Load capacity of new lorries (until 2012) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

107,289 Thousand tonnes

Spain

Lowest

3.9 Thousand tonnes

Estonia

Median

62 Thousand tonnes

Years covered

1988–2012

Data points

283

What the numbers show

Load capacity of new lorries (until 2012) is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is 107,289 Thousand tonnes in Spain; the lowest is 3.9 Thousand tonnes in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 62 Thousand tonnes, and the mean is 5,798 Thousand tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 27,510.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 97,809.1%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 77.8%).

Load capacity of new lorries: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Spain	107,289 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 77.8%	volatile
2	Slovenia	8,616 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 97,809.1%	volatile
3	Cyprus	3,690 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 59.8%	falling
4	Germany	649 Thousand tonnes	1999	down 10.6%	falling
5	France	473 Thousand tonnes	2009	down 5.0%	rising
6	Liechtenstein	329 Thousand tonnes	2010	down 45.1%	falling
7	Poland	180 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 8.6%	rising
8	Sweden	103 Thousand tonnes	2011	up 35.5%	rising
9	Norway	76 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 16.9%	rising
10	Greece	70 Thousand tonnes	1998	down 31.4%	falling
11	Switzerland	62 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 40.9%	rising
11	Austria	62 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 13.9%	rising
13	Finland	45 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 2.2%	rising
14	Hungary	29 Thousand tonnes	2010	down 25.6%	rising
15	Lithuania	24.1 Thousand tonnes	2011	up 15.9%	flat
16	Latvia	17.74 Thousand tonnes	2012	up 11.6%	volatile
17	Croatia	10 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 72.2%	falling
18	Luxembourg	9 Thousand tonnes	2008	down 48.0%	falling
19	Iceland	8 Thousand tonnes	2005	up 300.0%	rising
20	Malta	5.37 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 24.4%	falling
21	Estonia	3.9 Thousand tonnes	2012	down 43.9%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Load capacity of new lorries (until 2012)
Unit: Thousand tonnes
Source: Eurostat
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage: 21 places, 283 data points, 1988–2012
Last refreshed: 09 August 2026