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Which Country Transports the Most Freight by Railways?

Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) (mil tonne-km), 2019 or latest

Transport | July 1, 2021

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Based on a comparison of 69 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km with 2,882,100 mil tonne-km followed by Russia and USA. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 42.9 mil tonne-km, Ireland with 72.0 mil tonne-km and Dem. Republic of the Congo with 158 mil tonne-km.

Data for more countries are available at Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) indicator page.

Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km)	Unit	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Belarus	mil tonne-km															43,818	44,997	40,785	41,107	48,538
Canada	mil tonne-km															386,266	414,069	412,985	396,806	420,143
China	mil tonne-km															2,917,390	2,753,020	2,375,430	2,379,230	2,696,220		...
France	mil tonne-km															32,230	32,596	34,252	32,569	33,442
Germany	mil tonne-km															112,613	112,629	116,632	128,866	131,204
India	mil tonne-km															665,810	681,696	654,481	620,175	654,285	...	...
Iran	mil tonne-km															22,400	24,461	25,014	27,243	30,299		...
Kazakhstan	mil tonne-km															231,248	216,524	189,759	188,159	206,258		...
Mexico	mil tonne-km															77,717	80,683	83,401	84,683	86,316
Poland	mil tonne-km															50,881	50,073	50,603	50,650	54,797
Russia	mil tonne-km															2,196,217	2,300,532	2,305,945	2,344,087	2,493,428
Sweden	mil tonne-km															20,970	21,296	20,699	21,406	21,838
USA	mil tonne-km															2,541,355	2,702,743	2,537,845	2,314,699	2,445,138
Ukraine	mil tonne-km															224,434	210,157	195,054	187,557	191,914
Uzbekistan	mil tonne-km					...										22,482	22,932	22,935	22,937	22,940