Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Italy

Italy: Length of electrified railway lines by type of current was 12,277 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
12,277
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
3rd
of 38 countries
All-time high
12,277
in 2024
All-time low
9,512
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Italy, 1990–2024

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k1990200720241990: 9.5k1991: 9.8k1992: 10.0k1993: 10.0k1994: 10.1k1995: 10.2k1996: 10.3k1997: 10.4k1998: 10.5k1999: 10.7k2000: 10.7k2001: 10.9k2002: 10.9k2003: 11.0k2004: 11.0k2005: 11.4k2006: 11.5k2007: 11.5k2008: 11.7k2009: 11.9k2010: 11.9k2011: 11.9k2012: 11.9k2013: 12.0k2014: 11.9k2015: 11.9k2016: 12.0k2017: 12.0k2018: 12.0k2019: 12.0k2020: 12.1k2021: 12.2k2022: 12.2k2023: 12.2k2024: 12.3k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

Italy recorded 12,277 for length of electrified railway lines by type of current in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Italy peaked at 12,277 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,512, in 1990.

That places Italy 3rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10,158 9,512 10,661 10
2000s 11,246 10,734 11,887 10
2010s 11,969 11,906 12,023 10
2020s 12,178 12,065 12,277 5

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 1 Germany 21,166 compare
  2. 2 France 16,809 compare
  3. 4 Poland 12,216 compare
  4. 5 Spain 10,938 compare
  5. 6 Ukraine 9,392 compare

See the full ranking of 40 places β†’

More reference data data for Italy

All data for Italy β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Italy?
Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Italy was 12,277 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of electrified railway lines by type of current recorded in Italy?
The highest recorded value was 12,277 in 2024.
What is the lowest length of electrified railway lines by type of current recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 9,512 in 1990.
How does Italy rank for length of electrified railway lines by type of current?
Italy ranks 3rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of electrified railway lines by type of current rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Italy data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Length of electrified railway lines by type of current. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Length of electrified railway lines by type of current
Source
Eurostat
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CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
40 places, 1,273 data points, 1990–2024
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