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Negative impact of the pandemic in all modes of passenger transport; broadband internet access traffic continued to growth
Transport and Communication Statistics
Negative impact of the pandemic in all modes of passenger transport; broadband internet access traffic continued to growth - 2020
05 November 2021

Summary

In 2020, the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was seen in all modes of transport, with a decrease in the number of passengers transported by rail (-41.7%), subway (-47.8%), road (-42.0%) and inland waterways (-42.8%), after positive variations recorded in the previous year (+18.9%, +10.6%, +4.2% and +6.7% in 2019, in the same order). Air passenger transport had the greatest impact, with a 69.4% decrease in passenger movement at national airports and aerodromes (+6.8% in 2019).

The transport of goods presented less accentuated decreases: in air (-29.4%, +12.0% in 2019), in rail (-10.6%, -8.4% in 2019), in maritime mode (-7.0%, -5.6% in 2019) and in the road transport by national vehicles (-14.8%, -2.2% in 2019).

The volume of traffic associated with broadband internet access reached 10.1 billion GB, having grown extraordinarily (+60.6%, after +28.7% in 2019 and +44.8% in 2018).

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