Global Truck Driver Shortage Report 2024

04 Apr 2025

Global Truck Driver Shortage Report 2024

This IRU Intelligence Briefing is the only global, annually updated analysis of the truck driver shortage. Covering 20 countries, it combines hard data, demographic trends, regulatory overviews, and direct driver sentiment to uncover the scale, causes and solutions to one of road transport’s most pressing challenges.

It found a widening age gap between young and older driver employment rates, while female employment rates remain critically low.

The report offers detailed breakdowns by driver age, gender, country, company size, route length and international versus domestic operations.

It also advances solutions and best practices from the ground and includes an exclusive survey of 1,100 truck drivers across seven major European markets, offering firsthand insights into job satisfaction.

Price EUR 1,800

Who is it for?

What is it for?

Assess driver capacity

Assess driver capacity for the next 1-5 years.

analysis and field data

Size the issue with multifactor analysis and field data.

driver job satisfaction

Understand driver job satisfaction and challenges.

Identify proven solutions

Identify proven solutions to attract and retain talent.

Empower your decisions with the only global driver shortage report with demographic insights and firsthand driver perspectives – plan smartly, invest wisely.

Full 141-page briefing contents:

  • Chap 1: Introduction
  • Chap 2: Economic outlook
  • Chap 3: Driver shortage
  • Chap 4: Driver barometer
  • Chap 5: Truck driver profession access and attractiveness

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