Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — Tanzania

Rail lines in Tanzania in 2017 — 2,701 km. Ranked 41 in the world out of 76. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 39.4%.

2017 2,701 km −0.22% vs 2011
World rank 41of 76
Period maximum 4,582 km1999
Period minimum 2,600 km2004

Trend over time

1995–2017 · km

Rail lines — Tanzania, 1995–20172,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,000199519982001200420072010201320161995: 4,460 km1996: 4,460 km1997: 4,581 km1998: 4,581 km1999: 4,582 km2000: 4,582 km2001: 4,582 km2002: 4,460 km2004: 2,600 km2011: 2,707 km2017: 2,701 km
Change over the period: −1,759 (−39.44%) Average annual rate: -2.25 %
Rail lines — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2017 2,701
2011 2,707
2004 2,600
2002 4,460 −122 −2.66%
2001 4,582 +0 +0%
2000 4,582 +0 +0%
1999 4,582 +1 +0.02%
1998 4,581 +0 +0%
1997 4,581 +121 +2.71%
1996 4,460 +0 +0%
1995 4,460

Eastern Africa, 2017

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.