Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) by country
Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
Countries reporting
104
Highest
3.02 million million ton-km
China
Lowest
0.764 million ton-km
Philippines
Median
2,646 million ton-km
Years covered
27
1995–2021
Data points
2,685
What the numbers show
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 3.02 million million ton-km in China; the lowest is 0.764 million ton-km in Philippines.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,646 million ton-km, and the mean is 104,756 million ton-km.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 1,185.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 96.6%).
Railways, goods transported: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3.02 million million ton-km | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 2 | Russia | 2.64 million million ton-km | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 2.24 million million ton-km | 2021 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 4 | India | 719,762 million ton-km | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 453,091 million ton-km | 2021 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 430,170 million ton-km | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 302,156 million ton-km | 2020 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 175,587 million ton-km | 2020 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 123,067 million ton-km | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 10 | South Africa | 113,342 million ton-km | 2008 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 92,437 million ton-km | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 54,387 million ton-km | 2021 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 44,478 million ton-km | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 14 | France | 35,751 million ton-km | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 15 | Iran | 32,920 million ton-km | 2021 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 24,619 million ton-km | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 24,262 million ton-km | 2021 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 18 | Sweden | 23,246 million ton-km | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 21,781 million ton-km | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 20 | Mongolia | 18,345 million ton-km | 2021 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 18,340 million ton-km | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | 16,326 million ton-km | 2021 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 23 | Turkey | 15,900 million ton-km | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 15,573 million ton-km | 2019 | up 185.6% | volatile |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 15,212 million ton-km | 2020 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 26 | Lithuania | 14,566 million ton-km | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 13,327 million ton-km | 2017 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 28 | Romania | 13,312 million ton-km | 2019 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 12,024 million ton-km | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 11,346 million ton-km | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 10,749 million ton-km | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 10,299 million ton-km | 2021 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 33 | Slovakia | 8,580 million ton-km | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 34 | Argentina | 8,377 million ton-km | 2017 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 35 | Pakistan | 8,080 million ton-km | 2018 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritania | 7,536 million ton-km | 2010 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 37 | Latvia | 7,367 million ton-km | 2021 | down 65.6% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands | 7,188 million ton-km | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 39 | South Korea | 6,757 million ton-km | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 6,698 million ton-km | 2011 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 5,316 million ton-km | 2021 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 4,937 million ton-km | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 4,658 million ton-km | 2021 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 44 | New Zealand | 4,444 million ton-km | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 4,305 million ton-km | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 46 | Vietnam | 3,759 million ton-km | 2020 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 3,585 million ton-km | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 48 | Georgia | 3,322 million ton-km | 2021 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 3,172 million ton-km | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 50 | Morocco | 3,148 million ton-km | 2021 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 51 | Serbia | 2,925 million ton-km | 2021 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 52 | Portugal | 2,699 million ton-km | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 53 | Denmark | 2,592 million ton-km | 2018 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 54 | Thailand | 2,562 million ton-km | 2011 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 55 | Syria | 2,206 million ton-km | 2010 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 2,128 million ton-km | 2021 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 1,852 million ton-km | 2010 | up 125.4% | rising |
| 58 | Egypt | 1,592 million ton-km | 2010 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 59 | Kenya | 1,399 million ton-km | 2004 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 1,351 million ton-km | 2007 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 61 | Tanzania | 1,196 million ton-km | 2004 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 62 | Mozambique | 1,193 million ton-km | 2011 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 63 | Israel | 1,085 million ton-km | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 1,053 million ton-km | 2016 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,040 million ton-km | 2020 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,003 million ton-km | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 67 | Algeria | 908 million ton-km | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 68 | Myanmar | 885 million ton-km | 2004 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 69 | Cameroon | 874.05 million ton-km | 2021 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 70 | Eswatini | 862 million ton-km | 2011 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 840 million ton-km | 2020 | up 142.8% | rising |
| 72 | Malaysia | 817.65 million ton-km | 2020 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 73 | Cote d'Ivoire | 675 million ton-km | 2005 | up 1,063.8% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 674 million ton-km | 2007 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 75 | Moldova | 664.5 million ton-km | 2021 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Greece | 579 million ton-km | 2021 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 413.3 million ton-km | 2021 | down 79.6% | falling |
| 78 | Gabon | 409 million ton-km | 2020 | down 81.7% | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 384 million ton-km | 2006 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 375.36 million ton-km | 2021 | down 21.6% | flat |
| 81 | Jordan | 344.1 million ton-km | 2010 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Zambia | 297 million ton-km | 2017 | — | falling |
| 83 | Uruguay | 284 million ton-km | 2007 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 274 million ton-km | 2020 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Congo | 257 million ton-km | 2009 | up 1,185.0% | rising |
| 86 | Iraq | 249.46 million ton-km | 2010 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Uganda | 218 million ton-km | 2002 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 88 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 192 million ton-km | 2021 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 189 million ton-km | 2002 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 90 | Ghana | 181 million ton-km | 2006 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 176 million ton-km | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 92 | Montenegro | 130.33 million ton-km | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 127.39 million ton-km | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 94 | Madagascar | 122.33 million ton-km | 2014 | up 919.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Djibouti | 118 million ton-km | 2005 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 96 | Cambodia | 92 million ton-km | 2003 | up 922.2% | rising |
| 97 | Venezuela | 81.07 million ton-km | 2006 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 98 | Nigeria | 76.93 million ton-km | 2005 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Ireland | 70 million ton-km | 2021 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Benin | 36 million ton-km | 2006 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Sudan | 33.9 million ton-km | 2013 | down 96.6% | falling |
| 102 | Albania | 25.12 million ton-km | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 103 | Liechtenstein | 9 million ton-km | 2013 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 104 | Philippines | 0.764 million ton-km | 2004 | down 87.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 1.33 million million ton-km
- South Asia 327,767 million ton-km
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 327,767 million ton-km
- Post-demographic dividend 11,685 million ton-km
- OECD members 11,346 million ton-km
- East Asia & Pacific 10,812 million ton-km
- European Union 10,299 million ton-km
- High income 10,299 million ton-km
- Central Europe and the Baltics 7,973 million ton-km
- Europe & Central Asia 7,973 million ton-km
- Euro area 7,367 million ton-km
- World 5,646 million ton-km
About this data
Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.