Spain vs United States: Reported passenger kilometers

Spain
17.48 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2021
United States
21.20 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2022
Spain rank
14th
United States rank
11th

Reported passenger kilometers over time

  • Spain
  • United States
10.0B15.0B20.0B25.0B30.0B35.0B197019962022

How they compare

United States currently reports 21.20 billion passenger-kilometers against 17.48 billion passenger-kilometers in Spain, a difference of 3.72 billion passenger-kilometers.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1979 it was United States ahead.

Spain ranks 14th and United States ranks 11th 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.