List of countries by rail usage
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This is a list of countries by rail usage. Usage of rail transport may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger transport respectively. This is the number of tonnes or passengers multiplied by the average distance of their journeys in kilometres.
Overview
Globally, rail freight is transported to the extent of almost 10,000 billion tonne-kilometres (9.842 billion long ton-miles or 11.023 billion short ton-miles) per year, of which about one-third occurs in India and a quarter each in the United States and China.
Of the 3,000 bn passenger-kilometres travelled across the world each year, 1,346 bn are travelled in China and 1,150 bn in India. Thus China and India together contribute almost half of world's passenger travel.
The average Swiss person travels 2,430 km by train each year (the highest in the world), almost 500 more than the average Japanese person (the second highest).
In 2014, there were about 1 million kilometres (621,400 miles) of railway in the world, a decrease of 3% compared to 2013.
- 350,000 km (218,000 mi) were in Europe and mainly used for passenger service.
- 370,000 km (230,000 mi) were in North America and mainly used for freight.
- 230,000 km (140,000 mi) were in Asia and used for both freight and passenger service.<ref name=UICRS />
In America and Europe, many low-fare airlines and motorways compete with rail for passenger traffic. Asia has experienced a large growth in high-speed rail: its 257bn passenger-kilometres represent 72% of total world high-speed rail passenger traffic.<ref name=UICRS />
Passenger rail
These figures do not include metro railway systems; see Lists of rapid transit systems for metro rail statistics.
Passenger-kilometres of rail transport per year
Template:More citations needed section Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2015 Report by the International Union of Railways (UIC).
| Rank | Country/Region | Passenger-kilometres (billions) |
Data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flag | 1,580<ref name="China 2024 Stats">(Chinese) 2024 年铁道统计公报 - 2024 Railway Statistical Bulletin</ref> | 2024 |
| 2 | Template:Flag | 1,065<ref name="2024 India Stats">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2024 |
| 3 | Template:Flag | 429<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2023 |
| 4 | Template:Flag | 404<ref name="data.oecd.org">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2024 |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 136.3<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2023 |
| 6 | Template:Flag | 104.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2023 |
| 7 | Template:Flag | 89.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2023 |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 82.9<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2022 |
| 9 | Template:Flag | 58.4<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2023 |
| 10 | Template:Flag | 57.8<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2024 |
| 11 | Template:Flag | 45.6<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2024 |
| 12 | Template:Flag | 29.8<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2024 |
| 13 | Template:Flag | 28.4 | 2019 |
| 14 | Template:Flag | 28.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2024 |
| 15 | Template:Flag | 22.3<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2024 |
| 16 | Template:Flag | 21.4<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2019 |
| 17 | Template:Flag | 20.3 | 2015 |
| 18 | Template:Flag | 19.8 | 2015 |
| 19 | Template:Flag | 19.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2023 |
| 20 | Template:Flag | 18.5 | 2015 |
| 21 | Template:Flag | 18.5<ref name="data.oecd.org"/> | 2018 |
| 22 | Template:Flag | 16.3 | 2014 |
| 23 | Template:Flag | 15<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2023-24 |
| 24 | Template:Flag | 15<ref name="data.oecd.org" /> | 2024 |
| 25 | Template:Flag | 14.6<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2023 |
Passengers carried in rail transport per year
Countries with more than 20 million passengers per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2019 Report by the International Union of Railways.
As mentioned in the notes, many of these figures are very incomplete, as they exclude metro/rapid transport rail services.
| Rank | Country | Million passengers |
Data year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Japan | 25,201 | 2019 <ref name=MLIT>Template:Cite report</ref> | Includes all public and private rail services. For only the JR group rail companies, the figure in 2019 was 9,503 million passengers.<ref name=MLIT /> |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon India | 6,905 | 2024<ref name="2024 India Stats"/> | Includes Indian Railways suburban and intercity traffic only, excludes the passengers carried by rapid transit systems. |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon China | 4,312 | 2024<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/> | Excludes rapid transit networks, which handled 23.71 billion passengers in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Germany | 2,938 | 2019<ref name=europa>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 2,570 | 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Includes all public and private rail services. Down 21% from the 3.26 billion passengers carried in 2019 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon France | 1,880 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon United Kingdom | 1,836.8 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | The London Underground ("The Tube") had an additional 1.34 billion passengers in 2015-16<ref name="TFL Facts & Figures">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 1,157.2 | 2018 | Moscow Metro alone had 2.45 billion passengers in 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 9 | Template:Flag | 1,064.2 | 2018–19 | Combined Urban and Non-Urban Rail Passenger Traffic<ref name="auto1"/> |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Italy | 883.3 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | |
| 11 | Template:Flag | 636 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Madrid Metro alone had 657.2 million passengers in 2018.<ref name="ine.es">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 12 | Template:Flag | 535 | 2019 | Amtrak had 32.5 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2019 (ending September 30).<ref name="washpost">Template:Cite news</ref> Among regional systems that report to the American Public Transportation Association, there were 502.5 million commuter rail riders in calendar year 2019.<ref name="apta2019">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 13 | Template:Flag | 519.3 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | |
| 14 | Template:Flag | 511<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2024 | |
| 15 | Template:Flag | 474.5 | 2019 | |
| 16 | Template:Flag | 440.9 | 2016<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 17 | Template:Flag | 429.2 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 18 | Template:Flag | 426.2 | 2018 | 423,202,522 Buenos Aires commuter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2,036,792 regional<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1,009,357 long distance |
| 19 | Template:Flag | 324.1 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Passengers carried by all rail passenger transport companies in Poland.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 20 | Template:Flag | 291.84 | 2018 | |
| 21 | Template:Flag | 270 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 22 | Template:Flag | 269 | 2017–18<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 23 | Template:Flag | 264.6 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Stockholm metro alone had 353 million passengers in 2017.<ref name="MTR2017">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 24 | Template:Flag | 246.94 | 2018 | |
| 25 | Template:Flag | 206.6 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | |
| 26 | Template:Flag | 193.5 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Prague Metro alone had 435.6 million passengers in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 27 | Template:Flag | 175.5 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Lisbon Metro alone had 169 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Metro de Lisboa Tem Aumento Recorde de Passsageiros Em 2018 Transportando Mais de 169 Milhões de Passageiros [Lisbon Metro has record increase in passengers in 2018 transporting more than 169 million passengers] 2019.</ref> |
| 28 | Template:Flag | 164.7 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Istanbul Metro alone had 469.7 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 29 | Template:Flag | 138.66 | 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 30 | Template:Flag | 127.84 | 2018 | |
| 31 | Template:Flag | 119 | 2018 | Budapest Metro alone had 409.3 million passengers in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 32 | Template:Flag | 106.9 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Via Rail, Canada's main intercity rail provider, transported 5 million passengers in 2019. Commuter railway systems in and around Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver transported an additional 101.9 million passengers in 2019. |
| 33 | Template:Flag | 92.8 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 14.9 million / year long-distance 77.9 million / year in Helsinki commuter traffic |
| 34 | Template:Flag | 80.402 | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Oslo Metro alone had 122 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 35 | Template:Flag | 80 | 2019<ref name="europa" /> | |
| 36 | Template:Flag | 79.86 | 2018 | Minsk Metro alone had 293.7 million passengers in 2019.<ref name="asmetro">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 37 | Template:Flag | 67.9 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Bucharest Metro alone had 178.9 million passengers in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 38 | Template:Flag | 64.6 | 2017 | The Jerusalem Light Rail carried an additional 42.5 million passengers in 2017.<ref name="il-mot-2017-report">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 39 | Template:Flag | 57 | 2018 | Tren Suburbano statistics only<ref name=afluencia2018>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 40 | Template:Flag | 52.39 | 2018 | |
| 41 | Template:Flag | 50.06 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | |
| 42 | Template:Flag | 50 | 2017<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Bangkok MRT alone had 113.7 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 43 | Template:Flag | 48 | 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 44 | Template:Flag | 47 | 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Santiago Metro alone had 721 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 45 | Template:Flag | 44.51 | 2018 | |
| 46 | Template:Flag | 41 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Template:Flag | 39 | 2018 | Algiers Metro alone had 40 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 48 | Template:Flag | 35 | 2018 | |
| 49 | Template:Flag | 35 | 2019<ref name="Kiwirail_annual_report_2019">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 50 | Template:Flag | 31.3 | 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 51 | Template:Flag | 28.09 | 2018 | Tehran Metro alone had 721 million passengers in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 52 | Template:Flag | 22.9 | 2018 | |
| 53 | Template:Flag | 21.84 | 2018 | |
| 54 | Template:Flag | 21.59 | 2018 | Tashkent Metro alone had 71.2 million passengers in 2019.<ref name=asmetro/> |
| 55 | Template:Flag | 21.3 | 2019<ref name=europa /> | Sofia Metro alone had 93.1 million passengers in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Passenger modal share for rail
The modal share of railway transport (excluding tram & metro) as compared to other modes of transport, based on Passenger-km.
| Rank | Country | Modal share (%) | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flag | 32.9 | 2016<ref name="stat.go">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2 | Template:Flag | 32 | 2021<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 3 | Template:Flag | 24.4 | 2018<ref name="RT1">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 4 | Template:Flag | 20.0 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019">Eurostat (2021) Statistics Modal split of passenger transport. Data from 2019. ec.europa.eu</ref> |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 20.0 | 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 6 | Template:Flag | 14 | 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 7 | Template:Flag | 11.3 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" /> |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 10.5 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" /> |
| 9 | Template:Flag | 10.4 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" /> |
| 10 | Template:Flag | 10.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" /> |
| 11 | Template:Flag | 9.9 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 12 | Template:Flag | 9.4 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 13 | Template:Flag | 8.5 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 14 | Template:Flag | 8.4 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 15 | Template:Flag | 8.3 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 16 | Template:Flag | 8.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 17 | Template:Flag | 7.3 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 18 | Template:Flag | 7.1 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 19 | Template:Flag | 6.3 | 2005<ref name=KAI>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 20 | Template:Flag | 6.3 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 21 | Template:Flag | 6.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 22 | Template:Flag | 4.9 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 23 | Template:Flag | 4.8 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 24 | Template:Flag | 4.6 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 25 | Template:Flag | 4.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 26 | Template:Flag | 3.4 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 27 | Template:Flag | 3.3 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 28 | Template:Flag | 3.3 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 29 | Template:Flag | 2.4 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 30 | Template:Flag | 2.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 31 | Template:Flag | 2.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 32 | Template:Flag | 1.8 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 33 | Template:Flag | 1.2 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 34 | Template:Flag | 1.0 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 35 | Template:Flag | 1.0 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 36 | Template:Flag | 0.7 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 37 | Template:Flag | 0.6 | 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/> |
| 38 | Template:Flag | 0.3 | 2004<ref name=ec2>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Passenger rail by passenger-kilometres per capita
Template:More citations needed section Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres travelled per year.
| Country | Kilometers/year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | 2,487 | 2023<ref name="irg">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flag | 2,320 | 2021<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flag | 1,597 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 1,542 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 1,352 | 2021 |
| Template:Flag | 1,261 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 1,254 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 1,084 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 1,001 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 982 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 944 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 937 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 934 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 911 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
| Template:Flag | 879 | 2023<ref name="irg"/> |
Freight rail
Tonne-kilometres of rail transport per year
Countries with more than one billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.
| Rank | Country | Billion tkm | Data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flag | 3,586<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/> | 2024 |
| 2 | Template:Flag | 2,639<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2021 |
| 3 | Template:Flag | 2,105<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2020 |
| 4 | Template:Flag | 975<ref name="2024 India Stats"/> | 2024 |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 460<ref name="auto2">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2022 |
| 6 | Template:Flag | 413<ref name="auto1"/> | 2016 |
| 7 | Template:Flag | 397<ref name=antt>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2024 |
| — | Template:Flag | 261 | 2014 |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 237 | 2011 |
| 9 | Template:Flag | 236 | 2012 |
| 10 | Template:Flag | 135 | 2014 |
| 11 | Template:Flag | 126.9<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2017 |
| 12 | Template:Flag | 113<ref name="eurostat2020">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2019 |
| 13 | Template:Flag | 53.8<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 14 | Template:Flag | 45 | 2014 |
| 15 | Template:Flag | 31.8<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 16 | Template:Flag | 24.4<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2014 |
| 17 | Template:Flag | 22 | 2012 |
| 18 | Template:Flag | 22 | 2013 |
| 19 | Template:Flag | 21.7<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 20 | Template:Flag | 21.1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2014 |
| 21 | Template:Flag | 21<ref name="keytransportstats">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2014 |
| 22 | Template:Flag | 21<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 23 | Template:Flag | 16.2<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 24 | Template:Flag | 16.2<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 25 | Template:Flag | 15<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 26 | Template:Flag | 14.7<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 27 | Template:Flag | 12 | 2010 |
| 28 | Template:Flag | 12 | 2012 |
| 29 | Template:Flag | 11<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 30 | Template:Flag | 10.3<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 31 | Template:Flag | 10 | 2013 |
| 32 | Template:Flag | 10 | 2014 |
| 33 | Template:Flag | 9.6<ref name=UICRS /> | 2014 |
| 34 | Template:Flag | 8 | 2014 |
| 35 | Template:Flag | 8 | 2010 |
| 36 | Template:Flag | 7 | 2010 |
| 37 | Template:Flag | 6<ref name="IRG152">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2013 |
| 38 | Template:Flag | 6 | 2011 |
| 39 | Template:Flag | 5 | 2014 |
| 40 | Template:Flag | 4<ref name="IRG152" /> | 2013 |
| 41 | Template:Flag | 4 | 2009 |
| 42 | Template:Flag | 4 | 2012 |
| 43 | Template:Flag | 3 | 2011 |
| 44 | Template:Flag | 3 | 2014 |
| 45 | Template:Flag | 3 | 2011 |
| 46 | Template:Flag | 2.2<ref name="eurostat2020"/> | 2019 |
| 47 | Template:Flag | 2 | 2014 |
| 48 | Template:Flag | 3.279 | 2020 |
| 49 | Template:Flag | 2<ref name="IRG152" /> | 2013 |
| 50 | Template:Flag | 2 | 2010 |
| 51 | Template:Flag | 2 | 2010 |
| 52 | Template:Flag | 1.7 | 2014<ref name="theceomagazine-ug1">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 53 | Template:Flag | 1.4 | 2016<ref name="icbs">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 54 | Template:Flag | 1 | 2012 |
| 55 | Template:Flag | 1 | 2011 |
Tonnes carried in rail transport per year
Countries with more than ten million tonnes carried per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.
| Rank | Country | Million tonnes | Data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flag | 5,175<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/> | 2024 |
| 2 | Template:Flag | 1,600 | 2022 |
| 3 | Template:Flag | 1,590 | 2024<ref name="2024 India Stats"/> |
| 4 | Template:Flag | 1,347<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2016 |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 1,218<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2015 |
| 6 | Template:Flag | 540<ref name=antt/> | 2024 |
| 7 | Template:Flag | 457 | 2011 |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 342<ref name="auto2"/> | 2022 |
| 9 | Template:Flag | 295 | 2012 |
| 10 | Template:Flag | 225 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2015 |
| 11 | Template:Flag | 221 | 2014 |
| 12 | Template:Flag | 197 | 2011 |
| 13 | Template:Flag | 141 | 2014 |
| 14 | Template:Flag | 128 | 2018 |
| 15 | Template:Flag | 110.1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2014 |
| 16 | Template:Flag | 82 | 2014 |
| 17 | Template:Flag | 74 | 2014 |
| 18 | Template:Flag | 65 <ref>Rail Traffic 2015. Trafikanalys, page 25. Retrieved 2016-12-28.</ref> | 2015 |
| 19 | Template:Flag | 63 | 2011 |
| 20 | Template:Flag | 57 | 2014 |
| 21 | Template:Flag | 57 | 2014 |
| 22 | Template:Flag | 50<ref name=UICRS /> | 2014 |
| 23 | Template:Flag | 49 | 2014 |
| 24 | Template:Flag | 44 | 2014 |
| 25 | Template:Flag | 42.6<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2021 |
| 26 | Template:Flag | 40 | 2013 |
| 27 | Template:Flag | 38 | 2014 |
| 28 | Template:Flag | 37 | 2014 |
| 29 | Template:Flag | 37 | 2009 |
| 30 | Template:Flag | 36 | 2014 |
| 31 | Template:Flag | 37 | 2011 |
| 32 | Template:Flag | 33 | 2013 |
| 33 | Template:Flag | 31 | 2010 |
| 34 | Template:Flag | 27 | 2012 |
| 35 | Template:Flag | 26 | 2014 |
| 36 | Template:Flag | 26 | 2012 |
| 37 | Template:Flag | 25 | 2014 |
| 38 | Template:Flag | 25 | 2013 |
| 39 | Template:Flag | 24 | 2010 |
| 40 | Template:Flag | 23 | 2012 |
| 41 | Template:Flag | 20 | 1917 |
| 42 | Template:Flag | 20 | 2010 |
| 43 | Template:Flag | 18 | 2011 |
| 44 | Template:Flag | 17 | 2014 |
| 45 | Template:Flag | 13 | 2014 |
| 46 | Template:Flag | 12 | 2011 |
| 47 | Template:Flag | 12 | 2014 |
| 48 | Template:Flag | 11 | 2012 |
| 49 | Template:Flag | 11 | 2011 |
| 50 | Template:Flag | 10 | 2014 |
| 51 | Template:Flag | 10 | 2012 |
Freight modal share for rail
The modal share carried by rail of all freight in a given country.
| Rank | Country | Modal share (%) | Data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flag | 68<ref name=OECD>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2009 |
| 2 | Template:Flag | 61<ref name="ec15">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2012 |
| 3 | Template:Flag | 60<ref name="auto1"/> | 2016 |
| 4 | Template:Flag | 59<ref name=OECD/> | 2010 |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 47<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 6 | Template:Flag | 46<ref name=CHPocketStat>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2012 |
| 7 | Template:Flag | 44<ref name=OECD /> | 2008 |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 41<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 9 | Template:Flag | 40<ref name=ec15 /> | 2012 |
| 10 | Template:Flag | 38<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 11 | Template:Flag | 33<ref name="budget2016">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2016 |
| 12 | Template:Flag | 27<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 13 | Template:Flag | 27<ref name="pie">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2024 |
| 14 | Template:Flag | 24<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 15 | Template:Flag | 23<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 16 | Template:Flag | 22<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 17 | Template:Flag | 21<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 18 | Template:Flag | 20<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 19 | Template:Flag | 18<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 20 | Template:Flag | 18<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 21 | Template:Flag | 15<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2019 |
| 22 | Template:Flag | 15<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 23 | Template:Flag | 14<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 24 | Template:Flag | 12<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 25 | Template:Flag | 9<ref name="ec15" /> | 2012 |
| 26 | Template:Flag | 6.2<ref name=OECD/> | 2010 |
| 27 | Template:Flag | 5<ref name="ec15" /> | - |
| 28 | Template:Flag | 0.7<ref name=booz>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2007 |
Freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita
| Rank | Country | Tonne-kilometre per capita | Data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flag | 12,599 | |
| 2 | Template:Flag | 11,814<ref name="auto2"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2022 |
| 3 | Template:Flag | 9,165 | |
| 4 | Template:Flag | 2,308 | |
| 5 | Template:Flag | 2,150 | 2019 |
| 6 | Template:Flag | 1,861 | 2023 |
| 7 | Template:Flag | 1,480<ref name=CHPocketStat /><ref name=CHKeyFig>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2013 |
| 8 | Template:Flag | 1,060 | |
| Template:Flag | 782 |
Brief railway statistics by country
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| Country | Area (million km2) |
Pop. (million) |
Rail company |
Net | Double track | Electrified | HSR | Passenger-km (billion) |
Freight tonne-km (billion) |
Template:Abbr (pass. km) |
Pass. | Freight | Pass/ pop % | Elec % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (thousands of km) | (modal %) | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flag | 0.08 | 8.57 | ÖBB | 9.8<ref name="oebb2017"/> | 4.9<ref name="oebb2017"/> | 3.5<ref name="oebb2017"/> | 0.28 | 11.2<ref name="oebb2017">Template:Cite web</ref> | 32.9<ref name="oebb2017"/> | 12.1<ref name="eurostat2016">Template:Cite web</ref> | 41<ref name="ec15" /> | 71.9<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Template:Flag | 8.54 | 209 | 29 | 0.5 | 232 | |||||||||
| Template:Flag | 9.6 | 1,397<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | CR | 141<ref name="mot.gov.cn">(Chinese) 2019 年铁道统计公报 - 2019 Railway Statistical Bulletin</ref> | 83 | 100 | 36 | 1580<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/> | 3586 | 200 | 41.6 | 31 | 71.9 | |
| Template:Flag | 1 | 93 | ENR | 5 | 1.5 | 0.07 | 41 | 4 | 6.1 | |||||
| Template:Flag | 0.55 | 68 | SNCF | 29 | 16 | 14 | 1.8 | 81 | 40 | 48 | 16.8 | 58.2<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| Template:Flag | 0.36 | 80.68 | DB | 34 | 18 | 20 | 1.2 | 74 | 91 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 22.4 | 60 |
| Template:Flag | 3.28 | 1,326 | IR | 67.3 | 17.4 | 64.5 | 1065<ref name="2024 India Stats"/> | 975 | 5.5 | 98 | ||||
| Template:Flag | 1.6 | 80.04 | RAJA | 7 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Template:Flag | 0.3 | 59 | FS | 16 | 7 | 12 | 0.82 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 71.6<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| Template:Flag | 0.38 | 126 | JR | 20 | 8 | 12 | 2.5 | 253 | 23 | 79 | 29 | 69.6 | 100 | |
| Template:Flag | 2.72 | 17 | KTZ | 14 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 191 | ||||||
| Template:Flag | 0.44 | 34 | ONCFM | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0.8 | 89 | ||||
| Template:Flag | 0.04 | 17 | NS | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 17.8 | 6 | 8.8 | 5 | 70.7<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| Template:Flag | 0.796 | 192 | PR | 7 | 0.3 | 26 | 6 | |||||||
| Template:Flag | 0.31 | 38 | PKP | 19 | 9 | 12 | 63.7<ref name=":0" /> | |||||||
| Template:Flag | 17.09 | 143 | RZD | 128 | 36 | 48 | 1.3 | 173 | 2090 | 14 | 42 | 67 | 9.1 | 80 |
| Template:Flag | 0.049 | 5.45 | ŽSR | 3.627<ref name=":1">Template:Cite report</ref> | 1.587<ref name=":1" /> | 0 | 3.815<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> | 6.729<ref name=":2" /> | 0 | |||||
| Template:Flag | 1.22 | 54 | SAR | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 109 | 11 | |||||
| Template:Flag | 0.1 | 50 | KNR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.32 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 20.4 | 20 | ||
| Template:Flag | 0.51 | 46 | Renfe | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3.7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 63.8<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| Template:Flag | 0.041 | 8.38 | SBB | 5.443 | 5.443 | 22.290 | 13 | 22.5 | 37.8 | 40.9 | 100<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| Template:Flag | 0.036 | 23 | TRA | 1 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.33 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Template:Flag | 0.78 | 79 | TCDD | 9 | 04 | 1.9 | 0.25 | 6 | 10 | 47<ref name=":0" /> | ||||
| Template:Flag | 0.24 | 65 | Multiple | 16 | 5 | 0.3 | 48 | 21 | 65 | |||||
| Template:Flag | 9.6 | 324 | AMTK | 227 | 2820 | 42 | 1 | |||||||
| Template:NoflagWorld | 149 | 7,432 | 900 | 250 | 240 | 35.44 | 2468 | 9486 | 178 | 10 | 20 | 50 | ||