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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Indonesia's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 71.7% on 2018 (from 16,932 to 29,066).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2018), the average change was −0.1% and a typical year strayed about 11.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 71.7% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.1% in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% 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 Indonesia in the 2019 ranking

• Korea, Rep. — 1st of 3: 100,381
• Romania — 3rd of 3: 5,906

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 20 values

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

• Australia — 9,328 (2021)
• China — 946,499 (2021)
• Japan — 263,211 (2020)
• Korea, Rep. — 100,381 (2019)
• Malaysia — 929.34 (2020)
• Mongolia — 91 (2021)
• Philippines — 384 (2016)
• Thailand — 6,020 (2017)
• Viet Nam — 1,516 (2020)

More infrastructure data for Indonesia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 4.65 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.64 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 736,333 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 870.51 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 97.05 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 347.32 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 122.52 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 8,971 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 1,931 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports)

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Questions people ask

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

29,066 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 51.16% from 19,228 in 2000 (2.2% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 29,066 in 2019 and the lowest 14,345 in 2005.

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

In 2019, Indonesia's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 71.7% on 2018 (from 16,932 to 29,066). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2018), the average change was −0.1% and a typical year strayed about 11.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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