Railways, passengers carried in Euro area
Euro area: Railways, passengers carried was 2,052 million passenger-km in 2021. ▼ Falling
Railways, passengers carried in Euro area, 1995–2021
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Measured in million passenger-km.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 2,052 million passenger-km for railways, passengers carried in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and down 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, railways, passengers carried in Euro area peaked at 4,508 million passenger-km in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,052 million passenger-km, in 2021.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,032 million passenger-km | 3,617 million passenger-km | 4,448 million passenger-km | 5 |
| 2000s | 3,066 million passenger-km | 2,878 million passenger-km | 3,438 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,590 million passenger-km | 3,067 million passenger-km | 4,508 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,209 million passenger-km | 2,052 million passenger-km | 2,366 million passenger-km | 2 |
More infrastructure data for Euro area
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 41.34 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 142.04 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 123.5 per 100 people (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 424.06 million (2022)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 4.46 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 33,359 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 611.22 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 1,068 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,010 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 24.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is railways, passengers carried in Euro area?
- Railways, passengers carried in Euro area was 2,052 million passenger-km in 2021, according to Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC).
- What is the highest railways, passengers carried recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 4,508 million passenger-km in 2019.
- What is the lowest railways, passengers carried recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,052 million passenger-km in 2021.
- Is railways, passengers carried rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), published as part of Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.