THE GLOBAL INDEX #081
Railway route length2018
Railway route length in kilometres. Route length and total track length are different measures.
United States150,462 kmTop 10
km · 2018Complete ranking
Download CSV ↓| Rank | Country / territory | Value (km) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | United States | 150,462 | 2018 |
| 02 |  China | 96,353 | 2018 |
| 03 |  Russia | 85,626 | 2018 |
| 04 |  India | 69,249 | 2018 |
| 05 |  Canada | 47,687 | 2018 |
| 06 |  Germany | 33,440 | 2018 |
| 07 |  France | 28,241 | 2018 |
| 08 |  Ukraine | 21,626 | 2018 |
| 09 |  South Africa | 20,953 | 2018 |
| 10 |  Poland | 18,536 | 2018 |
| 11 |  Argentina | 17,866 | 2018 |
| 12 |  Italy | 16,781 | 2018 |
| 13 |  United Kingdom | 16,295 | 2018 |
| 14 |  Kazakhstan | 16,061 | 2018 |
| 15 |  Spain | 15,618 | 2018 |
| 16 |  Romania | 10,765 | 2018 |
| 17 |  Türkiye | 10,315 | 2018 |
| 18 |  Sweden | 9,708 | 2018 |
| 19 |  Czechia | 9,406 | 2018 |
| 20 |  Iran | 9,327 | 2018 |
| 21 |  Pakistan | 7,791 | 2018 |
| 22 |  Turkmenistan | 7,680 | 2018 |
| 23 |  Hungary | 7,588 | 2018 |
| 24 |  Finland | 5,926 | 2018 |
| 25 |  Indonesia | 5,483 | 2018 |
| 26 |  Belarus | 5,459 | 2018 |
| 27 |  Austria | 4,955 | 2018 |
| 28 |  Uzbekistan | 4,642 | 2018 |
| 29 |  South Korea | 4,200 | 2018 |
| 29 |  Norway | 4,200 | 2018 |
| 31 |  Switzerland | 4,047 | 2018 |
| 32 |  Bulgaria | 4,030 | 2018 |
| 33 |  Algeria | 4,016 | 2018 |
| 34 |  Serbia | 3,724 | 2018 |
| 35 |  Congo - Kinshasa | 3,641 | 2018 |
| 36 |  Slovakia | 3,627 | 2018 |
| 37 |  Belgium | 3,607 | 2018 |
| 38 |  Zimbabwe | 3,120 | 2018 |
| 39 |  Netherlands | 3,078 | 2018 |
| 40 |  Saudi Arabia | 2,939 | 2018 |
| 41 |  Bangladesh | 2,877 | 2018 |
| 42 |  Sudan | 2,747 | 2018 |
| 43 |  Croatia | 2,605 | 2018 |
| 44 |  Portugal | 2,546 | 2018 |
| 45 |  Chile | 2,396 | 2018 |
| 46 |  Vietnam | 2,382 | 2018 |
| 47 |  Morocco | 2,295 | 2018 |
| 48 |  Greece | 2,293 | 2018 |
| 49 |  Azerbaijan | 2,133 | 2018 |
| 50 |  Lithuania | 1,911 | 2018 |
| 51 |  Ireland | 1,888 | 2018 |
| 52 |  Latvia | 1,860 | 2018 |
| 53 |  Mongolia | 1,810 | 2018 |
| 54 |  Tunisia | 1,777 | 2018 |
| 55 |  Malaysia | 1,655 | 2018 |
| 56 |  Sri Lanka | 1,562 | 2018 |
| 57 |  Israel | 1,521 | 2018 |
| 58 |  Uruguay | 1,498 | 2018 |
| 59 |  Georgia | 1,285 | 2018 |
| 60 |  Zambia | 1,248 | 2018 |
| 61 |  Slovenia | 1,209 | 2018 |
| 62 |  Moldova | 1,151 | 2018 |
| 63 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1,018 | 2018 |
| 64 |  Botswana | 886 | 2018 |
| 65 |  Cameroon | 884 | 2018 |
| 66 |  Gabon | 810 | 2018 |
| 67 |  Ethiopia | 754 | 2018 |
| 68 |  Mauritania | 728 | 2018 |
| 69 |  Armenia | 698.4 | 2018 |
| 70 |  North Macedonia | 683 | 2018 |
| 71 |  Madagascar | 673 | 2018 |
| 72 |  Côte d’Ivoire | 639 | 2018 |
| 73 |  Tajikistan | 620 | 2018 |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso | 518 | 2018 |
| 75 |  Kyrgyzstan | 424 | 2018 |
| 76 |  Luxembourg | 288 | 2018 |
| 77 |  United Arab Emirates | 279 | 2018 |
| 78 |  Montenegro | 249 | 2018 |
No matching countries.
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Source & definition
- Indicator definition
- Railway route length in kilometres. Route length and total track length are different measures.
- Unit
- km
- Source & definition
- World Bank ·
IS.RRS.TOTL.KM
Original metadata
The total length of rail line in the country operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or both.
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"value": "World Development Indicators"
},
"sourceNote": "The total length of rail line in the country operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or both.",
"sourceOrganization": "Railisa Database, International Union of Railways (UIC), uri: https://uic-stats.uic.org/",
"topics": [
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"value": "Infrastructure "
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}