Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — OPEC

Rail lines in OPEC in 2006 — 17,753 km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4.7%.

2006 17,753 km +1.53% vs 2005
World rank
Period maximum 17,753 km2006
Period minimum 16,485 km2003

Trend over time

1995–2006 · km

Rail lines — OPEC, 1995–200616,00016,50017,00017,50018,00019951997199920012003200520061995: 16,955 km1996: 16,841 km1997: 17,662 km1998: 17,524 km1999: 17,492 km2000: 17,469 km2001: 16,609 km2002: 16,924 km2003: 16,485 km2004: 16,759 km2005: 17,485 km2006: 17,753 km
Change over the period: +798 (+4.71%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %
Rail lines — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2006 17,753 +268 +1.53%
2005 17,485 +726 +4.33%
2004 16,759 +274 +1.66%
2003 16,485 −439 −2.59%
2002 16,924 +315 +1.9%
2001 16,609 −860 −4.92%
2000 17,469 −23 −0.13%
1999 17,492 −32 −0.18%
1998 17,524 −138 −0.78%
1997 17,662 +821 +4.88%
1996 16,841 −114 −0.67%
1995 16,955

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.