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Rail lines (total route-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•116 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
8,426.1Kilometers
Median: 2,354.5Kilometers
Countries Covered
116
with available data
Highest
United States of America
148,553.3Kilometers
Lowest
Hong Kong
230.1Kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America148,553.3Kilometers
2People's Republic of China109,767.0Kilometers
3Russian Federation85,544.0Kilometers
4India68,102.7Kilometers
5Canada48,149.9Kilometers
By Region
North America65,862.8Kilometers(3 countries)
Asia13,139.7Kilometers(20 countries)
South America9,496.2Kilometers(6 countries)
Europe8,092.9Kilometers(30 countries)
Africa4,944.2Kilometers(8 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (230.1Kilometers)High (148,553.3Kilometers)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 8,426.1Kilometers)

North America (3)
Asia (20)
South America (6)
Europe (30)
Africa (8)
Oceania (1)
Other (48)

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 ↕
1United States of America148,553.3Kilometers
2People's Republic of China109,767.0Kilometers
3Russian Federation85,544.0Kilometers
4India68,102.7Kilometers
5Canada48,149.9Kilometers
6Germany33,401.0Kilometers
7Brazil32,622.0Kilometers
8France27,716.0Kilometers
9Ukraine21,625.9Kilometers
10South Africa20,953.0Kilometers
11Japan20,087.4Kilometers
12Poland18,620.0Kilometers
13Argentina17,866.0Kilometers
14Italy17,305.2Kilometers
15United Kingdom16,178.6Kilometers
16Kazakhstan16,005.6Kilometers
17Spain15,963.0Kilometers
18Romania10,769.0Kilometers
19Türkiye10,546.0Kilometers
20Sweden9,714.0Kilometers
21Islamic Republic of Iran9,455.0Kilometers
22Czech Republic9,357.0Kilometers
23Hungary8,037.0Kilometers
24Pakistan7,791.0Kilometers
25Turkmenistan7,680.0Kilometers
26Finland5,918.0Kilometers
27Indonesia5,483.0Kilometers
28Belarus5,474.0Kilometers
29North Korea5,214.0Kilometers
30Egypt5,153.0Kilometers
31Cuba5,075.6Kilometers
32Austria4,962.0Kilometers
33Myanmar4,746.0Kilometers
34Uzbekistan4,732.0Kilometers
35South Korea4,308.5Kilometers
36Switzerland4,122.3Kilometers
37Thailand4,092.0Kilometers
38Bulgaria4,031.0Kilometers
39Algeria4,000.5Kilometers
40New Zealand3,908.0Kilometers
41Norway3,885.0Kilometers
42Democratic Republic of the Congo3,641.0Kilometers
43Slovakia3,626.5Kilometers
44Belgium3,612.0Kilometers
45Nigeria3,528.0Kilometers
46Serbia3,348.1Kilometers
47Vietnam3,159.0Kilometers
48Zimbabwe3,120.0Kilometers
49Mozambique3,116.0Kilometers
50Netherlands3,041.0Kilometers
51Saudi Arabia2,939.0Kilometers
52Bangladesh2,877.0Kilometers
53Sudan2,747.0Kilometers
54United Republic of Tanzania2,701.0Kilometers
55Croatia2,617.0Kilometers
56Portugal2,527.1Kilometers
57Chile2,396.0Kilometers
58Iraq2,370.0Kilometers
59Greece2,339.0Kilometers
60Morocco2,295.0Kilometers
61Syrian Arab Republic2,139.0Kilometers
62Azerbaijan2,138.9Kilometers
63Denmark2,131.0Kilometers
64Lithuania1,919.0Kilometers
65Kenya1,917.0Kilometers
66Latvia1,859.1Kilometers
67Mongolia1,821.0Kilometers
68Tunisia1,777.0Kilometers
69Israel1,720.0Kilometers
70Malaysia1,655.0Kilometers
71Ireland1,650.0Kilometers
72Peru1,639.0Kilometers
73Sri Lanka1,562.0Kilometers
74Uruguay1,498.0Kilometers
75Georgia1,387.0Kilometers
76Zambia1,248.0Kilometers
77Slovenia1,209.0Kilometers
78Moldova, Republic of1,149.0Kilometers
79Estonia1,033.0Kilometers
80Bosnia and Herzegovina1,018.1Kilometers
81Ecuador956.0Kilometers
82Ghana953.0Kilometers
83Senegal906.0Kilometers
84Republic of the Congo893.2Kilometers
85Botswana886.0Kilometers
86Guatemala885.0Kilometers
87Cameroon884.0Kilometers
88Costa Rica848.0Kilometers
89Malawi797.0Kilometers
90Djibouti781.0Kilometers
91Benin758.0Kilometers
92Ethiopia754.0Kilometers
93Mali733.0Kilometers
94Mauritania728.0Kilometers
95Armenia698.4Kilometers
96The Republic of North Macedonia683.0Kilometers
97Madagascar673.0Kilometers
98Cambodia650.0Kilometers
99Gabon648.0Kilometers
100Cote d'Ivoire639.0Kilometers
101Tajikistan620.0Kilometers
102El Salvador547.0Kilometers
103Burkina Faso518.0Kilometers
104Philippines509.0Kilometers
105Panama485.0Kilometers
106Paraguay441.0Kilometers
107Albania423.0Kilometers
108Kyrgyzstan417.0Kilometers
109Lebanon401.0Kilometers
110Venezuela336.0Kilometers
111Eswatini300.0Kilometers
112United Arab Emirates279.0Kilometers
113Luxembourg271.0Kilometers
114Uganda259.0Kilometers
115Montenegro250.0Kilometers
116Hong Kong230.1Kilometers
Showing 116 of 116 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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