Canada vs Mexico: Passenger-kilometers by rail

Canada

536.00 million million passenger-km

in 2021

Mexico

466.00 million million passenger-km

in 2021

Canada rank

58th

Mexico rank

61st

Passenger-kilometers by rail over time

Canada
Mexico

How they compare

Canada currently reports 536.00 million million passenger-km against 466.00 million million passenger-km in Mexico, a difference of 70.00 million million passenger-km.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Mexico ahead.

Canada ranks 58th and Mexico ranks 61st of 101 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Passenger-kilometers by rail
Unit: million passenger-km
Source: International Union of Railways (UIC) and OECD, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 2,125 data points, 1995–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of passengers transported by rail, multiplied by the kilometers traveled. This is measured in passenger-kilometers.