Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden

Sweden: Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks was 15,769 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
15,769
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
9th
of 37 countries
All-time high
16,784
in 1991
All-time low
11,037
in 1994
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden, 1990–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k1990200720241990: 16.5k1991: 16.8k1992: 15.1k1993: 11.1k1994: 11.0k1995: 11.3k1996: 11.3k1997: 11.4k1998: 11.4k1999: 11.5k2000: 15.1k2001: 15.3k2002: 15.5k2003: 15.4k2004: 15.4k2005: 15.4k2006: 15.3k2007: 15.3k2008: 15.4k2009: 15.5k2010: 15.5k2011: 15.6k2012: 15.6k2013: 15.5k2014: 15.4k2015: 15.4k2016: 15.5k2017: 15.6k2018: 15.6k2019: 15.5k2020: 15.6k2021: 15.5k2022: 15.5k2023: 15.7k2024: 15.8k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

Sweden recorded 15,769 for length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in 2024.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden peaked at 16,784 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 11,037, in 1994.

That places Sweden 9th out of 37 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.

Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden, year by year

Annual values for Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden, 1990 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1990 16,545
1991 16,784 +1.4%
1992 15,060 -10.3%
1993 11,089 -26.4%
1994 11,037 -0.5%
1995 11,289 +2.3%
1996 11,345 +0.5%
1997 11,366 +0.2%
1998 11,448 +0.7%
1999 11,498 +0.4%
2000 15,137 +31.6%
2001 15,275 +0.9%
2002 15,472 +1.3%
2003 15,365 -0.7%
2004 15,381 +0.1%
2005 15,360 -0.1%
2006 15,318 -0.3%
2007 15,297 -0.1%
2008 15,351 +0.4%
2009 15,487 +0.9%
2010 15,497 +0.1%
2011 15,601 +0.7%
2012 15,633 +0.2%
2013 15,468 -1.1%
2014 15,370 -0.6%
2015 15,424 +0.4%
2016 15,459 +0.2%
2017 15,568 +0.7%
2018 15,571 +0.0%
2019 15,542 -0.2%
2020 15,557 +0.1%
2021 15,543 -0.1%
2022 15,545 +0.0%
2023 15,743 +1.3%
2024 15,769 +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 12,746 11,037 16,784 10
2000s 15,344 15,137 15,487 10
2010s 15,513 15,370 15,633 10
2020s 15,631 15,543 15,769 5

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 6 Spain 22,553 compare
  2. 7 Ukraine 22,078 compare
  3. 8 Romania 19,625 compare
  4. 10 Czechia 15,169 compare
  5. 11 Austria 10,073 compare
  6. 12 Hungary 8,770 compare

See the full ranking of 38 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden?
Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks in Sweden was 15,769 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks recorded in Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 16,784 in 1991.
What is the lowest length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 11,037 in 1994.
How does Sweden rank for length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks?
Sweden ranks 9th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 railway tracks by electrification of tracks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Length of railway tracks by electrification of tracks
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
38 places, 1,008 data points, 1990–2024
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