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Rail freight traffic — South Asia

Rail freight traffic in South Asia in 2016 — 327,767 M t-km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 47,471.4%.

2016 327,767 M t-km +47,128.67% vs 2015
World rank —
Period maximum 333,244 M t-km2014
Period minimum 525 M t-km2013

Trend over time

1995–2016 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — South Asia, 1995–20160100,000200,000300,000400,000199519982001200420072010201320161995: 689 M t-km1996: 782 M t-km1997: 804 M t-km1998: 896 M t-km1999: 896 M t-km2000: 152,989 M t-km2001: 156,640 M t-km2002: 167,090 M t-km2003: 952 M t-km2004: 896 M t-km2005: 817 M t-km2007: 776 M t-km2008: 261,121 M t-km2009: 276,124 M t-km2010: 300,629 M t-km2011: 693 M t-km2012: 582 M t-km2013: 525 M t-km2014: 333,244 M t-km2015: 694 M t-km2016: 327,767 M t-km
Change over the period: +327,078 (+47,471.41%) Average annual rate: 34.12 %
Rail freight traffic — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2016 327,767 +327,073 +47,128.67%
2015 694 −332,550 −99.79%
2014 333,244 +332,719 +63,374.95%
2013 525 −57 −9.79%
2012 582 −111 −16.02%
2011 693 −299,936 −99.77%
2010 300,629 +24,505 +8.87%
2009 276,124 +15,004 +5.75%
2008 261,121 +260,345 +33,549.55%
2007 776 — —
2005 817 −79 −8.82%
2004 896 −56 −5.88%
2003 952 −166,138 −99.43%
2002 167,090 +10,451 +6.67%
2001 156,640 +3,651 +2.39%
2000 152,989 +152,093 +16,974.67%
1999 896 +0 +0%
1998 896 +92 +11.44%
1997 804 +22 +2.81%
1996 782 +93 +13.5%
1995 689 — —

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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