In 2023, the number of passengers transported registered increases compared with 2022 in all modes of transport: +10.1% by road (+30.9% in 2022), +16.7% by rail (+42,2% in 2022), +20.7% by metro (+58.6% in 2022), +18.9% by air (+121.7% in 2022) and +21.5% by inland waterways (+44,6% in 2022).  

Goods transported by road and sea registered a drop of 8.8% (-2.3% in 2022) and 3.4% (+2.3% in 2022), respectively. Conversely, goods transported by rail and air registered increases of 2.2% (-8.0% in 2022) and 0.1% (+16.9% in 2022), respectively.

In 2023, in the Communications sector, the number of internet accesses continued to increase (+2.9%; +3.7% in 2022) with fiber optics growing at a notable pace (+7.1%; +10.1% in 2022). The number of telephone accesses in the fixed service (+1.2%; +2.2% in 2022) and the number of subscribers to the pay TV service (+2.1%; +3.1% in 2022) continued to grow. 

Only the number of active mobile access and effective use decreased (-1.2%; +3.6% in 2022) and voice traffic originating from the mobile network (-1.3% in the number of calls and -4.4% in the number of minutes), as well as postal traffic (-4.9%; -4.2% in 2022). 

See the Publication and the Infographic (only available in Portuguese)