Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — Northern Africa

Rail lines in Northern Africa in 2010 — 17,841 km. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 2.2%.

2010 17,841 km +3.4% vs 2008
World rank
Period maximum 17,841 km2010
Period minimum 17,116 km2002

Trend over time

1995–2010 · km

Rail lines — Northern Africa, 1995–201017,00017,20017,40017,60017,80018,0001995199719992001200320052007200920101995: 17,462 km1996: 17,481 km1997: 17,517 km1998: 17,640 km1999: 17,637 km2000: 17,693 km2001: 17,345 km2002: 17,116 km2003: 17,116 km2004: 17,116 km2005: 17,208 km2006: 17,338 km2008: 17,255 km2010: 17,841 km
Change over the period: +379 (+2.17%) Average annual rate: 0.14 %
Rail lines — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2010 17,841
2008 17,255
2006 17,338 +130 +0.76%
2005 17,208 +92 +0.54%
2004 17,116 +0 +0%
2003 17,116 +0 +0%
2002 17,116 −229 −1.32%
2001 17,345 −348 −1.97%
2000 17,693 +56 +0.32%
1999 17,637 −3 −0.02%
1998 17,640 +123 +0.7%
1997 17,517 +36 +0.21%
1996 17,481 +19 +0.11%
1995 17,462

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.