Shipping

Present Timeline Index

Last update: 2025-05-07

Explanation

The statistics presented here are commissioned by Transport Analysis – which is the statistics body responsible for official statistics in the transport and communication sector. The statistics are produced by Statistics Sweden (SCB. As of 1997, Sweden is to comply with EU directives on statistics presentation. As regards domestic passenger traffic, only details for the traffic between Gotland and the Swedish mainland are given.

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Shipping in 2024, 1000 tonnes

Region	Domestic trade		Foreign trade		Quantity of goods
Region	Unloaded	Loaded	Unloaded	Loaded	Quantity of goods
Stockholm County	1 112	280	4 048	2 508	7 948
Uppsala County	3	182	292	179	656
Södermanland County	1 200	290	1 743	900	4 133
Östergötland County	1 103	533	1 483	617	3 736
Kalmar County	577	278	1 311	1 132	3 298
Gotland County	467	545	50	680	1 742
Blekinge County	385	132	4 591	2 978	8 086
Skåne County	181	93	12 194	10 757	23 225
Halland County	297	148	2 146	1 898	4 489
Västra Götaland County	1 338	2 192	19 792	18 093	41 415
Värmland County	142	70	627	616	1 455
Västmanland County	459	127	1 601	348	2 535
Gävleborg County	1 106	411	2 492	2 237	6 246
Västernorrland County	300	296	1 924	1 903	4 423
Västerbotten County	497	244	1 486	1 861	4 088
Norrbotten County	1 004	1 835	2 665	4 584	10 088
Sweden	10 171	7 656	58 445	51 291	127 563
Source: Transportföretagen, Swedish Ports

Shipping in 2003-2023, 1000 tonnes

Västra Götaland County
Year	Domestic trade		Foreign trade		Quantity of goods
Year	Unloaded	Loaded	Unloaded	Loaded	Quantity of goods
2003	1 278	6 123	29 750	21 604	58 755
2004	1 264	5 498	31 455	24 474	62 691
2005	1 001	5 361	32 283	24 392	63 037
2006	850	5 090	32 896	26 409	65 245
2007	1 064	5 185	32 699	25 533	64 481
2008	968	5 578	36 274	26 513	69 333
2009	922	1 970	20 104	18 641	41 637
2010	895	2 066	22 954	19 940	45 855
2011	945	2 095	21 261	18 933	43 234
2012	988	2 131	20 574	19 084	42 777
2013	902	1 966	19 455	17 511	39 834
2014	1 066	1 725	19 291	16 574	38 656
2015	1 001	1 659	19 697	17 018	39 375
2016	1 229	1 789	21 399	18 117	42 534
2017	1 139	1 802	20 698	18 508	42 147
2018	981	1 879	21 221	18 320	42 401
2019	750	1 968	20 580	17 162	40 460
2020	1 063	1 830	20 590	16 504	39 987
2021	687	1 474	18 710	17 644	38 515
2022	812	2 034	21 868	17 532	42 246
2023	780	1 510	18 809	16 438	37 537
Sweden
Year	Domestic trade		Foreign trade		Quantity of goods
Year	Unloaded	Loaded	Unloaded	Loaded	Quantity of goods
2003	11 806	11 880	76 777	60 989	161 452
2004	11 464	11 251	79 087	65 547	167 349
2005	13 139	13 066	82 640	69 275	178 120
2006	11 302	11 423	83 266	74 494	180 485
2007	12 610	12 854	84 495	75 096	185 055
2008	12 889	13 032	87 890	73 965	187 776
2009	9 240	4 727	56 903	55 274	126 144
2010	10 938	7 030	66 841	58 729	143 538
2011	10 716	6 805	65 879	57 593	140 993
2012	9 963	6 706	62 479	57 064	136 212
2013	9 524	6 555	61 029	52 910	130 018
2014	9 729	6 499	62 118	52 303	130 649
2015	9 863	6 732	62 939	53 025	132 559
2016	10 147	5 785	63 406	53 581	132 919
2017	10 389	6 099	64 369	57 317	138 174
2018	10 552	6 767	68 384	54 805	140 508
2019	11 111	7 421	65 909	54 040	138 481
2020	11 365	6 730	62 822	54 561	135 478
2021	10 692	7 251	60 045	56 192	134 180
2022	10 691	7 831	63 375	55 083	136 980
2023	9 501	6 590	55 447	50 404	121 942
Source: Transportföretagen, Swedish Ports (Statistics Sweden before 2008)

Shipping in 2003-2023. Index year 2003=100

Västra Götaland County
Year	Domestic trade		Foreign trade		Quantity of goods
Year	Unloaded	Loaded	Unloaded	Loaded	Quantity of goods
2003	100	100	100	100	100
2004	99	90	106	113	107
2005	78	88	109	113	107
2006	67	83	111	122	111
2007	83	85	110	118	110
2008	76	91	122	123	118
2009	72	32	68	86	71
2010	70	34	77	92	78
2011	74	34	71	88	74
2012	77	35	69	88	73
2013	71	32	65	81	68
2014	83	28	65	77	66
2015	78	27	66	79	67
2016	96	29	72	84	72
2017	89	29	70	86	72
2018	77	31	71	85	72
2019	59	32	69	79	69
2020	83	30	69	76	68
2021	54	24	63	82	66
2022	64	33	74	81	72
2023	61	25	63	76	64
Sweden
Year	Domestic trade		Foreign trade		Quantity of goods
Year	Unloaded	Loaded	Unloaded	Loaded	Quantity of goods
2003	100	100	100	100	100
2004	97	95	103	107	104
2005	111	110	108	114	110
2006	96	96	108	122	112
2007	107	108	110	123	115
2008	109	110	114	121	116
2009	78	40	74	91	78
2010	93	59	87	96	89
2011	91	57	86	94	87
2012	84	56	81	94	84
2013	81	55	79	87	81
2014	82	55	81	86	81
2015	84	57	82	87	82
2016	86	49	83	88	82
2017	88	51	84	94	86
2018	89	57	89	90	87
2019	94	62	86	89	86
2020	96	57	82	89	84
2021	91	61	78	92	83
2022	91	66	83	90	85
2023	80	55	72	83	76
Source: Transportföretagen, Swedish Ports (Statistics Sweden before 2008)