IBRD only - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in IBRD only was 4,282 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,377 in 2014 and a minimum value of 2,302 in 1995.

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 2,302
1996 2,659
1997 2,701
1998 2,857
1999 3,138
2000 3,963
2001 4,480
2002 4,188
2003 4,057
2004 3,939
2005 3,840
2006 4,893
2007 5,539
2008 5,452
2010 3,901
2011 5,976
2014 6,377
2015 4,749
2016 5,192
2017 4,282

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in IBRD only was 2,404 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,411 in 2013 and a minimum value of 1,192 in 1999.

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 1,899
1996 1,799
1997 1,492
1998 1,383
1999 1,192
2000 1,255
2001 1,261
2002 1,195
2003 1,203
2004 1,286
2005 2,152
2006 1,435
2007 2,309
2008 1,810
2009 2,144
2010 1,956
2011 2,497
2012 2,646
2013 4,411
2014 1,757
2015 1,964
2016 1,909
2017 2,404

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation