Based on a comparison of 69 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in railways transport freight measured by mil tonne-km with 2,882,100 mil tonne-km followed by Russia and USA. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 42.9 mil tonne-km, Ireland with 72.0 mil tonne-km and Dem. Republic of the Congo with 158 mil tonne-km.
Data for more countries are available at Railways Transport Freight (mil tonne-km) indicator page.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil tonne-km | 386,266 | 414,069 | 412,985 | 396,806 | 420,143 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil tonne-km | 2,917,390 | 2,753,020 | 2,375,430 | 2,379,230 | 2,696,220 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | mil tonne-km | 32,230 | 32,596 | 34,252 | 32,569 | 33,442 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil tonne-km | 112,613 | 112,629 | 116,632 | 128,866 | 131,204 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil tonne-km | 665,810 | 681,696 | 654,481 | 620,175 | 654,285 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil tonne-km | 22,400 | 24,461 | 25,014 | 27,243 | 30,299 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil tonne-km | 231,248 | 216,524 | 189,759 | 188,159 | 206,258 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil tonne-km | 77,717 | 80,683 | 83,401 | 84,683 | 86,316 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | mil tonne-km | 20,970 | 21,296 | 20,699 | 21,406 | 21,838 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil tonne-km | ... | 22,482 | 22,932 | 22,935 | 22,937 | 22,940 |
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