What is the difference in railways, goods transported between Europe & Central Asia and Kazakhstan?

294,183 million ton-km, with Kazakhstan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Kazakhstan?

19 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), published as Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Europe & Central Asia vs Kazakhstan: Railways, goods transported

Europe & Central Asia

7,973 million ton-km

in 2021

Kazakhstan

302,156 million ton-km

in 2020

Europe & Central Asia rank

9th

Kazakhstan rank

7th

Railways, goods transported over time

Europe & Central Asia
Kazakhstan

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 302,156 million ton-km against 7,973 million ton-km in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 294,183 million ton-km.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 37.9 times Europe & Central Asia's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Kazakhstan has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 9th and Kazakhstan ranks 7th of 30 groups.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Europe & Central Asia	Kazakhstan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	7,859 million ton-km	106,220 million ton-km	98,361 million ton-km	Kazakhstan
2000s	9,228 million ton-km	203,529 million ton-km	194,302 million ton-km	Kazakhstan
2010s	9,290 million ton-km	241,359 million ton-km	232,069 million ton-km	Kazakhstan
2020s	7,624 million ton-km	302,156 million ton-km	294,532 million ton-km	Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher railways, goods transported, Europe & Central Asia or Kazakhstan?: Kazakhstan, at 302,156 million ton-km against 7,973 million ton-km in Europe & Central Asia as of 2020.
What is the difference in railways, goods transported between Europe & Central Asia and Kazakhstan?: 294,183 million ton-km, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Kazakhstan?: 19 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2020.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Kazakhstan rank globally for railways, goods transported?: Europe & Central Asia ranks 9th and Kazakhstan ranks 7th of 30 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), published as Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe & Central Asia vs Kazakhstan: Railways, goods transported. Statizoid, drawing on Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/railways-goods-transported-million-ton-km/europe-and-central-asia/kazakhstan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/railways-goods-transported-million-ton-km/europe-and-central-asia/kazakhstan/">Europe & Central Asia vs Kazakhstan: Railways, goods transported</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Unit: million ton-km
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 134 places, 2,685 data points, 1995–2021
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.