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Germany vs United Kingdom: Reported passenger kilometers

Germany
57.53 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2021
United Kingdom
51.15 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2022
Germany rank
7th
United Kingdom rank
8th

Reported passenger kilometers over time

  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
20.0B40.0B60.0B80.0B100.0B197019962022

How they compare

Germany currently reports 57.53 billion passenger-kilometers against 51.15 billion passenger-kilometers in United Kingdom, a difference of 6.39 billion passenger-kilometers.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

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

Germany ranks 7th and United Kingdom ranks 8th 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.