| year | tonne-kilometre (tkm) EU13 | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) EU13 | Decoupling EU13 | tonne-kilometre (tkm) EU15 | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) EU15 | Decoupling EU15 | tonne-kilometre (tkm) | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | Freight intensity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 0.99 |
| 2002 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0.99 |
| 2003 | 1.14 | 1.11 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 0.98 |
| 2004 | 1.27 | 1.16 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.03 |
| 2005 | 1.39 | 1.21 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.0 | 1.14 | 1.1 | 1.03 |
| 2006 | 1.51 | 1.28 | 1.17 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.0 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.03 |
| 2007 | 1.63 | 1.36 | 1.2 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 0.99 | 1.22 | 1.18 | 1.04 |
| 2008 | 1.68 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 0.96 | 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.02 |
| 2009 | 1.55 | 1.36 | 1.14 | 0.97 | 1.11 | 0.88 | 1.07 | 1.13 | 0.95 |
| 2010 | 1.67 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.01 | 1.13 | 0.89 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 0.97 |
| 2011 | 1.75 | 1.42 | 1.23 | 1.0 | 1.15 | 0.87 | 1.14 | 1.18 | 0.96 |
| 2012 | 1.78 | 1.43 | 1.25 | 0.95 | 1.14 | 0.83 | 1.02 | 1.18 | 0.86 |
| 2013 | 1.9 | 1.45 | 1.31 | 0.94 | 1.14 | 0.82 | 1.13 | 1.19 | 0.95 |
| 2014 | 1.93 | 1.5 | 1.29 | 0.94 | 1.16 | 0.81 | 1.14 | 1.21 | 0.94 |
| 2015 | 2.02 | 1.55 | 1.3 | 0.95 | 1.19 | 0.8 | 1.16 | 1.24 | 0.94 |
| 2016 | 2.14 | 1.6 | 1.33 | 0.97 | 1.21 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.27 | 0.94 |