Railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km rose 2.89% to 3,902 mil tonne-km in Bulgaria in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 18,327 mil tonne-km in 1986 and an all time low of 2,908 mil tonne-km in 2012. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km in Greece amounted to 491 mil tonne-km, 13,312 mil tonne-km in Romania, 2,861 mil tonne-km in Serbia and 14,707 mil tonne-km in Turkey in 2019.
Bulgaria has been ranked 31st within the group of 49 countries we follow in terms of railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km, 20 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Albania | mil tonne-km | 23.0 | 39.9 | 23.1 | 8.80 | 25.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | mil tonne-km | 1,243 | 1,313 | 1,286 | 1,142 | 1,130 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil tonne-km | 3,246 | 3,439 | 3,650 | 3,434 | 3,931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | mil tonne-km | 2,086 | 2,119 | 2,183 | 2,160 | 2,592 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil tonne-km | 238 | 343 | 294 | 254 | 358 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | mil tonne-km | 9,722 | 10,158 | 10,010 | 10,528 | 11,345 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil tonne-km | 22,400 | 24,461 | 25,014 | 27,243 | 30,299 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil tonne-km | ... | 249 | 249 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil tonne-km | 421 | 411 | 278 | 222 | 277 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | mil tonne-km | 1,227 | 1,182 | 963 | 790 | 987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil tonne-km | 12,941 | 12,264 | 13,673 | 13,535 | 13,782 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil tonne-km | 3,022 | 2,988 | 3,248 | 3,087 | 3,288 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil tonne-km | 11,177 | 11,992 | 10,474 | 11,661 | 12,869 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil tonne-km | 224,434 | 210,157 | 195,054 | 187,557 | 191,914 |
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