14.06
1903.20 7729.30 4.15 603
1986 20148 8764.78 8750.09 14.69
2117.99 8647.87 4.81 612
1987 22228 9471.49 9455.65 15.84
2660.39 9465.06 6.50 625
1988 23825 9877.59 9860.19 17.40
3220.39 10070.38 7.30 650
1989 25591 10394.18 10372.95 21.23
3374.80 11186.80 6.90 629
1990 26207 10622.38 10601.20 21.18
3358.10 11591.90 8.20 627
1991 27986 10972.00 10948.07 23.93
3428.00 12955.40 10.10 621
1992 29218 11575.55 11548.51 27.04
3755.39 13256.20 13.42 617
1993 30510 11954.64 11923.42 31.22
4070.50 13860.80 16.61 608
1994 33261 12457.50 12426.20 31.44
4486.30 15686.60 18.59 612
1995 35730 12870.25 12836.01 34.24
4694.90 17552.20 22.30 590
1996 36454 12970.46 12921.85 48.61
5011.20 17862.50 24.93 585
1997 38368 13253.30 13046.41 50.67 156.22 5271.50 19235.00 29.10 579
1998 38046 12517.07 12261.52 50.72 204.83 5483.38 19405.80 33.45 606
1999 40496 12838.40 12577.91 37.57 222.92 5724.30 21263.00 42.30 628
2000 44452 13902.10 13336.10
 43.60
 522.40
 6129.40 23734.20 50.27 636
2001 47590 14575.00       6330.00 25989.00 43.70 653
a) Since 1979, the freight traffic by highways has included the volume transported by trucks of non-highway
departments. Since 1984, it has also included the volume transported by private trucks.