Railways, passengers carried in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Railways, passengers carried was 7,407 million passenger-km in 2015. β² Rising
Railways, passengers carried in Sri Lanka, 1995β2015
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Measured in million passenger-km.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 7,407 million passenger-km for railways, passengers carried in 2015. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 18.4% on the previous year and up 70.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, railways, passengers carried in Sri Lanka peaked at 7,407 million passenger-km in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,103 million passenger-km, in 1996.
Sri Lanka ranks 28th of 101 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,183 million passenger-km | 3,103 million passenger-km | 3,321 million passenger-km | 5 |
| 2000s | 4,190 million passenger-km | 3,208 million passenger-km | 4,767 million passenger-km | 7 |
| 2010s | 5,820 million passenger-km | 4,574 million passenger-km | 7,407 million passenger-km | 4 |
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- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.58 million (2024)
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- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0722 units per person (2024)
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is railways, passengers carried in Sri Lanka?
- Railways, passengers carried in Sri Lanka was 7,407 million passenger-km in 2015, according to Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC).
- What is the highest railways, passengers carried recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 7,407 million passenger-km in 2015.
- What is the lowest railways, passengers carried recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,103 million passenger-km in 1996.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for railways, passengers carried?
- Sri Lanka ranks 28th out of 101 countries with data for 2015.
- Is railways, passengers carried rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.