Croatia had the highest share of air passenger-kilometres in the total volume of transport services in the European Union in 2023 (43.5%), followed by Bulgaria (29.0%) and Cyprus (27.4%), according to Eurostat data.
In 2023, the car was the main means of passenger transport across the EU, followed by aircraft; buses, coaches or trolleybuses; trains; and sea vessels.
Cars accounted for 70.6% of total passenger-kilometres in the EU, down 1.8 percentage points (pp) compared to 2022. Air transport accounted for 14.7% of total passenger-kilometres, up 1.6 pp. compared to 2022. Buses, coaches or trolleybuses followed with 7.2% (down 0.2 pp), trains accounted for 7.1% (up 0.3 pp) and sea vessels accounted for 0.4% (stable compared to 2022).
The highest share of road transport was recorded in Lithuania (85.7% of total passenger-kilometres), the Netherlands (77.1%) and Finland (76.4%).
Malta recorded the highest share of bus, coach or trolleybus transport (15.8% of total passenger-kilometres), closely followed by Ireland (15.4%) and Estonia (12.0%).
Rail transport played an important role in the Netherlands (10.9% of total passenger-kilometres), Austria (10.5%) and France (9.1%), NOVA reports.
Croatia recorded the largest share of passenger-kilometres for maritime transport (2.4%), closely followed by Estonia (2.3%) and Finland (2.1%).
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