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Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2021. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•107 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
20,621.7Passenger-kilometers
Median: 653.0Passenger-kilometers
Countries Covered
107
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
946,499.0Passenger-kilometers
Lowest
Eswatini
0.1Passenger-kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China946,499.0Passenger-kilometers
2Japan263,211.0Passenger-kilometers
3India231,126.0Passenger-kilometers
4Russian Federation103,447.0Passenger-kilometers
5South Korea100,381.0Passenger-kilometers
By Region
Asia91,336.5Passenger-kilometers(18 countries)
Europe10,979.0Passenger-kilometers(30 countries)
Africa7,074.1Passenger-kilometers(7 countries)
South America5,144.0Passenger-kilometers(5 countries)
Oceania5,064.8Passenger-kilometers(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1Passenger-kilometers)High (946,499.0Passenger-kilometers)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 20,621.7Passenger-kilometers)

Asia (18)
Europe (30)
Africa (7)
South America (5)
Oceania (2)
North America (3)
Other (42)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2021. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1People's Republic of China946,499.0Passenger-kilometers
2Japan263,211.0Passenger-kilometers
3India231,126.0Passenger-kilometers
4Russian Federation103,447.0Passenger-kilometers
5South Korea100,381.0Passenger-kilometers
6France86,853.0Passenger-kilometers
7Germany58,822.0Passenger-kilometers
8Egypt40,837.0Passenger-kilometers
9Indonesia29,066.0Passenger-kilometers
10Italy27,693.0Passenger-kilometers
11Pakistan24,903.0Passenger-kilometers
12United Kingdom24,188.5Passenger-kilometers
13Spain17,002.0Passenger-kilometers
14Brazil16,486.4Passenger-kilometers
15Poland15,844.0Passenger-kilometers
16Switzerland14,308.0Passenger-kilometers
17United States of America12,460.0Passenger-kilometers
18Islamic Republic of Iran11,231.0Passenger-kilometers
19Netherlands10,900.0Passenger-kilometers
20Ukraine10,696.0Passenger-kilometers
21Türkiye10,683.0Passenger-kilometers
22Bangladesh10,040.0Passenger-kilometers
23Australia9,327.6Passenger-kilometers
24Kazakhstan8,649.3Passenger-kilometers
25Austria8,433.2Passenger-kilometers
26Argentina8,360.8Passenger-kilometers
27Sweden8,008.0Passenger-kilometers
28Sri Lanka7,407.4Passenger-kilometers
29Belgium6,970.0Passenger-kilometers
30Czech Republic6,820.2Passenger-kilometers
31Denmark6,560.0Passenger-kilometers
32Thailand6,020.0Passenger-kilometers
33Romania5,906.0Passenger-kilometers
34Hungary5,435.4Passenger-kilometers
35Belarus4,485.5Passenger-kilometers
36Morocco4,464.0Passenger-kilometers
37Myanmar4,163.0Passenger-kilometers
38South Africa3,502.0Passenger-kilometers
39Uzbekistan3,130.0Passenger-kilometers
40Portugal2,912.0Passenger-kilometers
41Finland2,903.0Passenger-kilometers
42Turkmenistan2,340.0Passenger-kilometers
43Slovakia2,052.0Passenger-kilometers
44Israel1,956.0Passenger-kilometers
45Norway1,780.0Passenger-kilometers
46Vietnam1,516.0Passenger-kilometers
47Cuba1,284.8Passenger-kilometers
48Syrian Arab Republic1,223.0Passenger-kilometers
49Bulgaria1,205.0Passenger-kilometers
50Malaysia929.3Passenger-kilometers
51Ireland870.0Passenger-kilometers
52New Zealand802.0Passenger-kilometers
53Chile738.0Passenger-kilometers
54Greece653.0Passenger-kilometers
55Tunisia633.3Passenger-kilometers
56Slovenia542.0Passenger-kilometers
57Croatia540.0Passenger-kilometers
58Canada536.0Passenger-kilometers
59Jordan503.5Passenger-kilometers
60United Republic of Tanzania475.0Passenger-kilometers
61Mexico466.0Passenger-kilometers
62Philippines384.0Passenger-kilometers
63Latvia360.8Passenger-kilometers
64Algeria348.0Passenger-kilometers
65Lithuania329.0Passenger-kilometers
66Luxembourg304.0Passenger-kilometers
67Estonia290.0Passenger-kilometers
68Georgia273.3Passenger-kilometers
69Republic of the Congo266.5Passenger-kilometers
70Mozambique246.8Passenger-kilometers
71Cameroon225.4Passenger-kilometers
72Mali196.3Passenger-kilometers
73Serbia191.0Passenger-kilometers
74Nigeria173.6Passenger-kilometers
75Djibouti145.0Passenger-kilometers
76Saudi Arabia134.7Passenger-kilometers
77Senegal129.0Passenger-kilometers
78Peru127.0Passenger-kilometers
79Kenya109.2Passenger-kilometers
80Azerbaijan104.0Passenger-kilometers
81Iraq99.7Passenger-kilometers
82Botswana94.0Passenger-kilometers
83Mongolia91.0Passenger-kilometers
84Gabon87.0Passenger-kilometers
85Ghana85.0Passenger-kilometers
86Sudan81.5Passenger-kilometers
87Benin66.0Passenger-kilometers
88Armenia55.0Passenger-kilometers
89Mauritania47.0Passenger-kilometers
90Cambodia45.0Passenger-kilometers
91Malawi44.0Passenger-kilometers
92Montenegro27.8Passenger-kilometers
93The Republic of North Macedonia25.3Passenger-kilometers
94Moldova, Republic of23.3Passenger-kilometers
95Tajikistan21.7Passenger-kilometers
96Kyrgyzstan21.0Passenger-kilometers
97Zimbabwe17.0Passenger-kilometers
98Bosnia and Herzegovina15.0Passenger-kilometers
99Venezuela12.0Passenger-kilometers
100Cote d'Ivoire10.0Passenger-kilometers
101Madagascar10.0Passenger-kilometers
102Uruguay8.0Passenger-kilometers
103Democratic Republic of the Congo7.2Passenger-kilometers
104El Salvador4.5Passenger-kilometers
105Zambia4.2Passenger-kilometers
106Albania0.8Passenger-kilometers
107Eswatini0.1Passenger-kilometers
Showing 107 of 107 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2021).

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