Netherlands's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) was 10,900 in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 33.94% from 16,500 in 2011 (4.06% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 10,900 | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 16,900 | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 16,500 | 2011 |
| Highest | 22,600 | 2018 |
| Lowest | 9,200 | 2020 |
| Average since 2012 | 16,260 | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 13,000 | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Netherlands' railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 18.5% on 2020 (from 9,200 to 10,900).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was −0.2% and a typical year strayed about 13.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above 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 27% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 52.6% 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 2012 to 2021 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
In 2021, Netherlands had the 10th highest value of the 47 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 10,900 | 2021 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 2,478 | 2021 |
| High income | 2,908 | 2021 |
Closest to Netherlands in the 2021 ranking
- Poland — 7th of 47: 15,844
- Switzerland — 8th of 47: 14,308
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 9th of 47: 11,231
- Türkiye — 11th of 47: 10,683
- Australia — 12th of 47: 9,328
- Austria — 13th of 47: 8,433
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 27 values
| Year | Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,900 |
| 2020 | 9,200 |
| 2019 | 19,400 |
| 2018 | 22,600 |
| 2017 | 17,800 |
| 2016 | 16,900 |
| 2015 | 15,800 |
| 2014 | 16,200 |
| 2013 | 17,700 |
| 2012 | 16,100 |
| 2011 |
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 Netherlands
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 3.98 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 21.81 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 307,432 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 3,286 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 41.44 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 23.43 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 128.54 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,266 (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 1,781 (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Netherlands's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)?
- 10,900 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 16.15% from 13,000 in 1995 (0.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 22,600 in 2018 and the lowest 9,200 in 2020.
- How does Netherlands rank?
- 10th highest of 47 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) unusual for Netherlands?
- In 2021, Netherlands' railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 18.5% on 2020 (from 9,200 to 10,900). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was −0.2% and a typical year strayed about 13.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above 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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