Railroad lines, km - Country rankings
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Railroad lines, total length in km, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 65 countries was 12094 km. The highest value was in the USA: 148553 km and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 230 km. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: km; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Railroad lines, km, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
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USA | 148553 | 1 | 1995 - 2021 |
China | 109767 | 2 | 1995 - 2021 |
Russia | 85544 | 3 | 1995 - 2021 |
India | 68103 | 4 | 1995 - 2021 |
Canada | 48150 | 5 | 2014 - 2021 |
Germany | 33401 | 6 | 1995 - 2021 |
France | 27716 | 7 | 1995 - 2021 |
South Africa | 20953 | 8 | 2015 - 2021 |
Poland | 18620 | 9 | 1995 - 2021 |
Italy | 17305 | 10 | 1995 - 2021 |
UK | 16179 | 11 | 1995 - 2021 |
Kazakhstan | 16006 | 12 | 1995 - 2021 |
Spain | 15963 | 13 | 1995 - 2021 |
Romania | 10769 | 14 | 1995 - 2021 |
Turkey | 10546 | 15 | 1995 - 2021 |
Sweden | 9714 | 16 | 1995 - 2021 |
Iran | 9455 | 17 | 1995 - 2021 |
Czechia | 9357 | 18 | 1995 - 2021 |
Hungary | 8037 | 19 | 1995 - 2021 |
Finland | 5918 | 20 | 1995 - 2021 |
Belarus | 5474 | 21 | 1995 - 2021 |
Austria | 4962 | 22 | 1995 - 2021 |
Uzbekistan | 4732 | 23 | 1995 - 2021 |
South Korea | 4309 | 24 | 1995 - 2021 |
Switzerland | 4122 | 25 | 1995 - 2021 |
Bulgaria | 4031 | 26 | 1995 - 2021 |
Algeria | 4001 | 27 | 1995 - 2021 |
Norway | 3885 | 28 | 1995 - 2021 |
DR Congo | 3641 | 29 | 1995 - 2021 |
Slovakia | 3626 | 30 | 1995 - 2021 |
Belgium | 3612 | 31 | 1995 - 2021 |
Serbia | 3348 | 32 | 2000 - 2021 |
Vietnam | 3159 | 33 | 1995 - 2021 |
Netherlands | 3041 | 34 | 1995 - 2021 |
Croatia | 2617 | 35 | 1995 - 2021 |
Portugal | 2527 | 36 | 1995 - 2021 |
Chile | 2396 | 37 | 1995 - 2021 |
Greece | 2339 | 38 | 1995 - 2021 |
Morocco | 2295 | 39 | 1995 - 2021 |
Azerbaijan | 2139 | 40 | 1995 - 2021 |
Lithuania | 1919 | 41 | 1995 - 2021 |
Latvia | 1859 | 42 | 1995 - 2021 |
Mongolia | 1821 | 43 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tunisia | 1777 | 44 | 1995 - 2021 |
Israel | 1720 | 45 | 1995 - 2021 |
Malaysia | 1655 | 46 | 1995 - 2021 |
Ireland | 1650 | 47 | 1995 - 2021 |
Uruguay | 1498 | 48 | 1995 - 2021 |
Georgia | 1387 | 49 | 1995 - 2021 |
Slovenia | 1209 | 50 | 1995 - 2021 |
Moldova | 1149 | 51 | 1995 - 2021 |
Botswana | 886 | 52 | 1995 - 2021 |
Cameroon | 884 | 53 | 1995 - 2021 |
Mauritania | 728 | 54 | 2002 - 2021 |
Armenia | 698 | 55 | 1995 - 2021 |
North Macedonia | 683 | 56 | 1995 - 2021 |
Madagascar | 673 | 57 | 1995 - 2021 |
Gabon | 648 | 58 | 1995 - 2021 |
Ivory Coast | 639 | 59 | 2000 - 2021 |
Tajikistan | 620 | 60 | 1995 - 2021 |
Burkina Faso | 518 | 61 | 1995 - 2021 |
Kyrgyzstan | 417 | 62 | 1995 - 2021 |
UA Emirates | 279 | 63 | 2018 - 2021 |
Luxembourg | 271 | 64 | 1995 - 2021 |
Hong Kong | 230 | 65 | 1995 - 2021 |
Definition: Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
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