The United States is the powerhouse of logistics. We’re still using some of the train systems implemented in the middle 1800’s to transport a third of the world’s freight. But how do our shipping statistics stack up against the rest of the world?
The following statistics compare the United States to front-running countries in each category.
Logistics Performance Index (Ranked from 1-155)
- Singapore
- China
- Finland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Japan
- United States
- United Kingdom
Train Statistics
Passenger Train – passengers carried per year
- Japan – 22,670 million passengers
- India – 8,900 million passengers
- Germany – 1,897 million passengers
- China – 1,509 million passengers
- United States – >100 million passengers
Freight Rail – tons transported
- China – 3,919 million-ton
- United States – 1,820 million-ton
- Russia – 1,109 million – ton
- India – 1010 million-ton
Marine Statistics – total gross tonnage shipped from companies
- Japan – 131,955,001 tons
- Greece – 118,089,051 tons
- Germany – 85,371,604 tons
- China – 67,156,101 tons
- United States – 42,982,683 tons
Did you know 10,000 shipping containers fall into the ocean each year?
Road Freight Statistics
Air Transport, Freight
- United States – 39104.4181 million ton-km
- China – 15568.753 million ton-km
- South Korea – 12290.6806 million ton-km
- UAE – 11897.961 million ton-km
- Singapore – 7507.13316 million ton-km
- Germany – 7241.02305 million ton-km
Total Exports – US Dollars
- China – $ 2,057,000,000,000
- United States – $ 1,564,000,000,000
- Germany – $ 1,460,000,000,000
- Japan – $ 773,900,000,000
- France – $ 567,100,000,000
Total Imports – US Dollars
- United States – $ 2,299,000,000,000
- China – $ 1,735,000,000,000
- Germany – $ 1,222,000,000,000
- Japan – $ 830,600,000,000
- United Kingdom – $ 642,600,000,000
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