Railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Railways, passengers carried was 5,435 million passenger-km in 2021. ▲ Rising
Railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend, 1995–2021
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Measured in million passenger-km.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 5,435 million passenger-km for railways, passengers carried in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 22.7% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 10,974 million passenger-km in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5,435 million passenger-km, in 2021.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,783 million passenger-km | 7,210 million passenger-km | 8,111 million passenger-km | 5 |
| 2000s | 9,171 million passenger-km | 8,224 million passenger-km | 10,427 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,522 million passenger-km | 9,832 million passenger-km | 10,974 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,233 million passenger-km | 5,435 million passenger-km | 7,031 million passenger-km | 2 |
More infrastructure data for Post-demographic dividend
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 35.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 385.20 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 124.35 per 100 people (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.39 billion (2022)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 17.87 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 122,852 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 2.02 billion (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 8,884 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 8,008 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 17.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend?
- Railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend was 5,435 million passenger-km in 2021, according to Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC).
- What is the highest railways, passengers carried recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 10,974 million passenger-km in 2014.
- What is the lowest railways, passengers carried recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,435 million passenger-km in 2021.
- Is railways, passengers carried rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.