Railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km fell 5.41% to 15,014 mil tonne-km in Latvia in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km in Latvia reached an all time high of 21,867 mil tonne-km in 2012 and an all time low of 9,520 mil tonne-km in 1994. When compared to Latvia's main peers, railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km in Belarus amounted to 48,538 mil tonne-km, 2,325 mil tonne-km in Estonia, 15,414 mil tonne-km in Lithuania and 2,493,428 mil tonne-km in Russia in 2017.
Latvia has been ranked 22nd within the group of 69 countries we follow in terms of railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km.
| Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Belarus | mil tonne-km | 43,818 | 44,997 | 40,785 | 41,107 | 48,538 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil tonne-km | 2,917,390 | 2,753,020 | 2,375,430 | 2,379,230 | 2,696,220 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Estonia | mil tonne-km | 4,722 | 3,256 | 3,114 | 2,339 | 2,325 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil tonne-km | 9,470 | 9,596 | 8,468 | 9,455 | 10,362 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil tonne-km | 112,613 | 112,629 | 116,632 | 128,866 | 131,204 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil tonne-km | 21,071 | 21,029 | 21,519 | 21,265 | 21,663 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | mil tonne-km | 19,532 | 19,441 | 18,906 | 15,873 | 15,014 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | mil tonne-km | 13,344 | 14,307 | 14,036 | 13,790 | 15,414 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil tonne-km | 50,881 | 50,073 | 50,603 | 50,650 | 54,797 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil tonne-km | 2,196,217 | 2,300,532 | 2,305,945 | 2,344,087 | 2,493,428 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil tonne-km | 2,541,355 | 2,702,743 | 2,537,845 | 2,314,699 | 2,445,138 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil tonne-km | 224,434 | 210,157 | 195,054 | 187,557 | 191,914 |
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