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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 38.04% from 667 in 2016 (9.13% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is down 82.05% from 2,302 in 1995 (6.39% 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 2021, Tunisia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) rose 23.4% on 2020 (from 334.82 to 413.3).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was −4.1% and a typical year strayed about 16.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 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 39.6% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 38.6% 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 2014 to 2021 the straight-line trend is downward, about 63.72 a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Tunisia had the 44th 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 Tunisia in the 2021 ranking

• Cameroon — 41st of 49: 874.05
• Moldova — 42nd of 49: 664.5
• Greece — 43rd of 49: 579
• North Macedonia — 45th of 49: 375.36
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 46th of 49: 192
• Luxembourg — 47th of 49: 176

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 23 values

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

• Algeria — 908 (2019)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 32,920 (2021)
• Israel — 1,085 (2021)
• Morocco — 3,148 (2021)
• Pakistan — 8,080 (2018)

More infrastructure data for Tunisia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.96 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 15.97 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 35,726 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 10.96 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 4.11 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 14.44 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 117.61 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$526.47 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 4.26% (2025)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

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

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

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 82.05% from 2,302 in 1995 (6.39% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2,328 in 1997 and the lowest 334.82 in 2020.

How does Tunisia rank?

44th highest of 49 economies with data for 2021.

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

In 2021, Tunisia's railways, goods transported (million ton-km) rose 23.4% on 2020 (from 334.82 to 413.3). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was −4.1% and a typical year strayed about 16.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 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.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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