Swedish road goods transport
The statistics on road freight describe traffic and shipments involving Swedish-registered lorries both within Sweden and abroad.
Decline from high levels in 2022
Kilometers driven and transport perfomance with Swedish-registered heavy lorries in domestic traffic decreased significantly in 2023, from relatively high levels in 2022. It was mainly transports with soil, stone and sand that contributed to the reductions.
The Statistics in Brief
The survey covers Swedish-registered tractor/trailers with a maximum load weight of 3.5 tonnes or more. Data are gathered via an EU-regulated questionnaire targeting approximately 12,000 Swedish-registered lorries per year that transport goods by road. The statistics include data regarding shipments, kilometres driven, loaded goods volumes, types of goods and tonne-kilometres. The results are reported quarterly, and for each full year.
The road freight statistics have been calculated using a partly new method since survey year 2015. Recalculated values are available from reference year 2012-2014, and there are double time series for those years to bridge the time series gap. More information on the recalculation of the road freight statistics in response to the "no-activity" problem is provided in the statistical reports.
Publications
Transport Analysis is appointed by the government to be responsible for official statistics in the areas of transport and communications.
There is a distinction in Sweden between official statistics and other public statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced according to the statistical act and ordinance and published as required by official regulations.
