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Rail lines — Italy

Rail lines in Italy in 2021 — 17,305 km. Ranked 10 in the world out of 65. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 8.1%.

2021 17,305 km +0.29% vs 2020
World rank 10of 65
Period maximum 17,305 km2021
Period minimum 16,003 km1995

Trend over time

1995–2021 · km

Rail lines — Italy, 1995–202116,00016,50017,00017,50019951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 16,003 km1996: 16,014 km1997: 16,030 km1998: 16,080 km1999: 16,092 km2000: 16,295 km2001: 16,357 km2002: 16,307 km2003: 16,288 km2004: 16,286 km2005: 16,751 km2006: 16,627 km2007: 16,667 km2008: 16,861 km2009: 17,004 km2010: 16,704 km2011: 16,726 km2012: 16,742 km2013: 16,752 km2014: 16,723 km2015: 16,724 km2016: 16,788 km2017: 16,787 km2018: 16,781 km2019: 16,779 km2020: 17,256 km2021: 17,305 km
Change over the period: +1,302 (+8.14%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy

Italy 17,305 km
Europe & Central Asia computed 347,393 km
Rail lines — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2021 17,305 +50 +0.29%
2020 17,256 +477 +2.84%
2019 16,779 −2 −0.01%
2018 16,781 −6 −0.04%
2017 16,787 −1 −0.01%
2016 16,788 +65 +0.39%
2015 16,724 +1 +0.01%
2014 16,723 −29 −0.17%
2013 16,752 +10 +0.06%
2012 16,742 +15 +0.09%
2011 16,726 +23 +0.14%
2010 16,704 −300 −1.77%
2009 17,004 +143 +0.85%
2008 16,861 +194 +1.16%
2007 16,667 +40 +0.24%
2006 16,627 −124 −0.74%
2005 16,751 +466 +2.86%
2004 16,286 −3 −0.02%
2003 16,288 −19 −0.12%
2002 16,307 −50 −0.31%
2001 16,357 +62 +0.38%
2000 16,295 +203 +1.26%
1999 16,092 +12 +0.07%
1998 16,080 +50 +0.31%
1997 16,030 +16 +0.1%
1996 16,014 +11 +0.07%
1995 16,003 — —

Southern Europe, 2021

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

IT Italy 17,305 ES Spain 15,963 RS Serbia 3,348 HR Croatia 2,617 PT Portugal 2,527 GR Greece 2,339 SI Slovenia 1,209 MK North Macedonia 683
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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.

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