Rail freight demand in key markets 2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 24, 2023
By 2019, China and Russia were the countries with the highest freight demand worldwide, at over 2,800 and 2,600 billion tonne-kilometers respectively. They were only surpassed by the total demand for all OECD member states, which reached iver 3,300 billion tonne-kilometers and dwarfed all other markets. By contrast European demand for freight was the smallest, at under 400 billion tonne-kilometers, despite Europe boasting a large railway network.

Rail freight demand in selected markets in 2019 (in billion tonne-kilometers)

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May 2021

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Worldwide

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2019

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* 2018 data.

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