Brazil vs Spain: Passenger-kilometers by rail
Brazil
16.49 billion million passenger-km
in 2019
Spain
17.00 billion million passenger-km
in 2021
Brazil rank
14th
Spain rank
13th
Passenger-kilometers by rail over time
- Brazil
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 17.00 billion million passenger-km against 16.49 billion million passenger-km in Brazil, a difference of 515.60 million million passenger-km.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 14th and Spain ranks 13th of 101 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher passenger-kilometers by rail, Brazil or Spain?
- Spain, at 17.00 billion million passenger-km against 16.49 billion million passenger-km in Brazil as of 2021.
- What is the difference in passenger-kilometers by rail between Brazil and Spain?
- 515.60 million million passenger-km, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Spain?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2019.
- How do Brazil and Spain rank globally for passenger-kilometers by rail?
- Brazil ranks 14th and Spain ranks 13th of 101 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Union of Railways (UIC) and OECD, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Passenger-kilometers by rail. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The number of passengers transported by rail, multiplied by the kilometers traveled. This is measured in passenger-kilometers.