Rail freight traffic — all countries

Rail freight traffic — Mongolia

Rail freight traffic in Mongolia in 2021 — 18,345 M t-km. Ranked 16 in the world out of 50. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 622%.

2021 18,345 M t-km −3.3% vs 2020
World rank 16of 50
Period maximum 18,972 M t-km2020
Period minimum 2,541 M t-km1996

Trend over time

1996–2021 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — Mongolia, 1996–202105,00010,00015,00020,0001996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 2,541 M t-km1997: 2,583 M t-km1998: 2,857 M t-km1999: 3,515 M t-km2000: 4,293 M t-km2001: 5,287 M t-km2002: 6,452 M t-km2004: 8,857 M t-km2006: 9,219 M t-km2007: 8,361 M t-km2008: 8,261 M t-km2009: 7,852 M t-km2010: 10,287 M t-km2011: 11,418 M t-km2012: 12,143 M t-km2013: 12,077 M t-km2014: 12,474 M t-km2015: 11,463 M t-km2016: 12,371 M t-km2017: 13,493 M t-km2019: 17,384 M t-km2020: 18,972 M t-km2021: 18,345 M t-km
Change over the period: +15,804 (+621.96%) Average annual rate: 8.23 %
Rail freight traffic — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2021 18,345 −627 −3.3%
2020 18,972 +1,588 +9.13%
2019 17,384
2017 13,493 +1,122 +9.07%
2016 12,371 +908 +7.92%
2015 11,463 −1,011 −8.11%
2014 12,474 +397 +3.29%
2013 12,077 −66 −0.54%
2012 12,143 +725 +6.35%
2011 11,418 +1,131 +10.99%
2010 10,287 +2,435 +31.01%
2009 7,852 −409 −4.95%
2008 8,261 −100 −1.2%
2007 8,361 −858 −9.3%
2006 9,219
2004 8,857
2002 6,452 +1,165 +22.04%
2001 5,287 +994 +23.15%
2000 4,293 +778 +22.13%
1999 3,515 +658 +23.03%
1998 2,857 +274 +10.61%
1997 2,583 +42 +1.65%
1996 2,541

Eastern Asia, 2021

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

MN Mongolia 18,345 KR South Korea 6,757

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.