# Austrian road freight fell to 549.4 million tonnes in 2025

> Statistics Austria reported a 0.6% annual decline in volume, alongside lower transport performance.

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- Published: 2026-10-13T00:51:40+00:00
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- Event / data period: 2025
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Goods carried by road totalled 549.4 million tonnes in 2025, down 0.6% from 2024, according to annual results published by Statistics Austria on October 12. The agency said this was the lowest volume since 2016.

Transport performance fell 0.9% to 52.9 billion tonne-kilometres. The agency’s table separates domestic transport, receipts, dispatches and transit from the total tonnage; tonnes measure freight mass, while tonne-kilometres also account for distance.

## Data

### Road freight, 2025

Statistics Austria annual estimates.

Methodology: Volume is measured in tonnes and transport performance in tonne-kilometres; the indicators are distinct and must not be added. The secondary/model-based series weights Statistics Austria, Eurostat and CAFT sources with ASFINAG toll data.

| Category | Reported value | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| Total goods volume | 549402474 | -0.6 |
| Domestic transport | 340507271 |  |
| Receipts | 68173798 |  |
| Dispatches | 64298042 |  |
| Transit | 76423362 |  |

Sources: <https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/announcement/2026/10/20261012Strassengueterverkehr2025.pdf> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/austria-road-freight-volume-2025/data/austria-road-freight-volume-2025-table?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/austria-road-freight-volume-2025/data/austria-road-freight-volume-2025-table?lang=en&format=csv)

## Sources

- [Statistics Austria](<https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/announcement/2026/10/20261012Strassengueterverkehr2025.pdf>) (Source checked: 2026-10-13; Published: 2026-10-12)

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