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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Armenia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) fell 2.3% on 2019 (from 860 to 840).

Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +15.6% and a typical year strayed about 51.5% 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 135.9% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 57.7% in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% 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

In 2020, Armenia had the 8th highest value of the 11 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Armenia in the 2020 ranking

• Viet Nam — 5th of 11: 3,759
• Chile — 6th of 11: 3,585
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 7th of 11: 1,040
• Malaysia — 9th of 11: 817.65
• Gabon — 10th of 11: 409
• Tajikistan — 11th of 11: 274

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 26 values

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

• Albania — 25.12 (2021)
• Austria — 21,781 (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 5,316 (2021)
• Belarus — 44,478 (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1,040 (2020)
• Bulgaria — 4,658 (2021)
• Croatia — 3,172 (2021)
• Czechia — 16,326 (2021)
• Denmark — 2,592 (2018)
• Estonia — 2,128 (2021)

More infrastructure data for Armenia

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.01 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 134.89 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 297,328 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 10 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 33.25% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$1.77 billion (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 29.22% (2025)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 81.34% (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 6 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents

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Questions people ask

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

840 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 278.38% from 222 in 1995 (5.47% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 867 in 2012 and the lowest 200 in 1996.

How does Armenia rank?

8th highest of 11 economies with data for 2020.

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

In 2020, Armenia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) fell 2.3% on 2019 (from 860 to 840). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +15.6% and a typical year strayed about 51.5% 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.

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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