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Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
83
Highest
11.9 km
Czechia
Lowest
0.1 km
Sudan
Median
1.7 km
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,918

What the numbers show

Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area) — Value is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 11.9 km in Czechia; the lowest is 0.1 km in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7 km, and the mean is 2.64 km.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 119.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 166.7%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 50.0%).

Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 11.9 km 2021 down 0.8% flat
2 Belgium 11.8 km 2021 up 0.9% flat
3 Luxembourg 10.5 km 2021 down 0.9% flat
4 Switzerland 10 km 2021 up 16.3% rising
5 Germany 9.3 km 2021 down 1.1% falling
6 Hungary 8.6 km 2021 up 1.2% flat
7 Israel 7.8 km 2021 up 59.2% rising
8 Slovakia 7.4 km 2021 unchanged flat
9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7.3 km 2021 unchanged rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.6 km 2021 down 1.5% flat
11 Poland 6 km 2021 down 4.8% falling
12 Austria 5.9 km 2021 unchanged falling
12 Slovenia 5.9 km 2021 down 1.7% flat
14 Italy 5.7 km 2021 up 3.6% flat
15 Denmark 5 km 2009 up 4.2% flat
16 Cuba 4.6 km 2007 up 17.9% flat
16 France 4.6 km 2021 down 16.4% falling
18 Romania 4.5 km 2021 unchanged flat
19 Republic of Korea 4.3 km 2021 up 19.4% rising
20 Serbia 3.9 km 2021 down 9.3% falling
21 Bulgaria 3.6 km 2021 down 2.7% falling
21 Ukraine 3.6 km 2020 unchanged flat
23 Spain 3.2 km 2021 up 3.2% rising
24 Croatia 3 km 2021 down 37.5% falling
25 Lithuania 2.9 km 2021 up 7.4% rising
25 Latvia 2.9 km 2021 unchanged falling
27 North Macedonia 2.7 km 2021 unchanged flat
27 Portugal 2.7 km 2021 down 10.0% falling
29 Belarus 2.6 km 2021 unchanged flat
30 Azerbaijan 2.5 km 2021 up 4.2% flat
31 Sri Lanka 2.4 km 2019 up 9.1% rising
32 Armenia 2.3 km 2021 down 17.9% falling
32 Estonia 2.3 km 2017 up 27.8% rising
32 Ireland 2.3 km 2021 down 14.8% falling
35 India 2.1 km 2021 up 5.0% rising
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 km 2019 unchanged falling
36 Georgia 2 km 2021 up 11.1% falling
38 Bangladesh 1.9 km 2019 unchanged flat
39 Greece 1.8 km 2021 down 5.3% falling
39 Montenegro 1.8 km 2019 unchanged flat
39 Sweden 1.8 km 2021 down 18.2% falling
42 Finland 1.7 km 2021 down 5.6% flat
42 Eswatini 1.7 km 2011 unchanged flat
42 South Africa 1.7 km 2021 unchanged flat
45 Turkmenistan 1.6 km 2018 up 166.7% rising
46 Albania 1.5 km 2009 unchanged falling
47 China 1.2 km 2021 up 50.0% rising
48 Tunisia 1.1 km 2021 down 15.4% falling
48 Uzbekistan 1.1 km 2021 up 10.0% rising
48 China, mainland 1.1 km 2021 up 37.5% rising
51 Pakistan 1 km 2019 unchanged flat
52 Uruguay 0.9 km 2021 unchanged falling
53 Thailand 0.8 km 2017 down 11.1% falling
54 Argentina 0.6 km 2019 up 20.0% rising
54 Kazakhstan 0.6 km 2021 up 20.0% rising
54 Norway 0.6 km 2021 down 45.5% falling
57 Egypt 0.5 km 2016 unchanged flat
57 Iraq 0.5 km 2014 up 25.0% flat
57 Morocco 0.5 km 2021 unchanged rising
57 Malaysia 0.5 km 2021 down 28.6% rising
57 Senegal 0.5 km 2004 — flat
57 Russian Federation 0.5 km 2021 unchanged flat
63 Ghana 0.4 km 2006 unchanged flat
63 Cambodia 0.4 km 2004 — rising
63 Mozambique 0.4 km 2011 unchanged flat
63 Nigeria 0.4 km 2015 unchanged flat
63 Tajikistan 0.4 km 2021 unchanged rising
68 Canada 0.3 km 2021 unchanged flat
68 Chile 0.3 km 2021 — flat
68 Congo 0.3 km 2012 unchanged falling
68 Indonesia 0.3 km 2019 unchanged rising
68 Kenya 0.3 km 2004 — falling
73 Burkina Faso 0.2 km 2021 unchanged flat
73 Botswana 0.2 km 2021 unchanged flat
73 Cameroon 0.2 km 2021 unchanged flat
73 Algeria 0.2 km 2021 unchanged rising
73 Gabon 0.2 km 2021 down 33.3% falling
73 Kyrgyzstan 0.2 km 2021 unchanged flat
79 Madagascar 0.1 km 2021 unchanged falling
79 Mongolia 0.1 km 2021 unchanged flat
79 Mauritania 0.1 km 2021 unchanged flat
79 Saudi Arabia 0.1 km 2018 — volatile
79 Sudan 0.1 km 2020 down 50.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area) — Value
Unit
km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
110 places, 1,918 data points, 2000–2021
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.