Road Transport Market Outlook 2022 - 2026

Global Road Transport Trends in 2022

Road Transport is part of Transportation and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Road Freight and Road Safety. You may also be interested in Maritime Transport, Pipeline Transportation and Rail Transportation.

Road traffic volume is on the rise globally, with an estimated 7.54 trillion vehicle-kilometers expected to be reached by 2026. This represents a 0.1% yearly average increase since 2021, which saw 7.31 trillion vehicle-kilometers. Despite this growth, overall demand has fallen by 0.9% since 2016. The United States is the leader in global road traffic volume, with an estimated 4.75 trillion vehicle-kilometers in 2021. Japan, the United Kingdom and Australia followed in second, third and fourth place respectively. Lithuania saw the highest increase year-on-year since 2016, with an 11.8% jump, while Malta experienced the greatest decrease at 5.3%.

Top 10 countries

In 2022 major markets in the Road Transport Industry were:

• United States
• Japan
• United Kingdom
• Australia
• France
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Switzerland
• Italy
• Sweden

Road Transport Market Data and Forecasts

Global Road Transport Statistics

• Road Freight Volume 69 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe...)
• Road Casualties 220 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe...)
• Enterprise Survival Rate 48 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe...)
• Road Freight Fleet 69 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe...)
• Business Birth 53 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe...)
• Employment Rate 231 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)
• Bus Fleet 55 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe...)
• Number Of Enterprises 67 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)
• Business Death 58 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe...)
• Road Transport Revenue 70 countries (Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe...)

Global Road Transport Industry Database

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