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

Key figures

Since 1995 it is down 43.52% from 399 in 1995 (2.26% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Cameroon's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) fell 11.5% on 2019 (from 254.56 to 225.37).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +1.6% and a typical year strayed about 11.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 31.5% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.3% in 1996. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

In 2020, Cameroon had the 11th highest value of the 15 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 Cameroon in the 2020 ranking

• Viet Nam — 8th of 15: 1,516
• Malaysia — 9th of 15: 929.34
• Algeria — 10th of 15: 348
• Gabon — 12th of 15: 87
• Montenegro — 13th of 15: 27.8
• Tajikistan — 14th of 15: 21.7

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 21 values

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

• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 7.25 (2021)
• Gabon — 87 (2020)
• South Africa — 3,502 (2020)

More infrastructure data for Cameroon

• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 6,200 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 331,025 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 31.52 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 108.21 (2024)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.02 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 67,507 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.23 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$189.16 million (2024)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 10.48% (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)

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Questions people ask

What is Cameroon's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)?

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

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 43.52% from 399 in 1995 (2.26% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 494.75 in 2011 and the lowest 225.37 in 2020.

How does Cameroon rank?

11th highest of 15 economies with data for 2020.

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

In 2020, Cameroon's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) fell 11.5% on 2019 (from 254.56 to 225.37). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +1.6% and a typical year strayed about 11.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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