Based on a comparison of 67 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km with 3,018,200 mil tonne-km followed by Russia and USA. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 25.1 mil tonne-km, Ireland with 70.0 mil tonne-km and Montenegro with 130 mil tonne-km.
Data for more countries are available at Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) indicator page.
| Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | mil tonne-km | 401,600 | 413,490 | 431,307 | 441,273 | 443,005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | mil tonne-km | 40,785 | 41,107 | 48,538 | 52,574 | 48,205 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil tonne-km | 412,985 | 396,806 | 420,143 | 445,546 | 446,081 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil tonne-km | 2,375,430 | 2,379,230 | 2,696,220 | 2,882,100 | 3,018,200 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | mil tonne-km | 36,328 | 34,700 | 35,465 | 33,836 | 33,893 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil tonne-km | 116,632 | 128,866 | 131,204 | 129,991 | 129,161 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil tonne-km | 681,696 | 654,481 | 620,175 | 692,916 | 738,523 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil tonne-km | 25,014 | 27,243 | 30,299 | 34,859 | 33,646 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil tonne-km | 235,580 | 236,972 | 262,098 | 283,118 | 289,174 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil tonne-km | 82,712 | 84,683 | 86,316 | 87,924 | 89,049 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil tonne-km | 50,603 | 50,650 | 54,797 | 59,388 | 54,584 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil tonne-km | 2,304,759 | 2,342,590 | 2,491,876 | 2,596,880 | 2,601,928 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil tonne-km | 2,547,253 | 2,314,693 | 2,445,132 | 2,525,217 | 2,357,117 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil tonne-km | 195,054 | 187,557 | 191,914 | 186,344 | 181,845 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil tonne-km | ... | 22,935 | 22,937 | 22,940 | 22,942 | 22,860 |
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