Rail passenger traffic
Country comparison of rail passenger traffic in 2021, using official World Bank WDI series IS.RRS.PASG.KM with source-defined units and coverage.
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Key Insights
- •47 ISO countries have a finite 2021 observation.
- •China is highest in the fixed-year data at 946499 million passenger-km.
- •Albania is lowest in the fixed-year data at 0.812 million passenger-km.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 33,031.2million passenger-km)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.
Values are fixed-year 2021 observations. Aggregates, nulls, non-finite values, non-ISO economies, and missing countries are excluded rather than estimated.
Methodology
Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 946,499.0million passenger-km |
| 2 | India | 231,126.0million passenger-km |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 103,447.0million passenger-km |
| 4 | France | 86,853.0million passenger-km |
| 5 | Italy | 27,693.0million passenger-km |
| 6 | Spain | 17,002.0million passenger-km |
| 7 | Poland | 15,844.0million passenger-km |
| 8 | Switzerland | 14,308.0million passenger-km |
| 9 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 11,231.0million passenger-km |
| 10 | Netherlands | 10,900.0million passenger-km |
| 11 | Türkiye | 10,683.0million passenger-km |
| 12 | Australia | 9,327.6million passenger-km |
| 13 | Austria | 8,433.2million passenger-km |
| 14 | Sweden | 8,008.0million passenger-km |
| 15 | Belgium | 6,970.0million passenger-km |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 6,820.2million passenger-km |
| 17 | Hungary | 5,435.4million passenger-km |
| 18 | Belarus | 4,485.5million passenger-km |
| 19 | Morocco | 4,464.0million passenger-km |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 3,130.0million passenger-km |
| 21 | Portugal | 2,912.0million passenger-km |
| 22 | Finland | 2,903.0million passenger-km |
| 23 | Slovakia | 2,052.0million passenger-km |
| 24 | Israel | 1,956.0million passenger-km |
| 25 | Norway | 1,780.0million passenger-km |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 1,205.0million passenger-km |
| 27 | Ireland | 870.0million passenger-km |
| 28 | Chile | 738.0million passenger-km |
| 29 | Greece | 653.0million passenger-km |
| 30 | Tunisia | 633.3million passenger-km |
| 31 | Slovenia | 542.0million passenger-km |
| 32 | Croatia | 540.0million passenger-km |
| 33 | Canada | 536.0million passenger-km |
| 34 | Mexico | 466.0million passenger-km |
| 35 | Latvia | 360.8million passenger-km |
| 36 | Lithuania | 329.0million passenger-km |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 304.0million passenger-km |
| 38 | Estonia | 290.0million passenger-km |
| 39 | Georgia | 273.3million passenger-km |
| 40 | Serbia | 191.0million passenger-km |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 104.0million passenger-km |
| 42 | Mongolia | 91.0million passenger-km |
| 43 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 25.3million passenger-km |
| 44 | Moldova, Republic of | 23.3million passenger-km |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.0million passenger-km |
| 46 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.2million passenger-km |
| 47 | Albania | 0.8million passenger-km |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank, World Development Indicators (2021).
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