Economic Parameters
Industry Trends
Economic slowdown has sped up during 2008 and early 2009 and spread across all regions and industries. In the following tables we provide you with data for the world economy growth and the logistics markets.
| World economy (estimated growth) |
| |
2009 |
2010 |
| World trade volume |
9.2 |
-9.7 |
3.8 |
| Real GDP growth |
|
|
|
| World |
3.6 |
-2.9 |
2.0 |
Industrialised countries
|
2.6 |
-4.2 |
1.3 |
Developing countries
|
7.0 |
1.2 |
4.4 |
East Asia and Pacific
|
9.6 |
5.0 |
6.6 |
South Asia
|
8.1 |
4.6 |
7.0 |
Europe and Central Asia
|
5.7 |
-4.7 |
1.6 |
Latin America and the Caribbean
|
4.3 |
-2.2 |
2.0 |
Middle East and North Africa
|
5.3 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
Logistics markets (estimated growth)1)
|
Express (volumes)
|
Global
|
-2.0 |
2.0
|
| |
North America
|
-3.5
|
1.0
|
| |
South America
|
3.0 |
4.0
|
| |
Developed Europe
|
-3.0
|
1.0
|
| |
Middle East/Africa |
3.0 |
5.0 |
| |
Russia/Eastern Europe
|
4.0
|
6.0
|
| |
Asia |
3.2
|
5.6
|
Air freight (tonnes)
|
Global
|
-20.0
|
2.0
|
| Sea freight (TEU)2)
|
Global
|
-15.0
|
2.0
|
| Logistics & Trucking (sales)
|
Global
|
-2.0
|
2.0
|
| |
Americas
|
-2.0
|
1.0
|
| |
Europe
|
-2.0
|
1.5
|
| |
Asia Pacific
|
-4.0
|
5.0
|
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