How does New Zealand rank for relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road?

New Zealand ranks 47th out of 63 countries with data for 2021.

Where does this New Zealand data come from?

The figures come from OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand

Name: Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand
Creator: OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

New Zealand: Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road was 738.00 million passenger-kilometers in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)

738.00 million passenger-kilometers

Change on year

down 8.0%

World rank

47th

of 63 countries

All-time high

802.00 million passenger-kilometers

in 2020

All-time low

545.00 million passenger-kilometers

in 2017

Years of data

2017–2021

Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand, 2017–2021

Source: OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in passenger-kilometers.

Analysis

The most recent figure for relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand is 738.00 million passenger-kilometers, measured in 2021.

That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and up 35.4% over five years.

New Zealand ranks 47th of 63 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand, 2017 to 2021.
Year	passenger-kilometers	Change
2017	545.00 million passenger-kilometers	—
2018	743.00 million passenger-kilometers	+36.3%
2019	777.00 million passenger-kilometers	+4.6%
2020	802.00 million passenger-kilometers	+3.2%
2021	738.00 million passenger-kilometers	-8.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2010s	688.33 million passenger-kilometers	545.00 million passenger-kilometers	777.00 million passenger-kilometers	3
2020s	770.00 million passenger-kilometers	738.00 million passenger-kilometers	802.00 million passenger-kilometers	2

Countries ranked near New Zealand

44 Chile 957.00 million passenger-kilometers compare
45 Slovenia 835.00 million passenger-kilometers compare
46 Croatia 815.00 million passenger-kilometers compare
48 Latvia 541.00 million passenger-kilometers compare
49 Georgia 483.00 million passenger-kilometers compare
50 Mexico 466.00 million passenger-kilometers compare

See the full ranking of 63 places →

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.92 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.93 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0459 (2050)
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Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.53 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 42.17 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 47.53 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2499 (2050)

All data for New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand?: Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road in New Zealand was 738.00 million passenger-kilometers in 2021, according to OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road recorded in New Zealand?: The highest recorded value was 802.00 million passenger-kilometers in 2020.
What is the lowest relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road recorded in New Zealand?: The lowest recorded value was 545.00 million passenger-kilometers in 2017.
How does New Zealand rank for relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road?: New Zealand ranks 47th out of 63 countries with data for 2021.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?: The figures come from OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road
Unit: passenger-kilometers
Source: OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 63 places, 2,649 data points, 1970–2022
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of kilometers traveled by passengers by rail.