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IS.RRS.TOTL.KM · km

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, Poland. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, France
27,716 km2021
Period covered
1995 - 202126 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
148,553 kmUnited States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries
3,041 kmNetherlands, 2021

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

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Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States148,553 km2021
  • Germany33,401 km2021
  • France27,716 km2021
  • Poland18,620 km2021
  • Italy17,305 km2021
  • United Kingdom16,179 km2021
  • Spain15,963 km2021
  • Netherlands3,041 km2021

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
FranceGermanyUnited KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesPoland
202127,716 km33,401 km16,179 km17,305 km15,963 km3,041 km148,553 km18,620 km
202027,872 km33,399 km16,351 km17,256 km15,848 km3,078 km148,750 km18,611 km
201928,157 km33,423 km16,295 km16,779 km15,718 km3,078 km149,489 km18,538 km
201828,241 km33,440 km16,295 km16,781 km15,618 km3,078 km150,462 km18,536 km
201729,248 km33,488 km16,294 km16,787 km15,559 km150,966 km18,513 km
201629,237 km33,380 km16,257 km16,788 km15,650 km151,270 km18,429 km
201528,866 km33,332 km16,245 km16,724 km15,711 km151,735 km18,510 km
201433,426 km16,532 km16,723 km15,506 km152,933 km18,942 km
201329,979 km33,449 km15,861 km16,752 km15,582 km154,322 km18,959 km
201229,406 km33,506 km15,847 km16,742 km15,438 km153,517 km19,617 km
201130,071 km33,576 km16,210 km16,726 km15,681 km194,136 km19,725 km
201029,929 km33,714 km15,888 km16,704 km15,590 km3,016 km194,431 km19,702 km
200933,698 km33,721 km16,239 km17,004 km15,044 km2,886 km191,785 km19,764 km
200829,959 km33,862 km16,273 km16,861 km15,041 km2,896 km192,123 km19,627 km
200729,976 km33,978 km16,263 km16,667 km15,012 km2,895.56 km192,508 km19,419 km
200629,620 km34,128 km16,627 km14,472 km2,776 km191,771 km19,429 km
200528,470 km34,228 km16,751 km14,272 km2,813 km194,025 km19,599 km
200429,304 km34,725 km16,530 km16,286 km14,395 km2,811 km195,369 km19,617 km
200329,327 km36,054 km16,833 km16,288 km14,387 km2,811 km196,806 km19,900 km
200229,410 km35,868 km17,010 km16,307 km13,856 km2,806 km198,057 km20,223 km

World Bank definition

Rail lines (total route-km)

The total length of rail line in the country operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or both.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator IS.RRS.TOTL.KM, reproduced unchanged.

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