France vs Japan: Reported passenger kilometers

France
117.85 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2022
Japan
289.89 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2021
France rank
4th
Japan rank
3rd

Reported passenger kilometers over time

  • France
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 289.89 billion passenger-kilometers against 117.85 billion passenger-kilometers in France, a difference of 172.04 billion passenger-kilometers.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.5 times France's.

Across all 52 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

France ranks 4th and Japan ranks 3rd 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.