Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain

Spain: Length of electrified railway lines by type of current was 10,938 Kilometre in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
10,938 Kilometre
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
5th
of 39 countries
All-time high
10,938 Kilometre
in 2024
All-time low
6,566 Kilometre
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

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

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k1990200720241990: 6.6k Kilometre1991: 6.6k Kilometre1992: 7.1k Kilometre1993: 7.1k Kilometre1994: 7.2k Kilometre1995: 7.0k Kilometre1996: 7.0k Kilometre1997: 7.1k Kilometre1998: 7.1k Kilometre1999: 7.2k Kilometre2000: 7.1k Kilometre2001: 7.2k Kilometre2002: 7.2k Kilometre2003: 7.7k Kilometre2004: 7.8k Kilometre2005: 7.8k Kilometre2006: 8.0k Kilometre2007: 8.4k Kilometre2008: 8.4k Kilometre2009: 8.4k Kilometre2010: 8.9k Kilometre2011: 9.0k Kilometre2012: 9.1k Kilometre2013: 9.3k Kilometre2014: 9.2k Kilometre2015: 9.7k Kilometre2016: 10.4k Kilometre2017: 10.1k Kilometre2018: 9.8k Kilometre2019: 10.3k Kilometre2020: 10.4k Kilometre2021: 10.6k Kilometre2022: 10.7k Kilometre2023: 10.9k Kilometre2024: 10.9k Kilometre

Source: Eurostat. Measured in Kilometre.

Analysis

In 2024, length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain stood at 10,938 Kilometre. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain peaked at 10,938 Kilometre in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,566 Kilometre, in 1990.

Spain ranks 5th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6,992 Kilometre 6,566 Kilometre 7,169 Kilometre 10
2000s 7,778 Kilometre 7,142 Kilometre 8,365 Kilometre 10
2010s 9,579 Kilometre 8,866 Kilometre 10,383 Kilometre 10
2020s 10,725 Kilometre 10,450 Kilometre 10,938 Kilometre 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 2 France 16,809 Kilometre compare
  2. 3 Italy 12,277 Kilometre compare
  3. 4 Poland 12,216 Kilometre compare
  4. 6 Ukraine 9,392 Kilometre compare
  5. 7 Sweden 8,191 Kilometre compare
  6. 8 Türkiye 6,570 Kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain?
Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain was 10,938 Kilometre in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of electrified railway lines by type of current recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 10,938 Kilometre in 2024.
What is the lowest length of electrified railway lines by type of current recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 6,566 Kilometre in 1990.
How does Spain rank for length of electrified railway lines by type of current?
Spain ranks 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of electrified railway lines by type of current rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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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About this data

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