Statistiken zum weltweiten Transport 2011

Weaker than expected growth in 2011 resulted with a downward revision of world GDP estimates. In 2011, world GDP grew by 3.8 percent (5.2 percent in 2010). World exports volume grew by 5.0 percent, a significant slowing down from the record expansion during the partial economic recovery of 2010 (13.8 percent). World container traffic (TEUs) rebounded strongly in 2010 (13 percent) but preliminary data for 2011 indicate a slowing down to 6 percent. Air freight tonne-km growth turned negative in 2011, compared with 20 percent growth in 2010. Preliminary estimates from the International Transport Forum’s quarterly database indicate 5 percent rail freight growth in the EU (10 percent in 2010), 3 percent in the United States (6 percent) and 6 percent in Russia in 2011 (8 percent in 2010). Road tonne-km grew by a rate of 3 percent in the EU area (4 percent in 2010) and 12 percent in Russia (11 percent in 2010), according to preliminary estimates.