Russian Federation is the top country by volume of goods transported by railways in the world. As of 2021, volume of goods transported by railways in Russian Federation was 2,638,562 million ton-km that accounts for 36.93% of the world's volume of goods transported by railways. The top 5 countries (others are the United States of America, India, Australia, and Canada) account for 90.70% of it. The world's total volume of goods transported by railways was estimated at 7,145,271.6 million ton-km in 2021.
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| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 133,568.0 | 183,944.0 | 258,624.0 | 261,420.0 | 290,570.0 | 319,000.0 | 367,700.0 | 401,600.0 | 413,490.0 | 431,307.3 | 441,273.2 | 443,004.6 | 447,434.7 | 453,091.0 |
| Cambodia | 92.0 | |||||||||||||
| China | 1,377,050.0 | 2,072,600.0 | 2,764,413.0 | 2,946,579.0 | 2,918,709.0 | 2,917,390.0 | 2,753,020.0 | 2,375,430.0 | 2,379,230.0 | 2,696,220.0 | 2,882,100.0 | 3,018,200.0 | ||
| Indonesia | 4,997.0 | 7,166.0 | 9,884.0 | 10,057.0 | 11,120.0 | 13,396.0 | 15,091.0 | 15,573.0 | ||||||
| Japan | 22,136.0 | 22,813.0 | 20,398.0 | 19,998.0 | 20,471.0 | 21,071.0 | 21,029.0 | 21,519.0 | 21,265.0 | 21,663.0 | 19,369.0 | 19,993.0 | 18,340.0 | |
| Korea, Rep. | 10,621.0 | 10,108.0 | 9,452.0 | 9,996.0 | 10,271.0 | 10,459.0 | 9,564.0 | 9,479.0 | 8,414.0 | 8,229.0 | 7,878.0 | 7,357.0 | 6,652.0 | 6,757.0 |
| Malaysia | 916.0 | 1,177.0 | 1,482.7 | 1,535.0 | 1,564.0 | 1,760.0 | 1,741.0 | 1,474.0 | 1,349.0 | 1,234.0 | 1,315.0 | 1,141.6 | 817.6 | |
| Mongolia | 4,293.0 | 10,287.0 | 11,418.0 | 12,143.0 | 12,077.0 | 12,474.0 | 11,462.6 | 12,371.0 | 13,493.0 | 17,384.0 | 18,972.0 | 18,345.0 | ||
| Myanmar | 1,222.0 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 4,078.0 | 4,322.0 | 3,919.0 | 4,178.0 | 4,768.1 | 4,679.2 | 4,492.7 | 4,348.6 | 4,189.6 | 3,618.5 | 4,217.0 | 4,545.0 | 4,131.0 | 4,444.0 |
| Thailand | 2,247.0 | 4,037.0 | 2,701.0 | 2,562.0 | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | 1,921.0 | 2,928.0 | 3,901.0 | 4,101.0 | 3,959.0 | 3,733.0 | 4,251.9 | 4,125.4 | 3,190.0 | 3,574.0 | 3,989.0 | 3,742.0 | 3,759.0 | |
| Albania | 28.0 | 26.0 | 66.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 39.9 | 23.1 | 8.8 | 25.3 | 20.4 | 43.0 | 26.0 | 25.1 |
| Armenia | 354.0 | 654.1 | 345.9 | 816.0 | 867.0 | 851.0 | 786.0 | 640.0 | 658.0 | 689.5 | 730.0 | 860.0 | 840.0 | |
| Austria | 16,602.0 | 17,064.0 | 19,833.0 | 20,345.0 | 19,499.0 | 19,564.0 | 20,746.0 | 20,814.0 | 21,361.0 | 22,256.0 | 21,996.2 | 21,736.0 | 20,498.0 | 21,780.9 |
| Azerbaijan | 5,677.0 | 9,628.0 | 8,250.0 | 7,845.0 | 8,212.0 | 7,958.0 | 7,371.0 | 6,210.0 | 5,192.0 | 4,633.0 | 4,492.0 | 5,152.0 | 4,861.0 | 5,316.0 |
| Belarus | 31,425.0 | 43,559.0 | 46,224.0 | 49,414.0 | 48,475.0 | 43,818.0 | 44,997.0 | 40,785.0 | 41,107.0 | 48,538.0 | 52,573.7 | 48,205.4 | 42,420.4 | 44,478.2 |
| Belgium | 7,674.0 | 8,042.0 | 6,264.0 | 6,698.0 | ||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 140.0 | 379.0 | 877.0 | 1,018.0 | 1,150.0 | 1,243.0 | 1,313.0 | 1,286.0 | 1,142.0 | 1,130.1 | 1,187.9 | 1,275.0 | 1,040.0 | |
| Bulgaria | 5,538.0 | 5,163.0 | 3,064.0 | 3,291.0 | 2,908.0 | 3,246.0 | 3,439.0 | 3,650.0 | 3,434.0 | 3,931.0 | 3,792.0 | 3,901.6 | 4,503.0 | 4,658.0 |
| Croatia | 1,788.0 | 2,835.0 | 2,618.0 | 2,438.0 | 2,332.0 | 2,086.0 | 2,119.0 | 2,183.0 | 2,160.0 | 2,592.0 | 2,743.0 | 2,911.0 | 3,279.0 | 3,172.0 |
| Czechia | 17,496.0 | 14,866.0 | 13,770.0 | 14,316.0 | 14,266.0 | 13,965.0 | 14,574.0 | 15,261.1 | 15,618.7 | 15,842.8 | 16,564.2 | 16,179.7 | 15,250.6 | 16,326.0 |
| Denmark | 2,025.0 | 1,967.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,614.0 | 2,278.0 | 2,448.0 | 2,453.0 | 2,603.0 | 2,575.0 | 2,653.0 | 2,592.0 | |||
| Estonia | 8,102.0 | 10,639.0 | 6,638.0 | 6,271.0 | 5,129.0 | 4,722.0 | 3,256.0 | 3,114.0 | 2,339.0 | 2,325.0 | 2,594.0 | 2,155.0 | 1,729.0 | 2,128.0 |
| Finland | 10,107.0 | 9,706.0 | 9,750.0 | 9,395.0 | 9,275.0 | 9,470.0 | 9,596.0 | 8,468.0 | 9,455.0 | 10,362.0 | 11,175.0 | 10,270.0 | 10,138.0 | 10,749.0 |
| France | 55,350.0 | 39,659.0 | 29,965.0 | 34,202.0 | 32,539.0 | 32,230.0 | 32,596.0 | 36,328.1 | 34,699.8 | 35,464.9 | 33,835.6 | 33,893.1 | 31,281.8 | 35,751.3 |
| Georgia | 3,912.0 | 6,127.1 | 6,227.5 | 6,054.8 | 5,976.0 | 5,539.6 | 4,987.5 | 4,261.3 | 3,424.0 | 2,963.0 | 2,598.0 | 2,935.0 | 2,925.0 | 3,322.0 |
| Germany | 77,500.0 | 95,421.0 | 107,317.0 | 113,317.0 | 110,065.0 | 112,613.0 | 112,629.0 | 116,632.0 | 128,866.0 | 131,204.0 | 129,991.0 | 129,161.0 | 108,406.0 | 123,067.0 |
| Greece | 426.0 | 613.0 | 601.0 | 352.0 | 283.0 | 238.0 | 343.0 | 294.0 | 254.0 | 358.0 | 408.0 | 491.0 | 555.0 | 579.0 |
| Hungary | 8,095.0 | 9,090.0 | 8,809.0 | 9,118.0 | 9,230.0 | 9,722.0 | 10,158.0 | 10,009.6 | 10,527.5 | 11,344.6 | 10,584.1 | 10,624.9 | 11,594.7 | 11,345.6 |
| Ireland | 491.0 | 303.0 | 92.0 | 105.0 | 91.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 | 96.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 | 89.0 | 72.0 | 74.0 | 70.0 |
| Italy | 25,839.0 | 22,199.0 | 18,616.0 | 19,787.0 | 20,244.0 | 19,037.0 | 20,157.0 | 20,781.0 | 22,712.0 | 22,335.0 | 22,070.0 | 21,309.0 | 20,750.0 | 24,262.0 |
| Kazakhstan | 210,713.3 | 219,739.8 | 232,939.6 | 229,142.2 | 214,110.9 | 235,580.4 | 236,971.7 | 262,097.5 | 283,117.8 | 289,174.0 | 302,156.1 | |||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 337.0 | 737.7 | 798.3 | 922.7 | 1,002.0 | 1,010.0 | 918.0 | 807.0 | 935.0 | 949.0 | 870.4 | 937.0 | 1,003.0 | |
| Latvia | 13,310.0 | 19,779.0 | 17,179.0 | 21,410.0 | 21,867.0 | 19,532.0 | 19,441.0 | 18,906.0 | 15,873.0 | 15,014.0 | 17,859.0 | 15,019.0 | 7,979.0 | 7,366.6 |
| Liechtenstein | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | ||||||||||
| Lithuania | 8,918.0 | 12,457.0 | 13,431.0 | 15,088.0 | 14,172.0 | 13,344.0 | 14,307.0 | 14,036.0 | 13,790.0 | 15,414.0 | 16,885.0 | 16,181.0 | 15,865.0 | 14,566.0 |
| Luxembourg | 633.0 | 392.0 | 309.0 | 270.0 | 231.0 | 218.0 | 208.0 | 206.9 | 201.5 | 213.7 | 223.2 | 191.2 | 162.0 | 176.0 |
| North Macedonia | 527.0 | 530.0 | 525.0 | 479.0 | 423.0 | 421.0 | 411.0 | 278.0 | 222.0 | 277.0 | 305.0 | 350.0 | 342.0 | 375.4 |
| Moldova | 1,538.0 | 2,980.0 | 959.0 | 1,196.0 | 960.0 | 1,227.0 | 1,182.0 | 963.0 | 790.0 | 987.0 | 1,012.0 | 940.3 | 599.0 | 664.5 |
| Montenegro | 132.0 | 150.0 | 136.0 | 73.0 | 104.7 | 94.4 | 111.9 | 112.5 | 168.9 | 112.9 | 130.3 | |||
| Netherlands | 4,610.0 | 5,914.0 | 5,925.0 | 6,378.0 | 6,142.0 | 6,078.0 | 6,169.0 | 6,545.0 | 6,641.0 | 6,467.0 | 7,026.0 | 7,080.0 | 6,665.0 | 7,188.0 |
| Norway | 1,775.0 | 3,149.0 | 3,498.0 | 3,574.0 | 3,582.0 | 3,513.0 | 3,682.0 | 3,631.0 | 3,823.0 | 4,040.0 | 3,970.0 | 3,903.0 | 4,110.0 | 4,305.0 |
| Poland | 54,448.0 | 49,779.0 | 48,795.0 | 53,746.0 | 48,903.0 | 50,881.0 | 50,073.0 | 50,602.9 | 50,650.0 | 54,797.0 | 59,388.0 | 54,584.0 | 51,096.0 | 54,387.0 |
| Portugal | 2,183.0 | 2,422.0 | 2,313.0 | 2,322.0 | 2,421.0 | 2,290.0 | 2,438.0 | 2,661.0 | 2,622.0 | 2,742.0 | 2,863.0 | 2,476.0 | 2,402.0 | 2,699.0 |
| Romania | 17,982.0 | 16,582.0 | 12,375.0 | 14,719.0 | 13,472.0 | 12,941.0 | 12,264.0 | 13,673.0 | 13,535.0 | 13,782.0 | 13,076.0 | 13,312.0 | ||
| Russian Federation | 1,373,178.0 | 1,852,913.0 | 2,011,308.0 | 2,127,834.6 | 2,222,388.4 | 2,172,685.0 | 2,298,564.1 | 2,304,758.6 | 2,342,589.5 | 2,491,875.9 | 2,596,879.7 | 2,601,928.1 | 2,544,827.9 | 2,638,562.0 |
| Serbia | 1,917.0 | 3,482.0 | 3,522.0 | 3,611.0 | 2,769.0 | 3,022.0 | 2,988.0 | 3,248.0 | 3,087.0 | 3,288.0 | 3,186.0 | 2,865.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,925.0 |
| Slovak Republic | 11,234.0 | 9,463.0 | 8,105.0 | 7,960.0 | 7,591.0 | 8,494.0 | 8,829.0 | 8,439.0 | 9,111.0 | 8,486.0 | 8,691.0 | 8,480.0 | 7,268.0 | 8,580.0 |
| Slovenia | 2,857.0 | 3,245.0 | 3,421.0 | 3,752.0 | 3,470.0 | 3,799.0 | 4,110.0 | 4,175.0 | 4,360.0 | 5,128.0 | 5,151.0 | 5,292.0 | 4,726.0 | 4,937.0 |
| Spain | 12,171.0 | 11,641.0 | 8,577.0 | 9,593.0 | 9,390.0 | 9,366.0 | 10,303.0 | 10,812.0 | 10,644.0 | 10,507.0 | 10,792.0 | 10,459.0 | 8,969.6 | 10,299.0 |
| Sweden | 20,088.0 | 21,675.0 | 23,464.0 | 22,864.0 | 22,043.0 | 20,970.0 | 21,296.0 | 20,699.0 | 21,406.0 | 21,838.0 | 22,794.3 | 22,222.1 | 22,093.9 | 23,246.0 |
| Switzerland | 11,080.0 | 11,677.0 | 11,074.0 | 11,526.0 | 11,061.0 | 11,812.0 | 12,313.0 | 12,431.0 | 12,447.0 | 11,653.0 | 11,776.0 | 11,666.0 | 11,063.0 | 12,024.0 |
| Tajikistan | 1,326.0 | 808.4 | 702.9 | 554.9 | 391.0 | 317.0 | 228.3 | 165.0 | 224.0 | 231.7 | 274.0 | |||
| Turkiye | 9,895.0 | 9,152.0 | 11,462.0 | 11,677.0 | 11,670.0 | 11,177.0 | 11,992.0 | 10,474.0 | 11,661.0 | 12,869.0 | 14,478.0 | 14,707.0 | 15,428.0 | 15,900.0 |
| Turkmenistan | 7,588.0 | 11,765.0 | 11,992.0 | 11,992.0 | 11,992.0 | 13,327.0 | 13,327.0 | 13,327.0 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 172,840.0 | 223,980.0 | 218,083.0 | 243,866.0 | 237,722.0 | 224,434.0 | 211,233.0 | 195,054.0 | 187,557.0 | 191,914.1 | 186,344.1 | 181,844.7 | 175,587.2 | |
| United Kingdom | 18,169.9 | 21,426.8 | 18,576.4 | 20,973.8 | 21,466.8 | 22,401.4 | 22,143.4 | 19,342.4 | 17,053.2 | 17,166.9 | 17,205.7 | 16,884.3 | 15,212.1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 15,441.0 | 18,007.0 | 22,281.8 | 22,482.0 | 22,686.4 | 22,932.0 | 22,935.0 | 22,937.0 | 22,940.0 | 22,942.0 | 22,860.0 | 23,632.0 | 24,619.0 | |
| Argentina | 8,696.0 | 12,262.0 | 12,112.0 | 12,198.0 | 10,583.0 | 9,746.0 | 8,893.0 | 8,274.0 | 8,529.0 | 8,377.0 | ||||
| Chile | 3,833.6 | 4,118.7 | 4,089.7 | 3,981.5 | 4,103.9 | 4,085.7 | 4,076.8 | 3,760.2 | 3,816.1 | 3,079.8 | 3,585.5 | |||
| Cuba | 963.0 | 1,371.2 | ||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 2,207.0 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 48,333.0 | 54,054.0 | 78,770.0 | 79,728.0 | 79,353.0 | 77,717.0 | 79,855.0 | 82,712.0 | 84,683.0 | 86,316.0 | 87,924.0 | 89,049.0 | 86,224.0 | 92,437.0 |
| Uruguay | 239.0 | 331.0 | ||||||||||||
| Venezuela, RB | 59.0 | |||||||||||||
| Algeria | 1,980.0 | 1,471.0 | 1,281.0 | 1,248.0 | 1,253.0 | 928.0 | 1,011.0 | 885.0 | 1,009.0 | 1,026.0 | 908.0 | |||
| Djibouti | 118.0 | 118.0 | ||||||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4,012.0 | 3,840.0 | 1,592.1 | |||||||||||
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 14,179.0 | 19,127.0 | 21,779.4 | 21,008.0 | 22,604.0 | 22,400.0 | 24,461.0 | 25,014.0 | 27,243.0 | 30,299.0 | 34,859.0 | 33,645.7 | 35,963.0 | 32,920.0 |
| Iraq | 867.0 | 733.0 | 249.5 | |||||||||||
| Israel | 1,172.9 | 1,148.7 | 1,062.0 | 1,099.2 | 1,011.2 | 1,058.0 | 1,165.4 | 1,155.0 | 1,404.4 | 1,380.5 | 1,235.1 | 1,241.5 | 1,250.1 | 1,085.0 |
| Jordan | 575.0 | 518.0 | 344.1 | |||||||||||
| Morocco | 4,576.0 | 5,825.0 | 5,572.0 | 5,976.0 | 5,383.5 | 4,748.5 | 3,831.0 | 3,896.0 | 3,485.0 | 3,125.0 | 3,111.0 | 3,148.0 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 822.0 | 1,192.0 | 1,852.5 | |||||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,568.0 | 2,074.4 | 2,206.3 | |||||||||||
| Tunisia | 2,282.0 | 2,067.0 | 2,024.5 | 870.0 | 664.0 | 667.0 | 679.0 | 535.0 | 545.0 | 334.8 | 413.3 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 1,373.0 | 1,488.5 | 1,426.0 | 1,380.0 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 283,842.0 | 337,953.0 | 332,635.0 | 347,824.0 | 368,297.0 | 386,266.0 | 414,069.0 | 412,985.0 | 396,806.0 | 420,143.0 | 445,546.0 | 446,081.0 | 444,032.0 | 430,170.0 |
| United States | 2,140,191.0 | 2,476,653.0 | 2,468,738.0 | 2,524,585.0 | 2,500,300.0 | 2,541,354.0 | 2,702,736.0 | 2,547,253.0 | 2,314,693.0 | 2,445,132.0 | 2,525,217.3 | 2,357,116.5 | 2,102,084.0 | 2,239,400.7 |
| Bangladesh | 777.0 | 817.0 | 710.0 | 693.0 | 582.0 | 525.0 | 677.0 | 694.0 | 1,053.0 | |||||
| India | 305,201.0 | 407,398.0 | 600,548.0 | 625,723.0 | 667,607.0 | 649,645.0 | 665,810.0 | 681,696.0 | 654,481.0 | 620,175.0 | 692,916.0 | 738,523.0 | 707,665.0 | 719,762.0 |
| Pakistan | 3,612.0 | 5,014.0 | 1,757.0 | 402.5 | 419.2 | 1,090.0 | 3,301.0 | 4,774.0 | 5,031.0 | 8,080.0 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | 134.7 | 153.9 | 142.4 | 133.0 | 127.4 | |||||||||
| Benin | 89.0 | 24.0 | ||||||||||||
| Botswana | 1,037.0 | 674.0 | ||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 0.7 | |||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 1,063.0 | 1,119.0 | 1,081.3 | 1,057.0 | 841.6 | 812.4 | 974.1 | 955.5 | 874.1 | |||||
| Congo, Rep. | 85.0 | 264.0 | ||||||||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 523.0 | 675.0 | ||||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 362.0 | 427.0 | 193.0 | 158.0 | 170.0 | 174.0 | 148.0 | 133.0 | 174.0 | 194.0 | 188.1 | 158.0 | 171.3 | 192.0 |
| Gabon | 1,702.0 | 2,219.0 | 2,238.0 | 2,417.0 | 2,235.0 | 2,613.0 | 2,447.0 | 2,727.0 | 2,058.0 | 3,276.0 | 3,210.6 | 406.0 | 409.0 | |
| Ghana | 165.0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenya | 1,557.0 | |||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 27.0 | 122.3 | ||||||||||||
| Mali | 188.0 | |||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 7,535.7 | |||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 438.0 | 768.3 | 1,009.8 | 1,193.4 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 76.9 | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | 371.0 | 376.0 | ||||||||||||
| South Africa | 100,434.0 | 108,513.0 | ||||||||||||
| Sudan | 1,164.0 | 766.0 | 925.0 | 770.0 | 823.0 | 33.9 | ||||||||
| Eswatini | 733.9 | 776.0 | 862.0 | |||||||||||
| Tanzania | 1,195.0 | |||||||||||||
| Uganda | 210.0 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 297.0 | |||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 1,078.0 | 897.0 | 703.0 |