Based on a comparison of 39 countries in 2015, Japan ranked the highest in railway, average distance travelled per capita with 3,294 km followed by Switzerland and Austria. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 2.21 km, Mexico with 9.36 km and Armenia with 14.9 km.
Data for more countries are available at Railway, Average Distance Travelled Per Capita indicator page.
| Railway, Average Distance Travelled Per Capita | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Austria | km | 1,299 | 1,272 | 1,278 | 1,291 | 1,341 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | km | 653 | 620 | 625 | 633 | 683 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | km | 1,178 | 1,152 | 1,186 | 1,243 | 1,259 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | km | 762 | 725 | 738 | 721 | 748 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | km | 1,202 | 1,184 | 1,176 | 1,214 | 1,207 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | km | 792 | 805 | 768 | 782 | 784 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | km | 3,198 | 3,098 | 3,111 | 3,074 | 3,177 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | km | ... | ... | 708 | 669 | 677 | 677 | 714 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Norway | km | 636 | 619 | 620 | 597 | 621 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | km | 1,224 | 1,054 | 967 | 976 | 1,013 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | km | ... | 1,187 | 1,152 | 1,205 | 1,295 | 1,330 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | km | 1,207 | 1,216 | 1,189 | 1,205 | 1,243 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | km | ... | 2,160 | 2,234 | 2,284 | 2,327 | 2,281 | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | km | 1,142 | 1,044 | 1,091 | 1,105 | 1,083 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | km | 825 | 817 | 859 | 897 | 928 |
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