Rail freight traffic — all countries

Rail freight traffic — Zambia

Rail freight traffic in Zambia in 2017 — 297 M t-km. Ranked 63 in the world out of 70. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 35.7%.

2017 297 M t-km −46.39% vs 1999
World rank 63of 70
Period maximum 555 M t-km1998
Period minimum 297 M t-km2017

Trend over time

1995–2017 · million tonne-kilometers

Rail freight traffic — Zambia, 1995–2017200300400500600199519982001200420072010201320161995: 462 M t-km1996: 536 M t-km1997: 473 M t-km1998: 555 M t-km1999: 554 M t-km2017: 297 M t-km
Change over the period: −165 (−35.71%) Average annual rate: -1.99 %
Rail freight traffic — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year M t-km Change Change, %
2017 297
1999 554 −1 −0.18%
1998 555 +82 +17.34%
1997 473 −63 −11.75%
1996 536 +74 +16.02%
1995 462

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.