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
6th
of 49 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
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 6th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain, year by year
| Year | Kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6,566 Kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 6,581 Kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 7,054 Kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 7,059 Kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 7,169 Kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 7,029 Kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 7,037 Kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 7,135 Kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 7,140 Kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 7,154 Kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 7,142 Kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 7,154 Kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7,170 Kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,738 Kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 7,757 Kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 7,767 Kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 7,975 Kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 8,355 Kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 8,359 Kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,365 Kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 8,866 Kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9,030 Kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 9,086 Kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 9,275 Kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 9,223 Kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 9,717 Kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 10,383 Kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 10,122 Kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 9,840 Kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 10,252 Kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 10,450 Kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 10,608 Kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 10,701 Kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 10,930 Kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 10,938 Kilometre | +0.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 10,938 Kilometre is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,790 Kilometre, 6.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Spain's 10,938 Kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,001 Kilometre, 3.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
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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 6th out of 49 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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