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Which Rail Lines Are the Most Electrified?

Electrified Rail Lines (As % of Total Rail Lines) (%), 2016 or latest

Transport | February 26, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 25 countries in 2016, Luxembourg ranked the highest in electrified rail lines as a share of total rail lines with 95.3% followed by Sweden and Austria. On the other end of the scale was Lithuania with 6.38%, Ireland with 6.83% and Estonia with 10.7%.

Data for more countries are available at Electrified Rail Lines (As % of Total Rail Lines) indicator page.

Electrified Rail Lines (As % of Total Rail Lines)	Unit	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Austria	%								...	...	...	...		...	...	76.3%	74.9%	77.3%	79.3%	79.2%
Bulgaria	%															68.0%	72.5%	70.3%	71.2%	71.1%
Finland	%															51.9%	53.4%	53.4%	53.4%	54.8%
France	%											...				46.0%	45.7%	53.7%	52.8%	53.4%	...	...
Germany	%								...	...		...	...		...	61.1%	...	...	...	123%	...
Hungary	%															37.1%	37.7%	37.9%	37.6%	38.2%
Italy	%						...									66.1%	70.0%	69.9%	71.4%	...	...
Luxembourg	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			95.3%	95.3%	95.3%	95.3%	95.3%
Netherlands	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						75.1%	75.1%	75.1%	75.1%	76.5%	...	...
Norway	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						61.4%	60.6%	60.1%	60.2%	58.5%
Poland	%			...												60.5%	60.2%	60.8%	62.6%	62.5%
Portugal	%								...	...	...	...	...			52.3%	58.3%	64.2%	64.0%	62.7%
Slovakia	%		...													44.0%	43.5%	44.1%	43.7%	43.7%
Sweden	%															80.0%	81.1%	82.4%	84.1%	85.0%
Turkey	%															29.1%	28.9%	29.5%	30.1%	33.0%