Argentina: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Argentina's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 3.7% on 2016 (from 8,065 to 8,361).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2016), the average change was +0.2% and a typical year strayed about 13.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 20.1% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.6% 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

• Thailand — 2nd of 4: 6,020
• Turkmenistan — 3rd of 4: 2,340
• Armenia — 4th of 4: 55

What this measures

Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by 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 13 values

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in nearby economies

• Chile — 738 (2021)
• Mexico — 466 (2021)
• Uruguay — 8 (2015)

More infrastructure data for Argentina

• 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, passengers carried (million passenger-km)?

8,361 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is down 3.24% from 8,641 in 2005 (0.27% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 9,238 in 2008 and the lowest 5,035 in 2013.

Is the latest change in railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) unusual for Argentina?

In 2017, Argentina's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 3.7% on 2016 (from 8,065 to 8,361). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2016), the average change was +0.2% and a typical year strayed about 13.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IS.RRS.PASG.KM, 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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