What transport modes are covered in the France transport traffic table?

The table covers monthly traffic for road, rail, air, and inland river transport in France, including both passenger and freight metrics.

How is French rail freight measured in this dataset?

French rail freight is measured in both total tonnes transported and tonne-kilometres, reflecting the volume and distance of goods moved.

How far back do the France monthly transport series go?

The monthly transport traffic and rail freight series for France are available starting from 1982.

Does the France transport table include air passenger data?

Yes, the dataset includes monthly air passenger transport statistics for international and domestic flights to and from French airports.

France transport traffic and rail freight

Name: France transport traffic and rail freight
Creator: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)
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France monthly transport traffic and rail freight statistics from INSEE.

Source: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)Last updated: Sep 14, 2026, 20:02Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Inland river transport - Excluding transit						463	477	442	466	528	558	575	473	460	479	427	448	517	433	374	424	472	514	426	413	486	502	505	531	538	563	417	408	447	525	475	450
Inland river transport - National transport - Excluding transit						307	294	281	296	333	353	387	304	303	279	257	280	316	260	237	263	277	316	253	265	301	321	312	326	346	368	288	260	292	389	313	318
Inland river transport - International transport - Excluding transit						155	183	161	171	195	206	188	169	157	201	169	168	201	174	137	161	195	198	173	148	185	180	192	205	193	195	129	148	155	136	162	132
Air freight and mail transport - Aéroports de Paris						171.1	164.1	160.2	184.4	183.6	184.2	163	163.3	173	161	168.2	162.9	176.6	146.3	143.9	181.5	180.3	187.1	164.5	160.8	166.9	162.4	161.6	155.3	163.5	155.4	147.1	181.1	177.4	172.7	160.5	159.9
Total fuel deliveries (diesel and premium gasoline)						3,151.5	2,874.1	2,840.4	3,422	2,892	3,428.3	3,268.8	3,116.2	3,579.8	3,369.1	3,180.9	3,376.7	3,123.8	2,943	3,093.4	3,247.5	3,044.8	3,491	3,177.3	3,283.7	3,682.7	3,188.1	3,303.5	3,345.2	3,218.3	3,007.7	3,122.2	3,202.5	3,164.2	3,402.9	3,265.4	3,319.8
Diesel oil deliveries						2,177	2,015	1,973	2,367	2,033	2,410	2,273	2,064	2,453	2,326	2,194	2,361	2,226	2,108	2,206	2,294	2,186	2,514	2,266	2,233	2,594	2,279	2,338	2,415	2,350	2,220	2,288	2,334	2,354	2,506	2,382	2,335
Deliveries of unleaded fuel						974.9	859.1	867.5	1,055	858.8	1,018.4	995.4	1,051.8	1,127.1	1,043.4	986.5	1,015.4	897.6	834.9	887.4	953.3	858.3	977.3	911	1,050.7	1,089.2	909.3	965.7	929.9	867.8	788.1	834.2	868.7	809.7	896.6	883.5	984.5
Air traffic - Airport of Bordeaux-Mérignac						460.7	399.4	359.9	470.1	415.5	549	538.6	598.9	574.9	562.6	551.8	483.8	433.4	353.2	328.9	413.3	350.1	594.7	636.7	709.8	701.3	667.5	678.1	614	453.1	390.8	364.9	473.3	415.7	609.1	649.3	725.7
Air traffic - Airport of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry						826	753	751	817	723	975	923	1,010	986	981	969	926	852	745	748	808	739	954	951	979	968	948	970	878	798	736	687	784	699	914	902	936
Air traffic - Airport of Marseille-Marignane						777.5	678.2	665.8	768.9	731.2	1,001.7	986.5	1,189	1,113.2	1,078.5	1,073.6	1,035.9	780	711.7	687.8	780.7	733	1,008.1	1,020.8	1,224.4	1,175.3	1,067.1	1,090.8	963.5	747.3	660.7	667.7	738.8	689.8	1,022.1	1,030.2	1,151.4
Air traffic - Airport of Nice-Côte d'Azur						1,014.7	818	754.5	920.9	844.8	1,371.3	1,530	1,797.6	1,773	1,636.4	1,495.8	1,303.1	975.8	818.4	752.6	908	850.2	1,301.5	1,486.8	1,725.2	1,728.8	1,538	1,489.9	1,241.3	998.4	778.3	705.3	875.6	813.9	1,321.6	1,466.2	1,640.4
Air traffic - Airport of Toulouse-Blagnac						624.1	535.5	531.5	623.5	587.8	698.4	667.7	629.6	631	697.2	690.3	674.6	636	559.5	533.6	622.7	574.1	707	708.3	682.6	691.8	716.2	728.5	697	631.6	567.3	523.4	612.6	568.3	730.3	737.7	689.6
Rail passenger trains under Île-de-France mobilités agreement (Ile-de-France trains and RER)						1.3	1.18	1.29	1.26	1.25	1.34	1.24	0.87	1.1	1.2	1.18	1.18	1.24	1.1	1.21	1.14	1.16	1.26	1.21	0.94	1.09	1.14	1.08	1.07	1.15	1.05	1.12	1.09	1.11	1.15	1.11	0.82
Domestic rail passenger transport - Intercity trains (non-contracted (excluding high-speed trains) and under state convention)						0.32	0.29	0.28	0.33	0.3	0.35	0.31	0.41	0.43	0.38	0.31	0.35	0.33	0.32	0.32	0.36	0.31	0.37	0.35	0.45	0.44	0.37	0.31	0.36	0.3	0.31	0.3	0.32	0.28	0.36	0.34	0.43
Rail passenger trains under provincial Regional Councils agreement (excepting Corse)						2.01	1.87	1.91	2.11	1.91	2.07	1.95	1.91	2.02	2.09	1.96	2	1.92	1.84	1.85	2.03	1.92	2.04	1.98	1.92	2	1.96	1.95	1.94	1.88	1.81	1.8	1.88	1.71	1.9	1.88	1.64
Domestic rail passenger transport - All high-speed trains						5.67	5.09	5.25	5.89	5.58	6.16	5.58	6.3	6.5	6.08	5.44	5.82	5.39	5.03	5.06	5.54	5.05	5.91	5.58	6.05	5.98	5.83	5.71	5.65	5.46	4.86	5.08	5.5	5.06	5.81	5.56	5.88
Domestic rail passenger transport (total excluding trains under Île-de-France mobilités agreement)						7.64	6.95	7.11	8.33	7.79	8.58	7.84	8.62	8.95	8.55	7.71	8.17	7.64	7.2	7.23	7.92	7.28	8.32	7.91	8.42	8.42	8.16	7.96	7.94	7.66	6.97	7.18	7.69	7.05	8.07	7.78	7.96
Air freight and mail transport (tonnage) - 23 main provincial French airports						21,855.06	21,171.46	20,922.49	22,503.97	22,154.34	25,053.2	21,777.13	17,745.2	22,287.88	21,838.45	21,163.83	20,848.06	23,115.64	19,953.69	21,130.98	20,107.29	21,214	23,945.05	21,518.11	19,448.07	22,914.92	22,010.1	21,126.33	22,564.32	24,057.16	21,791.37	21,923.48	19,582.66	21,315.83	21,420.16	20,449	17,745.84
Air passenger transport - international and domestic flights - to and from French airports						13.55	11.92	12.2	13.83	12.44	16.32	16.29	18.83	18.22	17.08	16.64	16.06	13.35	11.98	11.97	13.48	12.1	15.94	16.3	18.5	17.87	16.49	16.44	15.14	13.13	11.4	11.19	12.9	11.67	15.45	15.75	17.62
Air passenger transport - international flights - to and from French airports						11.48	10.06	10.3	11.65	10.52	13.96	14.06	16.24	15.67	14.59	14.29	13.71	11.25	10.08	10	11.26	10.11	13.58	13.94	15.88	15.28	14.04	14	12.82	10.98	9.49	9.23	10.61	9.61	12.97	13.27	14.88
Air passenger transport - international flights - to and from overseas French airports						0.24	0.2	0.28	0.24	0.2	0.2	0.15	0.22	0.23	0.17	0.21	0.2	0.23	0.19	0.26	0.24	0.19	0.19	0.13	0.21	0.21	0.15	0.2	0.2	0.23	0.2	0.28	0.27	0.2	0.2	0.15	0.2
Air passenger transport - international flights - to and from metropolitan French airports						11.24	9.86	10.02	11.41	10.32	13.77	13.91	16.01	15.44	14.42	14.08	13.51	11.01	9.9	9.74	11.02	9.92	13.39	13.81	15.68	15.07	13.9	13.8	12.62	10.75	9.29	8.95	10.34	9.41	12.78	13.12	14.68
Air passenger transport - international flights - to and from Paris airports						6.96	6.19	6.54	7.21	6.61	7.97	7.95	8.87	8.67	8.23	8.02	7.89	6.72	6.15	6.28	6.94	6.32	7.75	7.85	8.66	8.33	7.9	7.7	7.37	6.62	5.79	5.69	6.52	6.07	7.48	7.52	8.21
Air passenger transport - international flights - to and from provincial French airports						4.28	3.67	3.48	4.19	3.71	5.79	5.96	7.14	6.77	6.19	6.05	5.62	4.29	3.74	3.46	4.07	3.6	5.64	5.96	7.02	6.74	6	6.1	5.26	4.13	3.5	3.26	3.82	3.34	5.3	5.59	6.47
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between French airports						2.07	1.86	1.91	2.18	1.92	2.36	2.22	2.6	2.55	2.49	2.35	2.35	2.1	1.89	1.97	2.22	1.99	2.37	2.36	2.62	2.59	2.44	2.44	2.32	2.15	1.91	1.97	2.29	2.06	2.48	2.48	2.74
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between metropolitan and overseas French airports						0.42	0.42	0.48	0.47	0.36	0.38	0.31	0.54	0.52	0.35	0.35	0.43	0.42	0.42	0.48	0.47	0.36	0.36	0.32	0.52	0.48	0.32	0.35	0.4	0.41	0.41	0.47	0.46	0.36	0.36	0.32	0.51
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between Paris and overseas French airports						0.41	0.41	0.47	0.46	0.36	0.37	0.3	0.53	0.51	0.34	0.34	0.42	0.41	0.42	0.47	0.46	0.36	0.36	0.32	0.51	0.47	0.32	0.34	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.46	0.45	0.36	0.35	0.31	0.5
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between provincial and overseas French airports						0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between overseas French airports						0.15	0.16	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.21	0.18	0.25	0.24	0.19	0.19	0.2	0.18	0.16	0.17	0.19	0.19	0.2	0.18	0.24	0.22	0.18	0.19	0.21	0.19	0.17	0.19	0.21	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.26
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between metropolitan French airports						1.5	1.28	1.26	1.52	1.38	1.77	1.74	1.81	1.8	1.95	1.82	1.72	1.5	1.32	1.32	1.57	1.44	1.81	1.86	1.86	1.89	1.94	1.9	1.7	1.55	1.34	1.3	1.62	1.5	1.92	1.98	1.97
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between Paris and provincial French airports						0.94	0.81	0.83	0.9	0.86	0.99	0.97	1.01	1.04	1.12	1.03	0.99	0.91	0.79	0.82	0.91	0.86	1.01	1.03	1.05	1.06	1.09	1.04	0.99	0.96	0.83	0.81	0.93	0.91	1.07	1.09	1.05
Air passenger transport - domestic flights - between provincial French airports						0.57	0.47	0.44	0.62	0.52	0.78	0.76	0.8	0.76	0.83	0.79	0.73	0.6	0.52	0.5	0.66	0.57	0.79	0.83	0.81	0.83	0.85	0.87	0.72	0.59	0.5	0.49	0.68	0.59	0.85	0.89	0.92
Transport statistics - New passenger cars registrations - Raw data	95,771	127,789	188,482	128,745	139,617	176,715	123,492	110,609	179,204	136,784	143,956	143,924	89,085	117,404	169,578	124,369	140,552	156,577	144,886	118,355	189,371	137,434	139,774	142,286	87,022	129,425	182,880	142,470	149,067	183,568	145,808	126,062	188,513	158,136	156,883	160,356	115,818
Transport statistics - New passenger cars registrations - SA-WDA data	147,279	147,843	142,160	145,764	139,950	141,515	134,539	139,497	139,734	142,569	141,570	137,463	141,623	132,430	137,258	132,980	141,567	130,946	157,746	142,499	154,462	142,770	136,123	141,790	134,074	141,582	146,603	149,631	151,363	154,273	153,661	149,838	161,630	152,573	160,238	160,414	170,390

Latest reading

Inland river transport - Excluding transit stood at 463 Tonne-km in Mar 2026. That is −2.9% from Feb 2026 and −10.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1982 to Mar 2026.

Latest: 463 Tonne-km; Mar 2026
vs previous period: −2.9%; Feb 2026
vs a year earlier: −10.4%

About this data

France monthly transport traffic and rail freight statistics from INSEE. This table tracks monthly passenger and freight traffic across road, rail, air, and inland waterways. It includes fuel deliveries, airport passenger numbers, and rail freight measured in tonnes and tonne-kilometres. The historical series are updated monthly and go back to 1982.

Frequently asked questions

What transport modes are covered in the France transport traffic table?: The table covers monthly traffic for road, rail, air, and inland river transport in France, including both passenger and freight metrics.
How is French rail freight measured in this dataset?: French rail freight is measured in both total tonnes transported and tonne-kilometres, reflecting the volume and distance of goods moved.
How far back do the France monthly transport series go?: The monthly transport traffic and rail freight series for France are available starting from 1982.
Does the France transport table include air passenger data?: Yes, the dataset includes monthly air passenger transport statistics for international and domestic flights to and from French airports.