Railways, passengers carried in OECD members
OECD members: Railways, passengers carried was 2,912 million passenger-km in 2021. β² Rising
Railways, passengers carried in OECD members, 1995β2021
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Measured in million passenger-km.
Analysis
The most recent figure for railways, passengers carried in OECD members is 2,912 million passenger-km, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 49.4% on the previous year and down 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, railways, passengers carried in OECD members peaked at 10,849 million passenger-km in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,912 million passenger-km, in 2021.
That places OECD members 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,448 million passenger-km | 6,008 million passenger-km | 6,957 million passenger-km | 5 |
| 2000s | 7,264 million passenger-km | 6,518 million passenger-km | 8,109 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,974 million passenger-km | 6,591 million passenger-km | 10,849 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,336 million passenger-km | 2,912 million passenger-km | 5,760 million passenger-km | 2 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 4 Russia 103,447 million passenger-km compare
- 5 Korea 100,381 million passenger-km compare
- 6 France 86,853 million passenger-km compare
- 7 Germany 58,822 million passenger-km compare
- 8 Egypt 40,837 million passenger-km compare
- 9 Indonesia 29,066 million passenger-km compare
- 10 Italy 27,693 million passenger-km compare
More infrastructure data for OECD members
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.69 billion (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 122.31 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 429.13 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 31.35 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 20.67 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 121,066 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 2.43 billion (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12,756 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 9,318 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 16.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is railways, passengers carried in OECD members?
- Railways, passengers carried in OECD members was 2,912 million passenger-km in 2021, according to Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC).
- What is the highest railways, passengers carried recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 10,849 million passenger-km in 2019.
- What is the lowest railways, passengers carried recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,912 million passenger-km in 2021.
- How does OECD members rank for railways, passengers carried?
- OECD members ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2021.
- Is railways, passengers carried rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.