Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Sweden

Sweden: Length of electrified railway lines by type of current was 8,191 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
8,191
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
7th
of 38 countries
All-time high
8,235
in 2015
All-time low
7,266
in 1994
Years of data
35
1990–2024

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k1990200720241990: 7.4k1991: 7.3k1992: 7.4k1993: 7.4k1994: 7.3k1995: 7.4k1996: 7.5k1997: 7.4k1998: 7.4k1999: 7.5k2000: 7.5k2001: 7.7k2002: 7.8k2003: 7.7k2004: 7.7k2005: 7.7k2006: 7.7k2007: 7.8k2008: 7.9k2009: 8.0k2010: 8.0k2011: 8.1k2012: 8.2k2013: 8.2k2014: 8.2k2015: 8.2k2016: 8.2k2017: 8.2k2018: 8.2k2019: 8.2k2020: 8.2k2021: 8.2k2022: 8.2k2023: 8.2k2024: 8.2k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

The most recent figure for length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Sweden is 8,191, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Sweden peaked at 8,235 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7,266, in 1994.

That places Sweden 7th out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 7,393 7,266 7,474 10
2000s 7,757 7,487 7,963 10
2010s 8,173 7,965 8,235 10
2020s 8,187 8,184 8,191 5

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 4 Poland 12,216 compare
  2. 5 Spain 10,938 compare
  3. 6 Ukraine 9,392 compare
  4. 8 United Kingdom 6,309 compare
  5. 9 Switzerland 5,298 compare
  6. 10 Austria 4,161 compare

See the full ranking of 40 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Sweden?
Length of electrified railway lines by type of current in Sweden was 8,191 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of electrified railway lines by type of current recorded in Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 8,235 in 2015.
What is the lowest length of electrified railway lines by type of current recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 7,266 in 1994.
How does Sweden rank for length of electrified railway lines by type of current?
Sweden ranks 7th out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of electrified railway lines by type of current rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sweden 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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
40 places, 1,273 data points, 1990–2024
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