Truck driver shortage rate

RecordSTO-TT6EX6KKYE-B0E19YRRZK-RQBMKC

13%

Europe · 2025

Truck driver shortage rate in Europe was 13% in 2025 (IRU).

Original source
Publisher
IRU
Authority tier
T2 Official
Retrieved
18 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Driver availability remains a structural capacity constraint: 13% of truck driver positions are unfilled in Europe, equivalent to around 502,000 positions, according to IRU's 2025 driver shortage report

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APA

International Road Transport Union. (2025). European contract and spot rates accelerate as fuel costs are passed on. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.iru.org/news-resources/newsroom/european-contract-and-spot-rates-accelerate-fuel-costs-are-passed. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TT6EX6KKYEB0E19YRRZKRQBMKC

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MLA
International Road Transport Union. "European contract and spot rates accelerate as fuel costs are passed on." 2025, https://www.iru.org/news-resources/newsroom/european-contract-and-spot-rates-accelerate-fuel-costs-are-passed. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TT6EX6KKYEB0E19YRRZKRQBMKC.
Chicago
International Road Transport Union. "European contract and spot rates accelerate as fuel costs are passed on." 2025. https://www.iru.org/news-resources/newsroom/european-contract-and-spot-rates-accelerate-fuel-costs-are-passed. Accessed September 18, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TT6EX6KKYEB0E19YRRZKRQBMKC.
BibTeX
@misc{iru2025truckrqbmkc, author = {{International Road Transport Union}}, title = {European contract and spot rates accelerate as fuel costs are passed on}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TT6EX6KKYEB0E19YRRZKRQBMKC}, note = {Original source: https://www.iru.org/news-resources/newsroom/european-contract-and-spot-rates-accelerate-fuel-costs-are-passed. Accessed September 18, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Road Transport Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
European contract and spot rates accelerate as fuel costs are passed on
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
European contract and spot rates accelerate as fuel costs are passed on
Retrieved
18 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_TT6EX6KKYEB0E19YRRZKRQBMKC