Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Brazil
Brazil: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) was 16,486 million passenger-km in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
16,486 million passenger-km
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
14th
of 101 countries
All-time high
16,486 million passenger-km
in 2019
All-time low
15,191 million passenger-km
in 2013
Years of data
7
2013–2019
Railways, passengers carried in Brazil, 2013–2019
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Measured in million passenger-km.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 16,486 million passenger-km for railways, passengers carried in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
That places Brazil 14th out of 101 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Brazil, year by year
| Year | million passenger-km | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 15,191 million passenger-km | — |
| 2014 | 15,901 million passenger-km | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 15,877 million passenger-km | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 15,648 million passenger-km | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 15,807 million passenger-km | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 16,422 million passenger-km | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 16,486 million passenger-km | +0.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 16,486 million passenger-km is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 503.54 million passenger-km, 32.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 16,486 million passenger-km is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,011 million passenger-km, 16.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 11 Pakistan 24,903 million passenger-km compare
- 12 United Kingdom 24,188 million passenger-km compare
- 13 Spain 17,002 million passenger-km compare
- 15 Poland 15,844 million passenger-km compare
- 16 Switzerland 14,308 million passenger-km compare
- 17 United States 12,460 million passenger-km compare
More infrastructure data for Brazil
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 216.08 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 101.93 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 22.55 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 10.63 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1063 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -11.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 22.55 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.02 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is railways, passengers carried in Brazil?
- Railways, passengers carried in Brazil was 16,486 million passenger-km in 2019, according to Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC).
- What is the highest railways, passengers carried recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 16,486 million passenger-km in 2019.
- What is the lowest railways, passengers carried recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,191 million passenger-km in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for railways, passengers carried?
- Brazil ranks 14th out of 101 countries with data for 2019.
- Is railways, passengers carried rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.