Load capacity of lorries (until 2012) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

199,375 Thousand tonnes

Slovenia

Lowest

20 Thousand tonnes

Bulgaria

Median

1,042 Thousand tonnes

Years covered

1979–2012

Data points

443

What the numbers show

Load capacity of lorries (until 2012) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 199,375 Thousand tonnes in Slovenia; the lowest is 20 Thousand tonnes in Bulgaria.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,042 Thousand tonnes, and the mean is 16,491 Thousand tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,969.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 106,803.0%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 99.6%).

Load capacity of lorries: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Slovenia	199,375 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 106,803.0%	volatile
2	Cyprus	166,440 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 9.5%	flat
3	Italy	77,766 Thousand tonnes	1992	—	volatile
4	France	6,917 Thousand tonnes	2009	up 4.4%	rising
5	Germany	6,214 Thousand tonnes	1999	up 55.7%	rising
6	Spain	6,186 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 4.7%	volatile
7	Liechtenstein	5,854 Thousand tonnes	2010	down 11.0%	falling
8	Poland	5,567 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 39.5%	rising
9	United Kingdom	5,354 Thousand tonnes	1992	down 4.1%	flat
10	Portugal	1,639 Thousand tonnes	1994	up 372.3%	rising
11	Greece	1,553 Thousand tonnes	1996	up 45.7%	rising
12	Netherlands	1,405 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 3.5%	rising
13	Finland	1,356 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 63.0%	rising
14	Czechia	1,168 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 44.2%	rising
15	Sweden	1,090 Thousand tonnes	2011	up 22.5%	rising
16	Norway	995 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 21.5%	rising
17	Belgium	990 Thousand tonnes	1994	up 44.1%	rising
18	Austria	806 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 8.5%	rising
19	Switzerland	724 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 9.7%	rising
20	Hungary	700 Thousand tonnes	2010	down 1.0%	rising
21	Denmark	656 Thousand tonnes	2002	up 22.4%	rising
22	Slovak Republic	485 Thousand tonnes	2001	up 80.5%	rising
23	Lithuania	406.4 Thousand tonnes	2011	up 7.5%	rising
24	Croatia	335 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 12.1%	rising
25	Estonia	213.55 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 27.1%	falling
26	Latvia	197.95 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 26.2%	rising
27	Malta	155.95 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 9.8%	falling
28	Iceland	77 Thousand tonnes	2005	up 57.1%	rising
29	Luxembourg	75.8 Thousand tonnes	2009	down 99.6%	volatile
30	Bulgaria	20 Thousand tonnes	1999	down 89.3%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Load capacity of lorries (until 2012)
Unit: Thousand tonnes
Source: Eurostat
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage: 30 places, 443 data points, 1979–2012
Last refreshed: 09 August 2026