Infrastructure · South Africa
Yearly data from 1995 to 2020, from the World Bank.
South Africa's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) was 3,502 in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 74.45% from 13,704 in 2015 (23.88% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3,502 | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 13,704 | 2015 |
| Highest | 14,270 | 2014 |
| Lowest | 550.15 | 2013 |
| Average since 2013 | 8,288 | 2013–2020 |
| First recorded | 10,243 | 1995 |
Over five years it is down 74.45% from 13,704 in 2015 (23.88% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is down 65.81% from 10,243 in 1995 (4.2% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2020, South Africa's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) fell 36.4% on 2019 (from 5,504 to 3,502).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +145.7% and a typical year strayed about 626.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 2,493.8% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 91.4% in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 7% of the movement over 8 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.
In 2020, South Africa had the 7th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,502 | 2020 |
| Upper middle income | 1,886 | 2019 |
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.
| Year | Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,502 |
| 2019 | 5,504 |
| 2018 | 7,114 |
| 2017 | 9,821 |
| 2016 | 11,837 |
| 2015 | 13,704 |
| 2014 | 14,270 |
| 2013 | 550.15 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | 13,865 |
| 2006 | no data |
| 2005 | 991 |
| 2004 | 1,001 |
| 2003 | 996 |
| 2002 | 1,126 |
| 2001 | 13,023 |
| 2000 | 11,890 |
| 1999 | 11,564 |
| 1998 | 12,728 |
| 1997 | 12,551 |
| 1996 | 10,978 |
| 1995 | 10,243 |
Every indicator for South Africa is on the South Africa data page.
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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