Rail freight traffic — all countries

Rail freight traffic — G20

Rail freight traffic in the G20 in 2020 — 6,548,337 M t-km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 27.6%.

2020 6.55M M t-km −34.21% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 9.95M M t-km2019
Period minimum 5.13M M t-km1995

Trend over time

1995–2020 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — G20, 1995–20204M6M8M10M1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 5,131,726 M t-km1996: 5,405,903 M t-km1997: 5,439,837 M t-km1998: 5,327,107 M t-km1999: 5,532,683 M t-km2000: 5,995,823 M t-km2001: 6,201,036 M t-km2002: 6,424,250 M t-km2003: 6,850,197 M t-km2004: 7,422,325 M t-km2005: 7,728,261 M t-km2006: 8,031,976 M t-km2007: 8,540,299 M t-km2008: 8,747,234 M t-km2009: 7,994,456 M t-km2010: 8,751,953 M t-km2011: 9,155,842 M t-km2012: 9,284,534 M t-km2013: 9,302,791 M t-km2014: 9,530,641 M t-km2015: 9,059,321 M t-km2016: 8,850,293 M t-km2017: 9,461,874 M t-km2018: 9,931,775 M t-km2019: 9,952,780 M t-km2020: 6,548,337 M t-km
Change over the period: +1.42M (+27.6%) Average annual rate: 0.98 %
Rail freight traffic — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2020 6.55M −3.4M −34.21%
2019 9.95M +21,005 +0.21%
2018 9.93M +469,901 +4.97%
2017 9.46M +611,582 +6.91%
2016 8.85M −209,029 −2.31%
2015 9.06M −471,320 −4.95%
2014 9.53M +227,850 +2.45%
2013 9.3M +18,257 +0.2%
2012 9.28M +128,692 +1.41%
2011 9.16M +403,890 +4.61%
2010 8.75M +757,496 +9.48%
2009 7.99M −752,777 −8.61%
2008 8.75M +206,935 +2.42%
2007 8.54M +508,323 +6.33%
2006 8.03M +303,715 +3.93%
2005 7.73M +305,936 +4.12%
2004 7.42M +572,128 +8.35%
2003 6.85M +425,947 +6.63%
2002 6.42M +223,214 +3.6%
2001 6.2M +205,213 +3.42%
2000 6M +463,139 +8.37%
1999 5.53M +205,576 +3.86%
1998 5.33M −112,730 −2.07%
1997 5.44M +33,934 +0.63%
1996 5.41M +274,177 +5.34%
1995 5.13M

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.