In 2020, road transport accounted for more than three-quarters (77%) of the EU’s inland freight transport, the highest figure recorded in the past decade. Rail and inland waterways transport accounted for 17% and 6% of inland freight transport respectively (based on tonne-kilometres performed). The share of road transport increased by 1 percentage point (pp) compared with 2019 and by 4 pp compared with the year recording the lowest share in the last decade, which was 2012. This information comes from data on freight transport published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. (....)