Rail passengers per capita in United States
Direct answer · 2020
37.58 passenger-km per capita
passenger-km per capita
Rank 46 among countries with comparable data
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What this means
Compare rail passenger-kilometres per person across countries.
Higher rail passenger-kilometres per person; lower rail passenger-kilometres per person.
Methodology & source
Values are World Bank World Development Indicators IS.RRS.PASG.KM (railways, passengers carried, million passenger-km, from UIC Railisa and OECD) converted to passenger-kilometres per person using SP.POP.TOTL midyear population. This measures rail travel volume, not train frequency or network length. Country rows are joined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3; regional and income aggregates are excluded. Many UN members have no reported rail passenger series and remain without a value. Map ranks are comparable-sample competition ranks among currently loaded countries.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators
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World Bank World Development Indicators IS.RRS.PASG.KM (railways, passengers carried, million passenger-km) converted to passenger-kilometres per person using SP.POP.TOTL. Source series are UIC Railisa and OECD statistics via WDI. Countries without a reported rail passenger series remain without a value. Rows are country and economy series joined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3; World Bank regional and income aggregates are excluded. Snapshot years 2010-2021 from WDI lastupdated 2026-07-13. 87 UN members have at least one finite passenger-km per capita value in this extract.