Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain
Spain: Length of electrified railway lines by type of current was 10,938 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
10,938
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
6th
of 51 countries
All-time high
10,938
in 2024
All-time low
6,566
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain, 1990–2024
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2024, length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Spain stood at 10,938. 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 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,566, in 1990.
Spain ranks 6th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6,566 | — |
| 1991 | 6,581 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 7,054 | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 7,059 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 7,169 | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 7,029 | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 7,037 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 7,135 | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 7,140 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 7,154 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 7,142 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 7,154 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7,170 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,738 | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 7,757 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 7,767 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 7,975 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 8,355 | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 8,359 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,365 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 8,866 | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9,030 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 9,086 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 9,275 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 9,223 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 9,717 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 10,383 | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 10,122 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 9,840 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 10,252 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 10,450 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 10,608 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 10,701 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 10,930 | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 10,938 | +0.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 10,938 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,790, 6.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Spain's 10,938 is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,001, 3.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,992 | 6,566 | 7,169 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,778 | 7,142 | 8,365 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,579 | 8,866 | 10,383 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,725 | 10,450 | 10,938 | 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 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 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 in 1990.
- How does Spain rank for length of electrified railway lines by type of current?
- Spain ranks 6th out of 51 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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