Volume of goods transported by railways

(million ton-km)

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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What is volume of goods transported by railways?

Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.