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Railways, passengers carried by country

million passenger-km · 47 countries ranked · 2021

Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 47
  1. 1ChinaWorld rank 1st of 47
    up +188.3 %
  2. 2IndiaWorld rank 2nd of 47
    down −78.0 %
  3. 3RussiaWorld rank 3rd of 47
    up +32.4 %
  4. 4FranceWorld rank 4th of 47
    up +33.9 %
  5. 5ItalyWorld rank 5th of 47
    up +24.4 %
  6. 6SpainWorld rank 6th of 47
    up +41.7 %
  7. 7PolandWorld rank 7th of 47
    up +26.9 %
  8. 8SwitzerlandWorld rank 8th of 47
    up +7.3 %
  9. 9IranWorld rank 9th of 47
    up +117.2 %
  10. 10NetherlandsWorld rank 10th of 47
    up +18.5 %
  11. 11TürkiyeWorld rank 11th of 47
    up +28.8 %
  12. 12AustraliaWorld rank 12th of 47
    down −38.0 %
  13. 13AustriaWorld rank 13th of 47
    up +13.7 %
  14. 14SwedenWorld rank 14th of 47
    down −1.5 %
  15. 15BelgiumWorld rank 15th of 47
    down −5.8 %
  16. 16CzechiaWorld rank 16th of 47
    up +2.3 %
  17. 17HungaryWorld rank 17th of 47
    up +12.0 %
  18. 18BelarusWorld rank 18th of 47
    up +19.9 %
  19. 19MoroccoWorld rank 19th of 47
    up +85.3 %
  20. 20UzbekistanWorld rank 20th of 47
    up +74.4 %
  21. 21PortugalWorld rank 21st of 47
    up +14.1 %
  22. 22FinlandWorld rank 22nd of 47
    up +2.9 %
  23. 23SlovakiaWorld rank 23rd of 47
    down −5.9 %
  24. 24IsraelWorld rank 24th of 47
    up +56.1 %
  25. 25NorwayWorld rank 25th of 47
    down −1.3 %

On the map

Railways, passengers carried, 2021. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for China, India, Russia, 2000–2024.