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France vs Germany: Reported passenger kilometers

France
117.85 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2022
Germany
57.53 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2021
France rank
4th
Germany rank
7th

Reported passenger kilometers over time

  • France
  • Germany
40.0B60.0B80.0B100.0B120.0B197019962022

How they compare

France currently reports 117.85 billion passenger-kilometers against 57.53 billion passenger-kilometers in Germany, a difference of 60.32 billion passenger-kilometers.

That makes France's figure about 2.0 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was France ahead.

France ranks 4th and Germany ranks 7th of 63 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Reported passenger kilometers
Unit
passenger-kilometers
Source
OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
63 places, 2,649 data points, 1970–2022
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Number of kilometers traveled by passengers by rail.