Operational length of railway tracks by country
at year-end
Comparing track length across different states is made possible by calculating railway density per unit of area. The rows list individual countries, including Russia, Belarus, and Austria, allowing for an assessment of infrastructure development in different parts of the world. The information is presented as a snapshot as of the end of 2024 and includes indicators for total track length and density per 1000 square kilometers of territory
Chart of railway track density in Russia and countries of the world as of the end of 2024, km per 1000 km2 of territory
Set in numbers
46 series in at year-end, arranged across 5 breakdowns rather than over time. 210 values in total.
The largest value belongs to “Belgium” — 119 at year-end; the smallest is “Russia” at 5.1 at year-end. The gap between them is 23.3-fold.
All table numbers are series: 46
| Series | Год | Эксплуатационная длина железнодорожных путей, тыс. км | из них электрифицированных — тыс. км | из них электрифицированных — в процентах от общей длины железнодорожных путей | Плотность железнодорожных путей, км путей на 1000 км территории |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Россия | 2 024,00 | 87,00 | 44,60 | 51,20 | 5,10 |
| Австрия | 2 023,00 | 5,60 | 4,10 | 73,90 | 66,50 |
| Беларусь | 2 024,00 | 5,50 | 1,40 | 25,00 | 26,40 |
| Бельгия | 2 023,00 | 3,60 | 3,20 | 88,00 | 118,90 |
| Болгария | 2 023,00 | 4,00 | 3,00 | 74,50 | 36,50 |
| Венгрия | 2 023,00 | 7,40 | 3,40 | 45,30 | 79,90 |
| Германия | 2 023,00 | 38,70 | 21,20 | 54,80 | 108,20 |
| Греция | 2 023,00 | 1,80 | 0,70 | 40,50 | 13,80 |
| Дания | 2 023,00 | 2,40 | 0,80 | 33,90 | 57,00 |
| Ирландия | 2 023,00 | 2,00 | 0,10 | 2,60 | 29,30 |
| Испания | 2 023,00 | 16,10 | 10,70 | 66,50 | 31,80 |
| Италия | 2 023,00 | 16,80 | 12,20 | 72,50 | 55,70 |
| Латвия | 2 023,00 | 1,80 | 0,30 | 13,70 | 28,30 |
| Литва | 2 023,00 | 1,90 | 0,20 | 7,90 | 29,50 |
| Нидерланды | 2 023,00 | 3,00 | 2,30 | 74,50 | 73,20 |
| Норвегия | 2 023,00 | 3,90 | 2,50 | 64,30 | 10,10 |
| Польша | 2 023,00 | 19,50 | 12,20 | 62,50 | 62,50 |
| Португалия | 2 023,00 | 2,50 | 1,80 | 70,90 | 27,40 |
| Республика Молдова | 2 024,00 | 1,20 | — | — | 34,10 |
| Румыния | 2 023,00 | 10,60 | 4,00 | 38,00 | 44,50 |
| Северная Македония | 2 023,00 | 0,70 | 0,20 | 34,30 | 26,60 |
| Сербия | 2 023,00 | 3,40 | 1,30 | 38,60 | 38,20 |
| Словакия | 2 023,00 | 3,60 | 1,60 | 43,70 | 74,00 |
| Словения | 2 023,00 | 1,20 | 0,60 | 50,10 | 59,60 |
| Соединенное Королевство (Великобритания) | 2 023,00 | 16,40 | 6,20 | 38,00 | 67,20 |
| Украина | 2 020,00 | 19,80 | — | — | 34,30 |
| Финляндия | 2 023,00 | 5,90 | 3,40 | 57,90 | 17,60 |
| Франция | 2 023,00 | 27,60 | 16,80 | 60,80 | 50,80 |
| Чехия | 2 023,00 | 9,50 | 3,30 | 34,40 | 120,60 |
| Швейцария | 2 023,00 | 5,30 | 5,30 | 99,80 | 128,80 |
| Швеция | 2 023,00 | 10,90 | 8,20 | 75,10 | 24,90 |
| Эстония | 2 023,00 | 1,20 | 0,10 | 12,00 | 25,80 |
| Азербайджан | 2 024,00 | 2,10 | 1,20 | 53,70 | 24,70 |
| Армения | 2 024,00 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 100,00 | 24,40 |
| Израиль | 2 020,00 | 1,50 | — | — | 67,30 |
| Индия | 2 022,00 | 69,00 | — | — | 20,80 |
| Казахстан | 2 024,00 | 16,00 | 4,20 | 26,50 | 5,90 |
| Киргизия | 2 022,00 | 0,40 | — | — | 2,10 |
| Китай | 2 023,00 | 158,70 | 119,40 | 75,20 | 16,50 |
| Таджикистан | 2 017,00 | 0,60 | — | — | 4,30 |
| Туркмения | 2 017,00 | 4,00 | — | — | 8,00 |
| Турция | 2 023,00 | 11,40 | 6,50 | 56,50 | 14,60 |
| Узбекистан | 2 024,00 | 4,80 | 2,40 | 49,70 | 10,80 |
| Бразилия | 2 016,00 | 30,00 | — | — | 3,50 |
| Канада | 2 021,00 | 66,90 | — | — | 6,70 |
| США | 2 021,00 | 254,60 | — | — | 25,90 |
How to read this table
The rows in the list are categorized geographically, representing forty-six countries and territories. By comparing these indicators, one can understand how developed a transport network is relative to the size of the state by using the track density column. This helps in comparing large countries with smaller ones, as total track length alone does not reflect network saturation in a specific region
The same indicator in other breakdowns (1)
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Period and application
The statistics are recorded as of the end of 2024 and do not contain data on changes over previous periods. The information was collected by Rosstat to analyze the state of transport systems on a global scale. The data is relevant for transport logistics specialists and geographers studying the infrastructural connectivity of territories
1) По России и другим странам СНГ – железнодорожные пути общего пользования.
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