Rail usage statistics by country

Rail usage statistics by country

Table of contents

1 Passenger rail

1.1 Passenger-km of rail transport by country, in billion/year:
1.2 Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year:

2 Freight rail

2.1 Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers
2.2 Freight rail by tonne-kilometer per capita

3 See also

Passenger rail

Passenger-km of rail transport by country, in billion/year:

China 405
India 404
Japan 241
Russia 141
Germany 73
Egypt 68
France 67
Ukraine 48
USA 42
Italy 41
South Korea 30
UK 29
Poland 26
Pakistan 19
Spain 18
Indonesia 16
Netherlands 14
Belarus 13
Romania 12
Argentina 11
Thailand 10
South Africa 10
Kazakhstan 9
Austria 8
Sweden 7
Belgium 7
Switzerland 7
Czech Republic 7
Hungary 7
Iran 6
Turkey 6
Denmark 5
Australia 5
Portugal 4
Myanmar 4
Bangladesh 4
Bulgaria 4
Finland 3
Sri Lanka 3
Slovakia 3
Viet Nam 3
Uzbekistan 2
Morocco 2
Mexico 2
Greece 2
Cuba 1
Ireland 1
Canada 1
Malaysia 1
Tunisia 1
Algeria 1
Mongolia 1
Latvia 1
Croatia .9
Serbia and Montenegro .9
Lithuania .7
Chile .7
Slovenia .6
Zimbabwe .6
Tanzania .6
Israel .5
Nigeria .5
Bolivia .5
New Zealand .4
Georgia .4
Zambia .4
Kenya .3
Saudi Arabia .3
Cameroun .2
Philippines .2
Ghana .2
Estonia .2
Republic of the Congo .2
Uruguay .2
Syria .2
Côte d'Ivoire .2
Ethiopia .2
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .2
Zaire .1
Peru .1
Sudan .1
Albania .1
Gabon .09
Senegal .08
Brazil .06
Namibia .05
Armenia .05
Malawi .02
Colombia .02
Uganda .01
Venezuela .00015 (?)

Source: http://www.worldbank.org/transport/rail/rdb.htm

Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year:

 Japan         1900
 Switzerland   1730
 Belarus       1300
 France        1100
 Ukraine       1000
 Russia        1000
 Denmark       1000
 Austria       1000
 Egypt          900
 Netherlands    900
 Germany        900
 Sweden         800
 Belgium        700
 Italy          700
 Czech Republic 700
 Poland         700
 Hungary        700
 South Korea    600
 Romania        600
 Norway         566
 Kazakhstan     500
 United Kingdom 500
 Spain          500
 Portugal       400
 India          400
 China          300
 Argentina      300
 South Africa   200
 Thailand       150
 US             140
 Pakistan       120
 Iran            90
 Myanmar         90
 Turkey          90
 Indonesia       70
 Bangladesh      30

Freight rail

Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers

 United States        2238
 China                1231
 Russia               1205
 India                 282
 EU                    240
 Germany                71
 France                 55
 Poland                 55
 Japan                  23
 Italy                  23
 England                18
 Korea                  10

Source: [1]

Freight rail by tonne-kilometer per capita

 United States        7312
 Russian Federation   6948
 China                 991
 EU                    641