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Rail freight traffic — Russia

Rail freight traffic in Russia in 2021 — 2,638,562 M t-km. Ranked 1 in the world out of 50. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 117.4%.

2021 2.64M M t-km +3.68% vs 2020
World rank 1of 50
Period maximum 2.64M M t-km2021
Period minimum 1.02M M t-km1998

Trend over time

1995–2021 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — Russia, 1995–20211M1.5M2M2.5M3M19951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 1,213,711 M t-km1996: 1,131,251 M t-km1997: 1,100,289 M t-km1998: 1,019,547 M t-km1999: 1,204,547 M t-km2000: 1,373,178 M t-km2001: 1,433,617 M t-km2002: 1,510,200 M t-km2003: 1,664,300 M t-km2004: 1,797,326 M t-km2005: 1,852,913 M t-km2006: 1,950,830 M t-km2007: 2,090,337 M t-km2008: 2,116,240 M t-km2009: 1,865,305 M t-km2010: 2,011,308 M t-km2011: 2,127,835 M t-km2012: 2,222,388 M t-km2013: 2,172,685 M t-km2014: 2,298,564 M t-km2015: 2,304,759 M t-km2016: 2,342,590 M t-km2017: 2,491,876 M t-km2018: 2,596,880 M t-km2019: 2,601,928 M t-km2020: 2,544,828 M t-km2021: 2,638,562 M t-km
Change over the period: +1.42M (+117.4%) Average annual rate: 3.03 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Russia

Russia 2.64M M t-km
Europe & Central Asia 7,973 M t-km
Eastern Europe computed 2.78M M t-km
Rail freight traffic — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2021 2.64M +93,734 +3.68%
2020 2.54M −57,100 −2.19%
2019 2.6M +5,048 +0.19%
2018 2.6M +105,004 +4.21%
2017 2.49M +149,286 +6.37%
2016 2.34M +37,831 +1.64%
2015 2.3M +6,195 +0.27%
2014 2.3M +125,879 +5.79%
2013 2.17M −49,703 −2.24%
2012 2.22M +94,554 +4.44%
2011 2.13M +116,527 +5.79%
2010 2.01M +146,003 +7.83%
2009 1.87M −250,935 −11.86%
2008 2.12M +25,903 +1.24%
2007 2.09M +139,507 +7.15%
2006 1.95M +97,917 +5.28%
2005 1.85M +55,587 +3.09%
2004 1.8M +133,026 +7.99%
2003 1.66M +154,100 +10.2%
2002 1.51M +76,583 +5.34%
2001 1.43M +60,439 +4.4%
2000 1.37M +168,631 +14%
1999 1.2M +185,000 +18.15%
1998 1.02M −80,742 −7.34%
1997 1.1M −30,962 −2.74%
1996 1.13M −82,460 −6.79%
1995 1.21M — —

Eastern Europe, 2021

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

RU Russia 2.64M PL Poland 54,387 BY Belarus 44,478 CZ Czechia 16,326 HU Hungary 11,346 SK Slovakia 8,580 BG Bulgaria 4,658 MD Moldova 665
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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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