Serbia: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Serbia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) rose 6.5% on 2020 (from 2,747 to 2,925).

Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 22.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 61.1% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 53.1% in 1999. 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 1% 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, Serbia had the 36th highest value of the 49 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 Serbia in the 2021 ranking

• Georgia — 33rd of 49: 3,322
• Croatia — 34th of 49: 3,172
• Morocco — 35th of 49: 3,148
• Portugal — 37th of 49: 2,699
• Estonia — 38th of 49: 2,128
• Israel — 39th of 49: 1,085

What this measures

Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times 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

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in nearby economies

• Albania — 25.12 (2021)
• Armenia — 840 (2020)
• Austria — 21,781 (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 5,316 (2021)
• Belarus — 44,478 (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1,040 (2020)
• Bulgaria — 4,658 (2021)
• Croatia — 3,172 (2021)
• Czechia — 16,326 (2021)
• Denmark — 2,592 (2018)

More infrastructure data for Serbia

• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 47.74% (2024)
• Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.94% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 5,173 (2023)
• Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) — 191 (2021)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 43,287 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 19.33 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 3.87 million (2023)
• Rail lines (total route-km) — 3,348 (2021)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 12 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents

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Questions people ask

What is Serbia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km)?

2,925 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 114.44% from 1,364 in 1995 (2.98% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4,551 in 2007 and the lowest 1,190 in 1999.

How does Serbia rank?

36th highest of 49 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in railways, goods transported (million ton-km) unusual for Serbia?

In 2021, Serbia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) rose 6.5% on 2020 (from 2,747 to 2,925). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 22.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IS.RRS.GOOD.MT.K6, 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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