Based on a comparison of 26 countries in 2012, France ranked the highest in principle railways enterprise (s) workforce with 165,928 persons followed by USA and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Estonia with 1,752 persons, Macedonia with 2,582 persons and Ireland with 4,234 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Principle Railways Enterprise (s) Workforce indicator page.
| Principle Railways Enterprise (s) Workforce | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Austria | persons | 14,830 | 14,167 | 13,092 | 12,779 | 12,468 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24,812 | 25,752 | 30,264 | ... | 14,038 | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Bulgaria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33,582 | 31,370 | 29,126 | ||||||||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 134,702 | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Hungary | persons | ... | 42,709 | 37,795 | 36,794 | 34,900 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | 91,679 | 87,421 | 83,335 | 78,991 | 80,153 | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 125,263 | 122,568 | 117,077 | 109,743 | 103,806 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,857 | 20,920 | 20,131 | ... | 18,521 | ... | ... |
| Slovakia | persons | 34,766 | 34,074 | 33,468 | 32,643 | 31,749 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | 20,721 | 20,763 | 20,893 | 20,671 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | 15,539 | 16,011 | 16,680 | 16,638 | 14,428 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | 34,037 | 33,238 | ... | ... | 32,281 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | persons | 26,415 | 28,024 | 27,603 | 26,868 | 26,032 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | 167,581 | 167,216 | 164,439 | 151,906 | 151,870 | ... | ... |
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