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Rail freight traffic — Eastern Europe

Rail freight traffic in Eastern Europe in 2021 — 2,779,001 M t-km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 74.7%.

2021 2.78M M t-km −2.6% vs 2020
World rank —
Period maximum 2.95M M t-km2018
Period minimum 1.34M M t-km1998

Trend over time

1995–2021 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — Eastern Europe, 1995–20211M1.5M2M2.5M3M19951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 1,590,347 M t-km1996: 1,470,132 M t-km1997: 1,436,507 M t-km1998: 1,337,542 M t-km1999: 1,503,645 M t-km2000: 1,693,774 M t-km2001: 1,749,177 M t-km2002: 1,844,047 M t-km2003: 2,036,838 M t-km2004: 2,183,903 M t-km2005: 2,228,375 M t-km2006: 2,351,567 M t-km2007: 2,515,206 M t-km2008: 2,531,695 M t-km2009: 2,190,508 M t-km2010: 2,371,492 M t-km2011: 2,525,461 M t-km2012: 2,605,915 M t-km2013: 2,541,413 M t-km2014: 2,655,313 M t-km2015: 2,643,196 M t-km2016: 2,674,920 M t-km2017: 2,841,498 M t-km2018: 2,948,905 M t-km2019: 2,940,001 M t-km2020: 2,853,147 M t-km2021: 2,779,001 M t-km
Change over the period: +1.19M (+74.74%) Average annual rate: 2.17 %
Rail freight traffic — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2021 2.78M −74,145 −2.6%
2020 2.85M −86,854 −2.95%
2019 2.94M −8,904 −0.3%
2018 2.95M +107,406 +3.78%
2017 2.84M +166,579 +6.23%
2016 2.67M +31,724 +1.2%
2015 2.64M −12,117 −0.46%
2014 2.66M +113,900 +4.48%
2013 2.54M −64,502 −2.48%
2012 2.61M +80,455 +3.19%
2011 2.53M +153,969 +6.49%
2010 2.37M +180,984 +8.26%
2009 2.19M −341,187 −13.48%
2008 2.53M +16,489 +0.66%
2007 2.52M +163,639 +6.96%
2006 2.35M +123,192 +5.53%
2005 2.23M +44,472 +2.04%
2004 2.18M +147,065 +7.22%
2003 2.04M +192,791 +10.45%
2002 1.84M +94,870 +5.42%
2001 1.75M +55,403 +3.27%
2000 1.69M +190,129 +12.64%
1999 1.5M +166,103 +12.42%
1998 1.34M −98,965 −6.89%
1997 1.44M −33,625 −2.29%
1996 1.47M −120,215 −7.56%
1995 1.59M — —

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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