How much freight is carried by Malaysia's registered airlines?

ICAO air-transport freight in million ton-km distributed through the World Bank, using same-year ASEAN observations only.

International Civil Aviation Organization via World Bank2023 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026

SHOW ME THE DATA2023 · air freight · million ton-km

VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens

2023

1Singapore7.6Kair freight · million ton-km

2Malaysia1.9Kair freight · million ton-km

3Thailand1.6Kair freight · million ton-km

4Viet Nam927.9air freight · million ton-km

5Indonesia870.5air freight · million ton-km

6Philippines649.2air freight · million ton-km

7Brunei Darussalam45.9air freight · million ton-km

8Myanmar9.9air freight · million ton-km

9Cambodia2.4air freight · million ton-km

ICAInternational Civil Aviation Organization via World Bankair freight · million ton-km

SourceInternational Civil Aviation Organization via World Bank ↗2023 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE

Method & notes

IN BRIEF

Malaysia is #2/9 in the verified 2023 ASEAN subset by registered-carrier air freight.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

How the numbers were calculated

PulseKita requests World Bank indicator IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1 for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2023, the latest year shown on the World Bank series. Older observations are not carried forward.

Malaysia records about 1910.1 million ton-km of air freight in 2023 and ranks #2/9 among ASEAN members returned for the same year.
Not shown for 2023: Lao PDR, Timor-Leste.
This indicator measures freight carried on each flight stage by registered air carriers. It is not airport cargo tonnage and should not be mixed with airport-level throughput statistics.
Air freight favours high-value and time-sensitive cargo, so it answers a different logistics question from container-port throughput.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology

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Declared sourceAir transport, freight (million ton-km)
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TransformationPulseKita requests World Bank indicator IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1 for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2023, the latest year shown on the World Bank series. Older observations are not carried forward.
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Published visualRanked snapshot

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary

COVERAGE2023

UNITair freight · million ton-km

SOURCEofficial publication

UPDATED2023 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026

How the numbers were calculated

Evidence trail

Source

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