China - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in China was 2,882,100 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,946,579 in 2011 and a minimum value of 1,256,010 in 1998.

Definition: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

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Year	Value
1995	1,304,950
1996	1,310,620
1997	1,326,990
1998	1,256,010
1999	1,291,030
2000	1,377,050
2001	1,469,410
2002	1,565,840
2003	1,724,670
2004	1,928,880
2005	2,072,600
2006	2,195,441
2007	2,379,700
2008	2,510,628
2009	2,523,917
2010	2,764,413
2011	2,946,579
2012	2,918,709
2013	2,917,390
2014	2,753,020
2015	2,375,430
2016	2,379,230
2017	2,696,220
2018	2,882,100

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in China was 1,345,690 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,345,690 in 2017 and a minimum value of 334,760 in 1996.

Definition: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

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Year	Value
1995	354,570
1996	334,760
1997	358,486
1998	377,342
1999	413,590
2000	453,259
2001	476,682
2002	496,940
2003	478,861
2004	571,220
2005	606,196
2006	662,212
2007	721,631
2008	777,860
2009	787,889
2010	876,218
2011	961,229
2012	981,233
2013	1,059,560
2014	1,124,190
2015	1,196,060
2016	1,257,930
2017	1,345,690

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation