Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks by country
Countries reporting
37
Highest
70,108
Germany
Lowest
9
Liechtenstein
Median
4,279
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
1,008
What the numbers show
Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 70,108 in Germany; the lowest is 9 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,279, and the mean is 10,846.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,790.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 8.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 26.9%).
Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 70,108 | 2021 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 2 | France | 48,893 | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 3 | Poland | 37,798 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 31,925 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 5 | Italy | 24,636 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 22,553 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 7 | Ukraine | 22,078 | 2002 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 8 | Romania | 19,625 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 9 | Sweden | 15,769 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 15,169 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 11 | Austria | 10,073 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 12 | Hungary | 8,770 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 13 | Slovak Republic | 6,816 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 6,739 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 6,440 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Belgium | 6,342 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 17 | Netherlands | 5,189 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Serbia | 4,995 | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 4,279 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 20 | Croatia | 3,940 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 21 | Denmark | 3,732 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 22 | Portugal | 3,224 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 23 | Greece | 2,463 | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 24 | Ireland | 2,426 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Georgia | 2,401 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 26 | Lithuania | 2,366 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 27 | Latvia | 2,216 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 28 | Slovenia | 2,169 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Estonia | 2,124 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 30 | Moldova | 1,989 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,484 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 908 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 628 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Kosovo* | 440 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Montenegro | 327.7 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Albania | 252.95 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 37 | Liechtenstein | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 13,480