Rail freight traffic — all countries

Rail freight traffic — EAEU

Rail freight traffic in the EAEU in 2021 — 2,684,043 M t-km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 96.7%.

2021 2.68M M t-km −7.16% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 2.94M M t-km2019
Period minimum 1.15M M t-km1998

Trend over time

1995–2021 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — EAEU, 1995–20211M1.5M2M2.5M3M19951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 1,364,348 M t-km1996: 1,266,546 M t-km1997: 1,238,203 M t-km1998: 1,150,679 M t-km1999: 1,327,454 M t-km2000: 1,405,294 M t-km2001: 1,464,020 M t-km2002: 1,545,216 M t-km2003: 1,703,793 M t-km2004: 1,839,050 M t-km2005: 1,897,126 M t-km2006: 1,997,659 M t-km2007: 2,340,448 M t-km2008: 2,381,617 M t-km2009: 2,104,428 M t-km2010: 2,269,329 M t-km2011: 2,398,603 M t-km2012: 2,505,593 M t-km2013: 2,447,498 M t-km2014: 2,559,468 M t-km2015: 2,582,682 M t-km2016: 2,622,133 M t-km2017: 2,804,136 M t-km2018: 2,934,250 M t-km2019: 2,941,038 M t-km2020: 2,891,181 M t-km2021: 2,684,043 M t-km
Change over the period: +1.32M (+96.73%) Average annual rate: 2.64 %
Rail freight traffic — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2021 2.68M −207,138 −7.16%
2020 2.89M −49,857 −1.7%
2019 2.94M +6,788 +0.23%
2018 2.93M +130,114 +4.64%
2017 2.8M +182,003 +6.94%
2016 2.62M +39,451 +1.53%
2015 2.58M +23,214 +0.91%
2014 2.56M +111,970 +4.57%
2013 2.45M −58,094 −2.32%
2012 2.51M +106,990 +4.46%
2011 2.4M +129,274 +5.7%
2010 2.27M +164,901 +7.84%
2009 2.1M −277,188 −11.64%
2008 2.38M +41,168 +1.76%
2007 2.34M +342,789 +17.16%
2006 2M +100,533 +5.3%
2005 1.9M +58,076 +3.16%
2004 1.84M +135,257 +7.94%
2003 1.7M +158,577 +10.26%
2002 1.55M +81,196 +5.55%
2001 1.46M +58,726 +4.18%
2000 1.41M +77,840 +5.86%
1999 1.33M +176,775 +15.36%
1998 1.15M −87,524 −7.07%
1997 1.24M −28,343 −2.24%
1996 1.27M −97,802 −7.17%
1995 1.36M

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.