Rail freight traffic — all countries

Rail freight traffic — CIS

Rail freight traffic in the CIS in 2021 — 2,714,643 M t-km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 95.5%.

2021 2.71M M t-km −7.05% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 2.97M M t-km2019
Period minimum 1.18M M t-km1998

Trend over time

1995–2021 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — CIS, 1995–20211M1.5M2M2.5M3M19951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 1,388,707 M t-km1996: 1,293,480 M t-km1997: 1,262,418 M t-km1998: 1,175,163 M t-km1999: 1,348,903 M t-km2000: 1,429,276 M t-km2001: 1,489,192 M t-km2002: 1,573,339 M t-km2003: 1,715,599 M t-km2004: 1,868,678 M t-km2005: 1,927,741 M t-km2006: 2,032,875 M t-km2007: 2,376,784 M t-km2008: 2,417,943 M t-km2009: 2,136,587 M t-km2010: 2,301,628 M t-km2011: 2,430,829 M t-km2012: 2,538,006 M t-km2013: 2,456,683 M t-km2014: 2,591,344 M t-km2015: 2,613,107 M t-km2016: 2,651,281 M t-km2017: 2,832,861 M t-km2018: 2,962,920 M t-km2019: 2,970,222 M t-km2020: 2,920,547 M t-km2021: 2,714,643 M t-km
Change over the period: +1.33M (+95.48%) Average annual rate: 2.61 %
Rail freight traffic — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2021 2.71M −205,905 −7.05%
2020 2.92M −49,675 −1.67%
2019 2.97M +7,302 +0.25%
2018 2.96M +130,059 +4.59%
2017 2.83M +181,580 +6.85%
2016 2.65M +38,174 +1.46%
2015 2.61M +21,763 +0.84%
2014 2.59M +134,661 +5.48%
2013 2.46M −81,323 −3.2%
2012 2.54M +107,177 +4.41%
2011 2.43M +129,200 +5.61%
2010 2.3M +165,041 +7.72%
2009 2.14M −281,356 −11.64%
2008 2.42M +41,159 +1.73%
2007 2.38M +343,908 +16.92%
2006 2.03M +105,134 +5.45%
2005 1.93M +59,063 +3.16%
2004 1.87M +153,079 +8.92%
2003 1.72M +142,260 +9.04%
2002 1.57M +84,147 +5.65%
2001 1.49M +59,916 +4.19%
2000 1.43M +80,373 +5.96%
1999 1.35M +173,740 +14.78%
1998 1.18M −87,255 −6.91%
1997 1.26M −31,062 −2.4%
1996 1.29M −95,227 −6.86%
1995 1.39M

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.