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

Key figures

Since 1995 it is up 41.86% from 17,555 in 1995 (1.53% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Pakistan's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 10.8% on 2017 (from 22,476 to 24,903).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +3.1% and a typical year strayed about 3.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 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 10.8% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.5% in 2008. 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.

Closest to Pakistan in the 2018 ranking

• Denmark — 2nd of 3: 6,560
• Saudi Arabia — 3rd of 3: 134.65

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

• Algeria — 348 (2020)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 11,231 (2021)
• Israel — 1,956 (2021)
• Morocco — 4,464 (2021)
• Saudi Arabia — 134.65 (2018)
• Tunisia — 633.33 (2021)

More infrastructure data for Pakistan

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2.54 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.01 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 41,823 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 309.52 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 7.15 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 193.11 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 76.85 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 97 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 612 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

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

24,903 in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 41.86% from 17,555 in 1995 (1.53% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 26,446 in 2007 and the lowest 17,555 in 1995.

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

In 2018, Pakistan's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) rose 10.8% on 2017 (from 22,476 to 24,903). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +3.1% and a typical year strayed about 3.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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