OECD members - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in OECD members was 11,673 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,992 in 2014 and a minimum value of 9,757 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 9,757
1996 11,087
1997 11,930
1998 11,063
1999 9,859
2000 11,080
2001 10,929
2002 10,746
2003 11,057
2004 11,489
2005 11,641
2006 11,599
2007 11,212
2008 11,566
2009 10,326
2010 10,412
2011 10,762
2012 11,061
2013 11,177
2014 11,992
2015 10,812
2016 11,661
2017 11,505
2018 11,476
2019 11,673

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in OECD members was 8,354 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,498 in 2017 and a minimum value of 6,591 in 2010.

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 6,757
1996 6,788
1997 6,980
1998 7,018
1999 7,156
2000 7,528
2001 7,668
2002 7,429
2003 7,384
2004 7,443
2005 7,569
2006 8,109
2007 7,826
2008 7,548
2009 7,288
2010 6,591
2011 7,122
2012 7,143
2013 7,601
2014 7,738
2015 8,298
2016 7,829
2017 9,498
2018 8,354

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation