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

Key figures

Since 1999 it is down 20% from 10 in 1999 (1.38% 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.

What the numbers say

In 2015, Uruguay's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) did not change 0% on 2014 (from 8 to 8).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2014), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 21.4% 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 41.7% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.8% in 2007. 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.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Uruguay in the 2015 ranking

• Sri Lanka — 1st of 2: 7,407

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 11 values

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 8,361 (2017)
• Chile — 738 (2021)
• Mexico — 466 (2021)

More infrastructure data for Uruguay

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.21 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 35.62 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.93 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 145.5 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 401 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 13 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 67 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 9 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 27.83% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

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Questions people ask

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

8 in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is down 20% from 10 in 1999 (1.38% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 17 in 2006 and the lowest 8 in 2002.

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

In 2015, Uruguay's railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) did not change 0% on 2014 (from 8 to 8). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2014), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 21.4% 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.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

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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