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IS.RRS.TOTL.KM · km

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Niger, Romania. 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, United Kingdom
16,179 km2021
Period covered
1995 - 202125 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
  • China109,767 km2021
  • Italy17,305 km2021
  • United Kingdom16,179 km2021
  • Spain15,963 km2021
  • Romania10,769 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
United KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaRomania
202116,179 km17,305 km15,963 km3,041 km148,553 km109,767 km10,769 km
202016,351 km17,256 km15,848 km3,078 km148,750 km106,235 km10,769 km
201916,295 km16,779 km15,718 km3,078 km149,489 km102,462 km10,759 km
201816,295 km16,781 km15,618 km3,078 km150,462 km96,353 km10,765 km
201716,294 km16,787 km15,559 km150,966 km93,742 km10,766 km
201616,257 km16,788 km15,650 km151,270 km91,675 km10,766 km
201516,245 km16,724 km15,711 km151,735 km89,966 km10,770 km
201416,532 km16,723 km15,506 km152,933 km85,320 km10,770 km
201315,861 km16,752 km15,582 km154,322 km79,306 km10,768 km
201215,847 km16,742 km15,438 km153,517 km85,843 km10,777 km
201116,210 km16,726 km15,681 km194,136 km72,487 km10,777 km
201015,888 km16,704 km15,590 km3,016 km194,431 km66,239 km10,777 km
200916,239 km17,004 km15,044 km2,886 km191,785 km65,491 km10,776 km
200816,273 km16,861 km15,041 km2,896 km192,123 km60,809 km10,777 km
200716,263 km16,667 km15,012 km2,895.56 km192,508 km63,637 km10,777 km
200616,627 km14,472 km2,776 km191,771 km63,412 km10,781 km
200516,751 km14,272 km2,813 km194,025 km62,200 km10,781 km
200416,530 km16,286 km14,395 km2,811 km195,369 km61,015 km10,844 km
200316,833 km16,288 km14,387 km2,811 km196,806 km60,446 km10,882 km
200217,010 km16,307 km13,856 km2,806 km198,057 km59,530 km11,364 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.

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