Railroad lines, km - Country rankings

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Railroad lines, total length in km, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 32 countries was 10044 km. The highest value was in Russia: 85544 km and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 271 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
Russia 85544 1 1995 - 2021
Germany 33401 2 1995 - 2021
France 27716 3 1995 - 2021
Poland 18620 4 1995 - 2021
Italy 17305 5 1995 - 2021
UK 16179 6 1995 - 2021
Spain 15963 7 1995 - 2021
Romania 10769 8 1995 - 2021
Turkey 10546 9 1995 - 2021
Sweden 9714 10 1995 - 2021
Czechia 9357 11 1995 - 2021
Hungary 8037 12 1995 - 2021
Finland 5918 13 1995 - 2021
Belarus 5474 14 1995 - 2021
Austria 4962 15 1995 - 2021
Switzerland 4122 16 1995 - 2021
Bulgaria 4031 17 1995 - 2021
Norway 3885 18 1995 - 2021
Slovakia 3626 19 1995 - 2021
Belgium 3612 20 1995 - 2021
Serbia 3348 21 2000 - 2021
Netherlands 3041 22 1995 - 2021
Croatia 2617 23 1995 - 2021
Portugal 2527 24 1995 - 2021
Greece 2339 25 1995 - 2021
Lithuania 1919 26 1995 - 2021
Latvia 1859 27 1995 - 2021
Ireland 1650 28 1995 - 2021
Slovenia 1209 29 1995 - 2021
Moldova 1149 30 1995 - 2021
North Macedonia 683 31 1995 - 2021
Luxembourg 271 32 1995 - 2021


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Definition: Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.

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1. Russia
2. Germany
3. France
4. Poland
5. Italy
6. UK
7. Spain
8. Romania
9. Turkey
10. Sweden
11. Czechia
12. Hungary
13. Finland
14. Belarus
15. Austria
16. Switzerland
17. Bulgaria
18. Norway
19. Slovakia
20. Belgium
21. Serbia
22. Netherlands
23. Croatia
24. Portugal
25. Greece
26. Lithuania
27. Latvia
28. Ireland
29. Slovenia
30. Moldova
31. North Macedonia
32. Luxembourg
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