Rail freight traffic in Southern Africa in 2005 — 109,921 M t-km. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 2.6%.
2002–2005 · million tonne-kilometers
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | M t-km | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 109,921 | +1,988 | +1.84% |
| 2004 | 107,933 | +617 | +0.57% |
| 2003 | 107,316 | +193 | +0.18% |
| 2002 | 107,123 | — | — |
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.