Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark

Denmark: Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge was 2,448 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
2,448
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
23rd
of 38 countries
All-time high
2,863
in 1993
All-time low
2,448
in 2022
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark, 1990–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k1990200720241990: 2.9k1991: 2.9k1992: 2.9k1993: 2.9k1994: 2.9k1995: 2.9k1996: 2.9k1997: 2.8k1998: 2.8k1999: 2.8k2000: 2.8k2001: 2.8k2002: 2.8k2003: 2.8k2004: 2.6k2005: 2.6k2006: 2.6k2007: 2.6k2008: 2.6k2009: 2.6k2010: 2.6k2011: 2.6k2012: 2.6k2013: 2.6k2014: 2.6k2015: 2.6k2016: 2.5k2017: 2.5k2018: 2.5k2019: 2.5k2020: 2.5k2021: 2.5k2022: 2.4k2023: 2.4k2024: 2.4k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

The most recent figure for length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark is 2,448, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark peaked at 2,863 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2,448, in 2022.

Denmark ranks 23rd of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2,834 2,762 2,863 10
2000s 2,690 2,606 2,787 10
2010s 2,565 2,481 2,615 10
2020s 2,463 2,448 2,485 5

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 20 Netherlands 3,043 compare
  2. 21 Croatia 2,617 compare
  3. 22 Portugal 2,526 compare
  4. 24 Ireland 2,045 compare
  5. 25 Lithuania 1,924 compare
  6. 26 Latvia 1,831 compare

See the full ranking of 40 places β†’

More reference data data for Denmark

All data for Denmark β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark?
Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark was 2,448 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 2,863 in 1993.
What is the lowest length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 2,448 in 2022.
How does Denmark rank for length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge?
Denmark ranks 23rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/length-of-electrified-and-non-electrified-railway-lines-by-track-gauge/denmark/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/length-of-electrified-and-non-electrified-railway-lines-by-track-gauge/denmark/">Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge in Denmark</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
40 places, 1,287 data points, 1962–2024
Last refreshed