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# What share of India's freight moves by road?

Short answer

Road carried about 71 percent of India's freight in 2020, against 18 percent for rail.

The national highway network reached 1,46,560 km by Dec 2025. Trucks also do the first and last mile for freight that goes by rail, water or air. Ask our desk to plan your route by road, or by road plus rail.

Period: 2020, highways to Dec 2025. Data as of 29 Sep 2026. [How we count](https://safeandsecure.in/facts/)

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## The numbers behind this answer

**Road share of freight, 2020**: 71%

**Rail share of freight**: 18%

**National highways, Dec 2025**: 1,46,560 km

## Sources

1. [NITI Aayog & RMI: Fast Tracking Freight in India (2021)](https://e-amrit.niti.gov.in/assets/admin/dist/img/new-fronend-img/report-pdf/FreightReportNationalLevel.pdf)
2. [PIB: MoRTH Year End Review 2025](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2209837&reg=3&lang=2)

Period: 2020, highways to Dec 2025. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.

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