Montenegro's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) was 27.8 in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 69.35% from 90.7 in 2010 (11.15% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27.8 | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 80.6 | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 90.7 | 2010 |
| Highest | 215 | 2001 |
| Lowest | 27.8 | 2020 |
| Average since 2011 | 66.2 | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 215 | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Montenegro's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) fell 58.2% on 2019 (from 66.5 to 27.8).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2019), the average change was −5.3% and a typical year strayed about 13.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.4% in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 58.2% in 2020. 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 20% 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, Montenegro had the 13th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 27.8 | 2020 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 2,478 | 2021 |
| Upper middle income | 1,886 | 2019 |
Closest to Montenegro in the 2020 ranking
- Algeria — 10th of 15: 348
- Cameroon — 11th of 15: 225.37
- Gabon — 12th of 15: 87
- Tajikistan — 14th of 15: 21.7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 15th of 15: 15
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
| Year | Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 27.8 |
| 2019 | 66.5 |
| 2018 | 66.7 |
| 2017 | 59.9 |
| 2016 | 83.9 |
| 2015 | 80.6 |
| 2014 | 76.14 |
| 2013 | 73.4 |
| 2012 | 62 |
| 2011 | 65.1 |
| 2010 |
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in nearby economies
- Albania — 0.81 (2021)
- Armenia — 55 (2017)
- Austria — 8,433 (2021)
- Azerbaijan — 104 (2021)
- Belarus — 4,486 (2021)
- Belgium — 6,970 (2021)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 15 (2020)
- Bulgaria — 1,205 (2021)
- Croatia — 540 (2021)
- Czechia
More infrastructure data for Montenegro
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 35.54% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 254.67 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.42 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 221.69 (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 88.88% (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 192,212 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 30.1 (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$193.63 million (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 6.3% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Montenegro's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)?
- 27.8 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 87.07% from 215 in 2001 (10.21% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 215 in 2001 and the lowest 27.8 in 2020.
- How does Montenegro rank?
- 13th highest of 15 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) unusual for Montenegro?
- In 2020, Montenegro's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) fell 58.2% on 2019 (from 66.5 to 27.8). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2019), the average change was −5.3% and a typical year strayed about 13.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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