List of countries by rail usage

Passengers carried in rail transport per year
Countries with more than 20 million passengers per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2019 Report by the International Union of Railways.

Rank	Country	Million passengers	Data year
1	Japan	9,392	2016
2	India	8,116	2017
3	Germany	2,865.1	2018
4	China	1,792.8	2018
5	France	1,762	2017
6	United Kingdom	1,762.7	2018
7	Russia	1,157.2	2018
8	Italy	863.9	2018
9	Australia	702.9	2016–17
10	Spain	595.1	2018
11	Egypt	550	2018
12	United States	527.78	2017
13	Switzerland	482.3	2018
14	Ukraine	399	2014
15	Indonesia	393.3	2018
16	Netherlands	320	2015
17	Poland	297.23	2018
18	Taiwan	291.84	2018
19	South Africa	269	2017–18
20	Austria	267.96	2018
21	Belgium	246.94	2018
22	Sweden	246.49	2018
23	Denmark	205.3	2018
24	Czech Republic	189.2	2018
25	Portugal	147.5	2018
26	South Korea	127.84	2018
27	Hungary	119	2018
28	Turkey	101	2018
29	Canada	84	2017
30	Finland	83	2018
31	Belarus	79.86	2018
32	Bangladesh	77.81	2018
33	Norway	73.51	2017
34	Slovakia	73.38	2018
35	Israel	67.69	2018
36	Romania	64.5	2018
37	Pakistan	52.39	2018
38	Thailand	50	2017
39	Myanmar	48	2017
40	Ireland	47.9	2018
41	Chile	47	2018
42	Malaysia	44.51	2018
43	Tunisia	41	2017
44	Algeria	39	2018
45	Morocco	35	2018
46	New Zealand	35	2019
47	Iran	28.09	2018
48	Luxembourg	23.3	2018
49	Kazakhstan	22.9	2018
50	Philippines	21.84	2018
51	Uzbekistan	21.59	2018
52	Bulgaria	21.32	2018
53	Croatia	20.27	2018

Passenger rail by passenger-kilometres per capita

Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres travelled per year.

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Country	Kilometers/year	Year
Switzerland	2430.9	2013
Japan	2,142	2016
Austria	1,505	2018
Denmark	1,329
France	1,298	2014
Russia	1,220
Ukraine	1,150
Belarus	1,030
Belgium	1,009
United Kingdom	981	2015
Germany	959	2014
Netherlands	940
Kazakhstan	880
Italy	780
India	777
Hungary	690
Czech Republic	660
China	653
South Korea	650
Sweden	620
Egypt	550
Spain	460
Poland	450
Taiwan	410
Romania	380
Iran	180
Argentina	170
Pakistan	160
Thailand	150
Indonesia	110
Turkey	80
United States	80

Tonne-kilometres of rail transport per year

Tonne-km of selected carriers in the European Union, 2003

Countries with more than one billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

Rank	Country	Billion tkm	Data year
1	Russia	3,176	2017
2	China	2,696	2017
3	United States	2,326	2016
4	India	666	2014
5	Canada	352	2011
6	Brazil	267	2014
—	European Union	261	2014
7	Ukraine	237	2011
8	Kazakhstan	236	2012
9	Australia	198	2008
10	South Africa	135	2014
11	Mexico	81	2014
12	Germany	75	2014
13	Belarus	45	2014
14	Poland	32	2014
15	France	32	2014
16	United Kingdom	24.4	2014
17	Uzbekistan	22	2012
18	Iran	22	2013
19	Sweden	21.1	2014
20	Japan	21	2014
21	Austria	16	2014
22	Latvia	15	2014
23	Lithuania	14	2014
24	Argentina	12	2010
25	Turkmenistan	12	2012
26	Colombia	12	2009
27	Turkey	11	2014
28	South Korea	10	2013
29	Italy	10	2014
30	Czech Republic	10	2014
31	Romania	10	2014
32	Finland	9.6	2014
33	Switzerland	9	2014
34	Azerbaijan	8	2014
35	Spain	8	2014
36	Mauritania	8	2010
37	Indonesia	7	2010
38	Netherlands	6	2013
39	Morocco	6	2011
40	Belgium	5	2014
41	Estonia	5	2012
42	Norway	4	2013
43	Chile	4	2009
44	Vietnam	4	2012
45	Malaysia	3	2011
46	Serbia	3	2014
47	Thailand	3	2011
48	Gabon	2	2014
49	Croatia	2	2014
50	Denmark	2	2013
51	Tunisia	2	2010
52	Egypt	2	2010
53	Kenya	1.7	2014
54	Israel	1.4	2016
55	Algeria	1	2012
56	Cameroon	1	2011

Tonnes carried in rail transport per year

Countries with more than ten million tonnes carried per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

Rank	Country	Million tonnes	Data year
1	China	3,358	2015
2	United States	1,710	2011
3	Australia	1,298	2014
4	India	1,221	2018
5	Russia	1,218	2015
6	Brazil	460	2014
7	Ukraine	457	2011
8	Canada	310	2011
9	Kazakhstan	295	2012
10	Poland	225	2015
11	Germany	221	2014
12	South Africa	197	2011
13	Belarus	141	2014
14	United Kingdom	110.1	2014
15	Mexico	105	2010
16	Uzbekistan	82	2014
17	Austria	74	2014
18	Sweden	65	2015
19	France	63	2011
20	Colombia	59	2014
21	Czech Republic	57	2014
22	Latvia	57	2014
23	Switzerland	50	2014
24	Lithuania	49	2014
25	Romania	44	2014
26	South Korea	40	2013
27	Italy	38	2014
28	Finland	37	2014
29	Belgium	37	2009
30	Slovakia	36	2014
31	Morocco	37	2011
32	Iran	33	2013
33	Japan	31	2010
34	Turkmenistan	27	2012
35	Turkey	26	2014
36	Estonia	26	2012
37	Spain	25	2014
38	Chile	25	2013
39	Argentina	24	2010
40	Azerbaijan	23	2012
41	Georgia	20	2012
42	Indonesia	20	2010
43	Mongolia	18	2011
44	Slovenia	17	2014
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	2014
46	Malaysia	12	2011
47	Bulgaria	12	2014
48	Taiwan	11	2012
49	Thailand	11	2011
50	Croatia	10	2014
51	Tunisia	10	2012

Freight modal share for rail

The modal share carried by rail of all freight in a given country.

Rank	Country	Modal share (%)	Data year
1	Canada	68	2009
2	Latvia	61	2012
3	Russia	59	2010
4	Estonia	47	2012
5	Switzerland	46	2012
6	United States	44	2008
7	Austria	41	2012
8	Sweden	40	2012
9	Australia	40	2009
10	Lithuania	38	2012
11	China	31	2009
12	India	31	2016
13	Finland	27	2012
14	Brazil	25	2005
15	Romania	24	2012
16	Germany	23	2012
17	Czech Republic	22	2012
18	Hungary	21	2012
19	Slovakia	20	2012
20	Poland	18	2012
21	Belgium	18	2012
22	France	15	2012
23	Italy	14	2012
24	United Kingdom	12	2012
25	Bulgaria	9	2012
26	Japan	6.2	2010
27	Netherlands	5	-
28	Ireland	0.7	2007

Freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita

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Rank	Country	Tonne-kilometre per capita	Data year
1	Russia	12,599
2	Canada	10,517
3	United States	9,165
4	Australia	2,308
5	China	2,150
6	Switzerland	1,480	2013
7	Germany	1,060
	European Union	782