In 2022, the rail freight transport volume in Sweden remained nearly unchanged at around 23.2 billion million ton-kilometers. With a decline of 288 million ton-kilometers (-1.23 percent), there is no significant change to 2021. Rail freight transport refers to the transportation of cargo by train. The types of goods transported in freight cars vary but include bulk cargo, intermodal containers, and general or specialized freight. Rail freight transport can be national or cross between countries linked together by railway network.
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Amount of freight transported by rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022
(in million ton-kilometers)
Characteristic
Transport volume in million ton-kilometers
2022
23,161
2021
23,449
2020
22,093.9
2019
22,222.07
2018b
22,794.31
2017
21,838
2016
21,406
2015
20,699
2014
21,296
2013
20,970
2012
22,043
2011
22,864
2010
23,464
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000
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OECD. (October 31, 2023). Amount of freight transported by rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022 (in million ton-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/435305/sweden-tonne-kilometres-of-freight-transported-by-rail/
OECD. "Amount of freight transported by rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022 (in million ton-kilometers)." Chart. October 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/435305/sweden-tonne-kilometres-of-freight-transported-by-rail/
OECD. (2023). Amount of freight transported by rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022 (in million ton-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/435305/sweden-tonne-kilometres-of-freight-transported-by-rail/
OECD. "Amount of Freight Transported by Rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022 (in Million Ton-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/435305/sweden-tonne-kilometres-of-freight-transported-by-rail/
OECD, Amount of freight transported by rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022 (in million ton-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/435305/sweden-tonne-kilometres-of-freight-transported-by-rail/ (last visited May 12, 2025)
Amount of freight transported by rail in Sweden from 2008 to 2022 (in million ton-kilometers) [Graph], OECD, October 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/435305/sweden-tonne-kilometres-of-freight-transported-by-rail/
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