Package Delivery Statistics (2025): per Day, Month & Year

Highlights. An estimated 407 billion packages will ship worldwide in 2025; projections indicate that 498 billion packages will ship in 2028.

In 2024, an estimated 380 billion packages shipped worldwide.
Global shipping revenue totaled $1.15 trillion in 2024; projections indicate that shipping and delivery services will net $1.5 trillion in 2028.
22.4 billion packages shipped in the U.S. in 2024; projections indicate that as many as 31.1 billion packages will ship in 2028.
U.S. shipping revenue totaled $203.2 billion in 2024; projections indicate that shipping and delivery services will net $286 billion in 2028.
42 packages per person shipped worldwide in 2022; U.S. parcels shipped at a rate of 66 packages per person in 2024.
From 2017 to 2024, the number of packages the average American received in a year increased by 78%.

2024 Package Delivery Rates
U.S. packages	Global packages*	Division
709	12,059	per Second
42,561	723,560	per Minute
2,553,653	43,413,627	per Hour
61,287,671	1,041,927,042	per Day
430,192,308	7,313,526,355	per Week
1,864,166,667	31,691,947,540	per Month
5,592,500,000	95,075,842,620	per Quarter
22,370,000,000	380,303,370,479	per Year

*Estimate based on Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index.

National Shipping & Package Delivery Statistics

The long-term trend is for the average American to receive more packages every year.

The average American household received 167 packages in 2024, up 1.21% YoY.
U.S. package deliveries totaled 165 parcels per household in 2023.
Americans receive packages at a 52.4% higher rate than the global average.
Parcels-per-person increased 1.54% from 2023 to 2024 (from 65 to 66 packages per person).
The average cost per package was $9.08 in 2024, down 0.44% YoY.
From 2017 to 2021, the average cost per package decreased 3.65% to $8.66.

Grouped Bar Graph: Global Shipping & Delivery Package Volume Share from 2018 (177 billion parcels) projected to 2028 (498 billion parcels) based on Pitney Bowes' assessment of 13 international markets representing 3.8 billion or 47.5% of the global population

Global Shipping & Package Delivery Statistics

While shipping volume increases, the cost per package declines.

Worldwide, the average person received 42 packages in 2022.
The global per-person package volume increased 2.38% year-over-year (YoY).
The average person received 41 packages in 2021, up 20.6% YoY.
From 2013 to 2022, shipments per person increased at an average annual rate of 35.6%.
In 2022, the global cost per package was $3.01, down 24.1% since 2016.

Grouped Bar Graph: Global Shipping & Delivery Market Revenue from 2018 ($535 billion) projected to 2028 ($1.503 trillion) based on Pitney Bowes' assessment of 13 international markets representing 3.8 billion or 47.5% of the global population

Shipping & Package Delivery Consumer Statistics

Consumers are willing to sacrifice delivery speed for free shipping.

88% of online consumers value free shipping more than fast shipping.
Online consumers are six (6) times more likely to value free shipping over fast shipping.
50% of consumers have abandoned their online shopping cart due to shipping and delivery options.
45% of consumers consider 2-day delivery to be fast.
35% of consumers consider fast shipping to take 3-4 days.

Doughnut Chart: U.S. Shipping & Delivery Package Volume Share 2024, volume total 22.4 billion parcels according to Pitney Bowes; segments may not total 100% due to rounding

Shipping & Package Delivery Firm Statistics

Four major carriers handle virtually all U.S. parcel shipments.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Amazon Logistics, UPS, and FedEx handle 92.1% of all domestic shipments.
The four main carriers net 96.5% of market revenue.
The majority of shipments (30.8%) go through USPS, though this share is in long-term decline.
From 2017 to 2024, the USPS share of domestic package volume declined 28.4%.

Doughnut Chart: Shipping & Delivery U.S. Market Share 2024, market size $203.2 billion according to Pitney Bowes; segments may not total 100% due to rounding

USPS

The United States Postal Service ships the majority of parcels in the U.S. (7.3 billion in 2024).

USPS ships 20 million packages per day, equivalent to 833,333 per hour, 13,889 per minute, or 231 per second.
USPS package volume increased 2.82% from 2023 to 2024 and could total 7.84 billion shipments in 2026.
The average American received 21 packages via the U.S. Postal Service in 2024.
USPS 2024 annual operating revenue totals $79.5 billion, up 1.66% YoY.
Projections indicate annual operating revenue could total $83.2 billion in 2026.
USPS retail revenue totals $11.2 billion, down 3.45% YoY.
Projections indicate that USPS retail revenue could total $10.7 billion in 2026.

Bar Graph: Major International Shipping Markets 2022 in billions of parcels according to Pitney Bowes

Amazon Logistics

The fastest-growing of the major carriers, Amazon Logistics shipped 6.3 billion packages in 2024.

Amazon Logistics ships 17.3 million packages per day, equivalent to 719,178 per hour, 11,986 per minute, or 200 per second.
28.2% of all packages shipped in 2024 went through Amazon Logistics.
The average American received 19 packages via Amazon Logistics in 2024.
Amazon Logistics’ package volume increased 6.78% from 2023 to 2024.
From 2018 to 2024, Amazon Logistics’ package volume increased by 688%.
Based on its 15.3% domestic market share, Amazon Logistics revenue for 2024 totaled $31.1 billion, up 12.2% YoY.

UPS

The UPS share of market volume and industry revenue has declined, with 4.7 billion parcels shipped in 2024.

UPS ships 12.9 million packages per day, equivalent to 536,523 per hour, 8,942 per minute, or 149 per second.
21.0% of 2024 package shipments went through UPS.
The average American received 14 packages via UPS in 2024.
UPS package volume increased 1.7% from 2023 to 2024.
Based on its 34.3% market share, UPS revenue totaled $69.7 billion in 2024, up 0.62% YoY.

Bar Graph: Major International Shipping Markets 2022 in parcels per person according to Pitney Bowes

FedEx

Federal Express is the smallest of the four carriers in terms of parcel volume (3.7 billion in 2024), but in terms of domestic market share, it is the second largest.

FedEx ships 10.1 million packages per day, equivalent to 422,374 per hour, 7,040 per minute, or 117 per second.
16.5% of all U.S. packages shipped in 2024 went through FedEx.
The average American received 11 packages via FedEx in 2024.
FedEx package volume declined 3.6% from 2023 to 2024.
Based on its 31.1% domestic market share, FedEx revenue totaled $63.4 billion in 2024, down 0.21% YoY.

Independent Carriers

Collectively, smaller carriers increased their package volume by a much more significant margin than any of the four major companies.

In 2024, independent carriers shipped approximately 780 million packages per year.
Independent companies ship 2.14 million packages per day, equivalent to 89,041 per hour, 1,484 per minute, or 25 per second.
Collectively, independent carriers increased their package volume by 22.6% from 2023 to 2024.
3.39% of 2024 package shipments went through independent carriers.
The average American received 2.3 packages via independent carriers in 2024.
Based on a 3.4% market share, independent carriers made a collective $6.91 billion in 2024, up 16.4% YoY.

These data and insights were compiled by the Capital One Shopping team based on publicly available data.

Package Delivery Statistics