Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — Sri Lanka

Rail lines in Sri Lanka in 2019 — 1,562 km. Ranked 54 in the world out of 74. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4.8%.

2019 1,562 km +0% vs 2018
World rank 54of 74
Period maximum 1,567 km2015
Period minimum 1,148 km2012

Trend over time

1995–2019 · km

Rail lines — Sri Lanka, 1995–20191,0001,2001,4001,6001995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 1,491 km1996: 1,491 km1997: 1,491 km1998: 1,491 km1999: 1,463 km2007: 1,463 km2011: 1,148 km2012: 1,148 km2013: 1,254 km2015: 1,567 km2016: 1,562 km2017: 1,562 km2018: 1,562 km2019: 1,562 km
Change over the period: +71 (+4.76%) Average annual rate: 0.19 %
Rail lines — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2019 1,562 +0 +0%
2018 1,562 +0 +0%
2017 1,562 +0 +0.02%
2016 1,562 −5 −0.34%
2015 1,567
2013 1,254 +106 +9.24%
2012 1,148 −0 −0.02%
2011 1,148
2007 1,463
1999 1,463 −28 −1.88%
1998 1,491 +0 +0%
1997 1,491 +0 +0%
1996 1,491 +0 +0%
1995 1,491

Southern Asia, 2019

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

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.