Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — Chile

Rail lines in Chile in 2021 — 2,396 km. Ranked 37 in the world out of 65. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 12.6%.

2021 2,396 km +0% vs 2020
World rank 37of 65
Period maximum 2,742 km1995
Period minimum 2,030 km2004

Trend over time

1995–2021 · km

Rail lines — Chile, 1995–20212,0002,2002,4002,6002,80019951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 2,742 km1996: 2,710 km1998: 2,208 km1999: 2,084 km2000: 2,035 km2001: 2,035 km2002: 2,035 km2004: 2,030 km2005: 2,120 km2017: 2,057 km2018: 2,396 km2019: 2,396 km2020: 2,396 km2021: 2,396 km
Change over the period: −346 (−12.62%) Average annual rate: -0.52 %
Rail lines — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2021 2,396 +0 +0%
2020 2,396 +0 +0%
2019 2,396 +0 +0%
2018 2,396 +339 +16.48%
2017 2,057
2005 2,120 +90 +4.43%
2004 2,030
2002 2,035 +0 +0%
2001 2,035 +0 +0%
2000 2,035 −49 −2.35%
1999 2,084 −124 −5.62%
1998 2,208
1996 2,710 −32 −1.17%
1995 2,742

South America, 2021

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

CL Chile 2,396 UY Uruguay 1,498

About the indicator

The length of rail lines available for traffic, regardless of the number of parallel tracks on a stretch. Multi-track sections are counted once, so the indicator reflects the configuration of the network rather than its capacity.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.