Passenger train usage by region as of 2019

On a global level, India boasted the largest share of passenger rail movement of just under 40 percent in 2019, followed by China and Japan at 27 percent and 11 percent, respectively. With the lowest percentage of passenger train movement out of the three other regions, the European Union, at nine percent, was the only non-Asian region among the world’s dominant regions in terms of passenger rail movement.