Argentina: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Argentina's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) fell 1.8% on 2016 (from 8,529 to 8,377).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2016), the average change was +0.9% and a typical year strayed about 8.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.3% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.2% in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 470.39 a year. A straight line explains 79% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Argentina in the 2017 ranking

• Turkmenistan — 1st of 2: 13,327

What this measures

Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.

Limitations: Data for transport sectors are not always internationally comparable. Unlike for demographic statistics, national income accounts, and international trade data, the collection of infrastructure data has not been "internationalized." The data from UIC is based on voluntary reporting by railway companies, and can show drastic increases or decreases for some of the years due to lack of reporting by some of the companies in that country.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 23 values

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in nearby economies

• Chile — 3,585 (2020)
• Mexico — 92,437 (2021)

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• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 6.42 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 14.05 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 156,614 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 136.48 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 21.06 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 64.08 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 140.24 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 3,146 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 445 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

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Questions people ask

What is Argentina's railways, goods transported (million ton-km)?

8,377 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 10.04% from 7,613 in 1995 (0.44% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 12,871 in 2007 and the lowest 7,613 in 1995.

Is the latest change in railways, goods transported (million ton-km) unusual for Argentina?

In 2017, Argentina's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) fell 1.8% on 2016 (from 8,529 to 8,377). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2016), the average change was +0.9% and a typical year strayed about 8.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), uri: https://uic-stats.uic.org/select/; OECD Statistics, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IS.RRS.GOOD.MT.K6, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), uri: https://uic-stats.uic.org/select/; OECD Statistics, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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