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Rail freight traffic — China

Rail freight traffic in China in 2019 — 3,018,200 M t-km. Ranked 1 in the world out of 67. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 131.3%.

2019 3.02M M t-km +4.72% vs 2018
World rank 1of 67
Period maximum 3.02M M t-km2019
Period minimum 1.26M M t-km1998

Trend over time

1995–2019 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — China, 1995–20191M1.5M2M2.5M3M3.5M1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 1,304,950 M t-km1996: 1,310,620 M t-km1997: 1,326,990 M t-km1998: 1,256,010 M t-km1999: 1,291,030 M t-km2000: 1,377,050 M t-km2001: 1,469,410 M t-km2002: 1,565,840 M t-km2003: 1,724,670 M t-km2004: 1,928,880 M t-km2005: 2,072,600 M t-km2006: 2,195,441 M t-km2007: 2,379,700 M t-km2008: 2,510,628 M t-km2009: 2,523,917 M t-km2010: 2,764,413 M t-km2011: 2,946,579 M t-km2012: 2,918,709 M t-km2013: 2,917,390 M t-km2014: 2,753,020 M t-km2015: 2,375,430 M t-km2016: 2,379,230 M t-km2017: 2,696,220 M t-km2018: 2,882,100 M t-km2019: 3,018,200 M t-km
Change over the period: +1.71M (+131.29%) Average annual rate: 3.56 %
Rail freight traffic — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2019 3.02M +136,100 +4.72%
2018 2.88M +185,880 +6.89%
2017 2.7M +316,990 +13.32%
2016 2.38M +3,800 +0.16%
2015 2.38M −377,590 −13.72%
2014 2.75M −164,370 −5.63%
2013 2.92M −1,319 −0.05%
2012 2.92M −27,870 −0.95%
2011 2.95M +182,166 +6.59%
2010 2.76M +240,496 +9.53%
2009 2.52M +13,289 +0.53%
2008 2.51M +130,928 +5.5%
2007 2.38M +184,259 +8.39%
2006 2.2M +122,841 +5.93%
2005 2.07M +143,720 +7.45%
2004 1.93M +204,210 +11.84%
2003 1.72M +158,830 +10.14%
2002 1.57M +96,430 +6.56%
2001 1.47M +92,360 +6.71%
2000 1.38M +86,020 +6.66%
1999 1.29M +35,020 +2.79%
1998 1.26M −70,980 −5.35%
1997 1.33M +16,370 +1.25%
1996 1.31M +5,670 +0.43%
1995 1.3M — —

Eastern Asia, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CN China 3.02M JP Japan 19,993 MN Mongolia 17,384 KR South Korea 7,357
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About the indicator

Rail freight traffic in millions of tonne-kilometers: the mass of the freight carried multiplied by the distance of the haul. The highest values belong to countries with a long reach and large-scale extraction of raw materials, where rail remains the cheapest way to move bulk cargo over long distances.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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