Poland vs Spain: Passenger-kilometers by rail

Poland

15.84 billion million passenger-km

in 2021

Spain

17.00 billion million passenger-km

in 2021

Poland rank

15th

Spain rank

13th

Passenger-kilometers by rail over time

Poland
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 17.00 billion million passenger-km against 15.84 billion million passenger-km in Poland, a difference of 1.16 billion million passenger-km.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Poland ahead.

Poland ranks 15th and Spain ranks 13th 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.