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Just to add some numbers, the freight modal splits as of 2018 (most recent year with complete data), measured in tonne-kilometers, for a few countries [1] and the EU taken as a whole [2]:

US: 45% road, 38% rail, 17% other (water/pipeline)

France: 75% road, 15% rail, 10% other

Germany: 62% road, 25% rail, 18% other

Spain: 92% road, 4% rail, 4% other

EU: 76% road, 19% rail, 5% other

[1] https://stats.oecd.org/BrandedView.aspx?oecd_bv_id=trsprt-da...

[2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...




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