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China: Railways, goods transported

3.02Mmillion ton-km · 2019+19.6% since 2009

Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled. Annual figures for China from 1995 to 2019.

19952019

Every year

YearValue (million ton-km)Note
20193,018,200
20182,882,100
20172,696,220
20162,379,230
20152,375,430
20142,753,020
20132,917,390
20122,918,709
20112,946,579
20102,764,413
20092,523,917
20082,510,628
20072,379,700
20062,195,441
20052,072,600
20041,928,880
20031,724,670
20021,565,840
20011,469,410
20001,377,050
19991,291,030
19981,256,010
19971,326,990
19961,310,620
19951,304,950

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Union of Railways, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Railways, goods transported. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-railways-goods-transported (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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