Rail network
route-km · no best or worst — largest to smallest
84 of 216 countries report a figure for rail network
World average: 10,435
Show smallest first
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|
| #11 | Argentina | 17,866 | 2019 | |
| #12 | Italy | 17,305 | 2021 | |
| #13 | United Kingdom | 16,179 | 2021 | |
| #14 | Kazakhstan | 16,006 | 2021 | |
| #15 | Spain | 15,963 | 2021 | |
| #16 | Romania | 10,769 | 2021 | |
| #17 | Turkey | 10,546 | 2021 | |
| #18 | Sweden | 9,714 | 2021 | |
| #19 | Iran | 9,455 | 2021 | |
| #20 | Czech Republic | 9,357 | 2021 | |
| #21 | Hungary | 8,037 | 2021 | |
| #22 | Pakistan | 7,791 | 2019 | |
| #23 | Turkmenistan | 7,680 | 2018 | |
| #24 | Finland | 5,918 | 2021 | |
| #25 | Indonesia | 5,483 | 2019 | |
| #26 | Belarus | 5,474 | 2021 | |
| #27 | Egypt | 5,153 | 2016 | |
| #28 | Austria | 4,962 | 2021 | |
| #29 | Uzbekistan | 4,732 | 2021 | |
| #30 | South Korea | 4,309 | 2021 | |
| #31 | Switzerland | 4,122 | 2021 | |
| #32 | Thailand | 4,092 | 2017 | |
| #33 | Bulgaria | 4,031 | 2021 | |
| #34 | Algeria | 4,001 | 2021 | |
| #35 | Norway | 3,885 | 2021 | |
| #36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,641 | 2021 | |
| #37 | Slovakia | 3,626 | 2021 | |
| #38 | Belgium | 3,612 | 2021 | |
| #39 | Serbia | 3,348 | 2021 | |
| #40 | Vietnam | 3,159 | 2021 | |
| #41 | Zimbabwe | 3,120 | 2020 | |
| #42 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 3,041 | 2021 | |
| #43 | Saudi Arabia | 2,939 | 2018 | |
| #44 | Bangladesh | 2,877 | 2019 | |
| #45 | Sudan | 2,747 | 2020 | |
| #46 | Tanzania | 2,701 | 2017 | |
| #47 | Croatia | 2,617 | 2021 | |
| #48 | Portugal | 2,527 | 2021 | |
| #49 | Chile | 2,396 | 2021 | |
| #50 | Greece | 2,339 | 2021 | |
| #51 | Morocco | 2,295 | 2021 | |
| #52 | Azerbaijan | 2,139 | 2021 | |
| #53 | Lithuania | 1,919 | 2021 | |
| #54 | Latvia | 1,859 | 2021 | |
| #55 | Mongolia | 1,821 | 2021 | |
| #56 | Tunisia | 1,777 | 2021 | |
| #57 | Israel | 1,720 | 2021 | |
| #58 | Malaysia | 1,655 | 2021 | |
| #59 | Ireland | 1,650 | 2021 | |
| #60 | Sri Lanka | 1,562 | 2019 | |
| #61 | Uruguay | 1,498 | 2021 | |
| #62 | Georgia | 1,387 | 2021 | |
| #63 | Zambia | 1,248 | 2019 | |
| #64 | Slovenia | 1,209 | 2021 | |
| #65 | Moldova | 1,149 | 2021 | |
| #66 | Estonia | 1,033 | 2017 | |
| #67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,018 | 2019 | |
| #68 | Botswana | 886 | 2021 | |
| #69 | Cameroon | 884 | 2021 | |
| #70 | Ethiopia | 754 | 2018 | |
| #71 | Mauritania | 728 | 2021 | |
| #72 | Armenia | 698 | 2021 | |
| #73 | North Macedonia | 683 | 2021 | |
| #74 | Madagascar | 673 | 2021 | |
| #75 | Gabon | 648 | 2021 | |
| #76 | Ivory Coast | 639 | 2021 | |
| #77 | Tajikistan | 620 | 2021 | |
| #78 | Burkina Faso | 518 | 2021 | |
| #79 | Philippines | 509 | 2016 | |
| #80 | Kyrgyzstan | 417 | 2021 | |
| #81 | United Arab Emirates | 279 | 2021 | |
| #82 | Luxembourg | 271 | 2021 | |
| #83 | Montenegro | 250 | 2019 | |
| #84 | Hong Kong | 230 | 2021 | |
| — | Afghanistan | — | — | |
| — | Albania | — | — | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Angola | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Australia | — | — | |
| — | The Bahamas | — | — | |
| — | Bahrain | — | — | |
| — | Barbados | — | — | |
| — | Belize | — | — | |
| — | Benin | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | Bhutan | — | — | |
| — | Bolivia | — | — | |
| — | Brazil | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Brunei | — | — | |
| — | Burundi | — | — | |
| — | Cape Verde | — | — | |
| — | Cambodia | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Central African Republic | — | — | |
| — | Chad | — | — | |
| — | Colombia | — | — | |
| — | Comoros | — | — | |
| — | Republic of the Congo | — | — | |
| — | Costa Rica | — | — | |
| — | Cuba | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Cyprus | — | — | |
| — | Denmark | — | — | |
| — | Djibouti | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Dominican Republic | — | — | |
| — | Ecuador | — | — | |
| — | El Salvador | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Eswatini | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Fiji | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | The Gambia | — | — | |
| — | Ghana | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guatemala | — | — | |
| — | Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | — | — | |
| — | Guyana | — | — | |
| — | Haiti | — | — | |
| — | Honduras | — | — | |
| — | Iceland | — | — | |
| — | Iraq | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Jamaica | — | — | |
| — | Japan | — | — | |
| — | Jordan | — | — | |
| — | Kenya | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Kuwait | — | — | |
| — | Laos | — | — | |
| — | Lebanon | — | — | |
| — | Lesotho | — | — | |
| — | Liberia | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Malawi | — | — | |
| — | Maldives | — | — | |
| — | Mali | — | — | |
| — | Malta | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Mauritius | — | — | |
| — | Mexico | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Mozambique | — | — | |
| — | Myanmar | — | — | |
| — | Namibia | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Nepal | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | New Zealand | — | — | |
| — | Nicaragua | — | — | |
| — | Niger | — | — | |
| — | Nigeria | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Oman | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | Panama | — | — | |
| — | Papua New Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Paraguay | — | — | |
| — | Peru | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Qatar | — | — | |
| — | Rwanda | — | — | |
| — | Samoa | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — | |
| — | Senegal | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sierra Leone | — | — | |
| — | Singapore | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | Somalia | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint Lucia | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Suriname | — | — | |
| — | Syria | — | — | |
| — | Timor-Leste | — | — | |
| — | Togo | — | — | |
| — | Tonga | — | — | |
| — | Trinidad and Tobago | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | Uganda | — | — | |
| — | Vanuatu | — | — | |
| — | Venezuela | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palestine | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — | |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)