Railways, passengers carried in Euro area
Euro area: Railways, passengers carried was 2,052 million passenger-km in 2021. βΌ Falling
Railways, passengers carried in Euro area, 1995β2021
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.
That places Euro area 12th out of 26 regions with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 9 Indonesia 29,066 million passenger-km compare
- 10 Italy 27,693 million passenger-km compare
- 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
- 14 Brazil 16,486 million passenger-km compare
- 15 Poland 15,844 million passenger-km compare
More infrastructure data for Euro area
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 424.06 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 123.5 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 142.04 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 41.34 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.4005 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -1.33 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 142.04 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.2 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (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.
- How does Euro area rank for railways, passengers carried?
- Euro area ranks 12th out of 26 regions with data for 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.