Das Schienennetz ist die Gesamtlänge aller Schienen, die für den Zugverkehr bestimmt sind, ungeachtet paralleler Gleise.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kambodscha | 601,0 | |||||||||||||
| China | 58.656,0 | 62.200,0 | 66.239,0 | 72.487,0 | 85.843,0 | 79.306,0 | 85.320,0 | 89.966,0 | 91.675,0 | 93.742,0 | 96.353,0 | 102.462,0 | 106.235,0 | 109.767,0 |
| Hongkong | 113,0 | 230,1 | ||||||||||||
| Indonesien | 4.684,0 | 4.828,0 | 4.861,0 | 5.107,0 | 5.196,0 | 5.357,0 | 5.384,0 | 4.748,7 | 5.483,3 | 5.483,0 | ||||
| Japan | 20.140,3 | 20.087,4 | ||||||||||||
| Republik Korea | 3.123,0 | 3.392,0 | 3.618,3 | 3.637,2 | 3.650,1 | 3.666,1 | 3.668,3 | 3.944,0 | 4.071,0 | 4.071,0 | 4.200,0 | 4.109,2 | 4.284,7 | 4.308,5 |
| Malaysia | 1.636,0 | 1.667,0 | 2.209,7 | 2.250,3 | 2.773,0 | 1.655,0 | 1.655,0 | 1.655,0 | 1.655,0 | |||||
| Mongolei | 1.810,0 | 1.810,0 | 1.814,0 | 1.815,0 | 1.810,0 | 1.810,0 | 1.822,5 | 1.810,0 | 1.810,0 | 1.810,0 | 1.810,0 | 1.814,0 | 1.821,0 | 1.821,0 |
| Philippinen | 509,0 | 509,0 | ||||||||||||
| Thailand | 4.044,0 | 4.458,0 | 4.458,0 | 3.742,0 | 3.742,0 | 4.092,0 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 3.142,0 | 3.147,0 | 2.576,6 | 2.347,0 | 2.347,0 | 2.347,0 | 3.186,0 | 3.186,0 | 2.581,0 | 2.367,0 | 2.382,0 | 2.481,0 | 3.159,0 | 3.159,0 |
| Albanien | 440,0 | 423,0 | ||||||||||||
| Armenien | 843,0 | 826,1 | 703,2 | 703,2 | 679,4 | 685,7 | 698,4 | 698,4 | 698,4 | 698,4 | ||||
| Österreich | 5.665,0 | 5.782,0 | 5.351,0 | 4.917,0 | 4.985,0 | 4.950,0 | 4.956,0 | 4.937,0 | 4.917,0 | 4.953,0 | 4.955,0 | 4.968,0 | 4.966,0 | 4.962,0 |
| Aserbaidschan | 2.116,0 | 2.122,0 | 2.079,1 | 2.079,3 | 2.068,1 | 2.068,1 | 2.066,4 | 2.067,8 | 2.074,0 | 2.132,0 | 2.133,1 | 2.139,9 | 2.239,2 | 2.138,9 |
| Weißrussland | 5.512,0 | 5.498,0 | 5.482,0 | 5.482,0 | 5.462,0 | 5.469,0 | 5.470,0 | 5.470,0 | 5.459,0 | 5.459,0 | 5.459,0 | 5.459,2 | 5.453,5 | 5.474,0 |
| Belgien | 3.471,0 | 3.544,0 | 3.582,0 | 3.592,0 | 3.631,0 | 3.607,0 | 3.602,0 | 3.605,0 | 3.607,0 | 3.615,0 | 3.615,0 | 3.612,0 | ||
| Bosnien-Herzegowina | 943,0 | 1.000,0 | 1.027,1 | 1.027,1 | 1.027,1 | 1.027,1 | 1.027,1 | 1.027,1 | 1.018,1 | 417,0 | 1.018,1 | 1.018,1 | ||
| Bulgarien | 4.320,0 | 4.154,0 | 4.097,0 | 4.072,0 | 4.070,0 | 4.032,0 | 4.023,0 | 4.019,0 | 4.029,0 | 4.030,0 | 4.030,0 | 4.030,0 | 4.029,0 | 4.031,0 |
| Kroatien | 2.726,0 | 2.726,0 | 2.722,0 | 2.722,0 | 2.723,0 | 2.722,0 | 2.604,0 | 2.604,0 | 2.605,0 | 2.605,0 | 2.605,0 | 2.617,0 | 2.617,0 | 2.617,0 |
| Tschechische Republik | 9.365,0 | 9.513,0 | 9.468,8 | 9.470,2 | 9.468,3 | 9.459,0 | 9.457,6 | 9.466,9 | 9.462,7 | 9.408,0 | 9.406,0 | 9.396,0 | 9.377,0 | 9.357,0 |
| Dänemark | 2.047,0 | 2.134,0 | ||||||||||||
| Estland | 968,0 | 959,0 | 787,0 | 792,0 | 792,0 | 1.018,0 | 1.034,0 | 1.034,0 | 1.033,0 | |||||
| Finnland | 5.854,0 | 5.732,0 | 5.919,0 | 5.944,0 | 5.944,0 | 5.944,0 | 5.944,0 | 5.923,0 | 5.926,0 | 5.926,0 | 5.926,0 | 5.923,0 | 5.918,0 | 5.918,0 |
| Frankreich | 29.330,0 | 28.470,0 | 29.929,0 | 30.071,0 | 29.406,0 | 29.979,0 | 28.866,0 | 29.236,7 | 29.248,1 | 28.241,0 | 28.157,0 | 27.872,0 | 27.716,0 | |
| Georgien | 1.562,0 | 1.336,0 | 1.566,4 | 1.262,2 | 1.577,6 | 1.453,4 | 1.453,4 | 1.491,0 | 1.415,0 | 1.285,0 | 1.285,0 | 1.378,0 | 1.411,0 | 1.387,0 |
| Deutschland | 36.642,0 | 34.228,2 | 33.714,1 | 33.575,9 | 33.506,0 | 33.449,0 | 33.426,0 | 33.332,0 | 33.380,0 | 33.488,0 | 33.440,0 | 33.423,0 | 33.399,0 | 33.401,0 |
| Griechenland | 2.385,0 | 2.576,0 | 2.552,0 | 2.554,0 | 2.208,0 | 2.265,0 | 2.238,0 | 2.240,0 | 2.240,0 | 2.240,0 | 2.293,0 | 2.280,0 | 2.345,0 | 2.339,0 |
| Ungarn | 8.005,0 | 7.950,0 | 7.902,7 | 7.877,9 | 7.894,8 | 7.894,8 | 7.894,8 | 7.896,0 | 7.748,7 | 7.751,7 | 7.587,7 | 7.587,7 | 7.587,7 | 8.037,0 |
| Irland | 1.919,0 | 1.919,0 | 1.919,0 | 1.919,0 | 1.919,0 | 1.894,0 | 1.458,0 | 1.458,0 | 2.174,0 | 1.888,0 | 1.888,0 | 1.888,0 | 1.888,0 | 1.650,0 |
| Italien | 16.295,0 | 16.751,0 | 16.703,7 | 16.726,4 | 16.741,6 | 16.751,6 | 16.722,6 | 16.723,8 | 16.788,3 | 16.787,2 | 16.780,8 | 16.778,6 | 17.255,6 | 17.305,2 |
| Kasachstan | 13.545,0 | 14.204,0 | 14.184,1 | 14.319,4 | 14.758,9 | 14.767,1 | 14.767,1 | 14.767,1 | 15.529,0 | 16.040,3 | 16.060,8 | 16.060,8 | 16.063,0 | 16.005,6 |
| Kirgisistan | 417,0 | 417,0 | 417,2 | 417,2 | 417,2 | 417,0 | 424,0 | 424,0 | 424,0 | 424,0 | 424,0 | 424,0 | 424,0 | 417,0 |
| Lettland | 2.331,0 | 2.270,0 | 1.897,0 | 1.865,0 | 1.864,0 | 1.859,0 | 1.859,0 | 1.859,6 | 1.859,6 | 1.859,6 | 1.859,6 | 1.859,6 | 1.859,1 | 1.859,1 |
| Litauen | 1.905,0 | 1.771,0 | 1.767,0 | 1.767,0 | 1.767,0 | 1.767,0 | 1.767,0 | 1.877,0 | 1.911,0 | 1.911,0 | 1.911,0 | 1.911,0 | 1.911,0 | 1.919,0 |
| Luxemburg | 274,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 275,0 | 288,0 | 288,0 | 271,0 | 271,0 |
| North Macedonia | 699,0 | 699,0 | 699,0 | 699,0 | 699,0 | 699,0 | 699,0 | 683,0 | 683,0 | 683,0 | 683,0 | 683,0 | 683,0 | 683,0 |
| Republik Moldau | 1.139,0 | 1.075,0 | 1.156,9 | 1.156,9 | 1.156,9 | 1.156,9 | 1.156,0 | 1.151,0 | 1.151,0 | 1.151,0 | 1.151,0 | 1.151,0 | 1.151,0 | 1.149,0 |
| Montenegro | 248,0 | 249,0 | 239,2 | 239,2 | 249,0 | 249,0 | 249,0 | 249,0 | 249,0 | 249,0 | 250,0 | |||
| Niederlande | 2.802,0 | 2.813,0 | 3.016,0 | 3.078,0 | 3.078,0 | 3.078,0 | 3.041,0 | |||||||
| Norwegen | 4.179,0 | 4.087,0 | 4.154,0 | 4.219,0 | 4.209,0 | 4.209,0 | 4.208,0 | 4.200,0 | 3.885,0 | 3.885,0 | ||||
| Polen | 22.560,0 | 19.599,0 | 19.702,0 | 19.725,0 | 19.617,0 | 18.959,0 | 18.942,0 | 18.510,0 | 18.429,0 | 18.513,0 | 18.536,0 | 18.538,0 | 18.611,0 | 18.620,0 |
| Portugal | 2.814,0 | 2.839,0 | 2.842,0 | 2.794,0 | 2.541,3 | 2.544,3 | 2.546,0 | 2.546,0 | 2.546,0 | 2.546,0 | 2.546,0 | 2.526,1 | 2.526,1 | 2.527,1 |
| Rumänien | 11.364,0 | 10.781,0 | 10.777,0 | 10.777,0 | 10.777,0 | 10.768,0 | 10.770,0 | 10.770,0 | 10.766,0 | 10.766,0 | 10.765,0 | 10.759,0 | 10.769,0 | 10.769,0 |
| Russische Föderation | 86.075,0 | 85.542,0 | 85.292,0 | 85.166,0 | 85.248,0 | 85.266,0 | 84.581,0 | 85.262,0 | 85.375,0 | 85.545,0 | 85.626,0 | 85.494,0 | 85.555,0 | 85.544,0 |
| Serbien | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.809,0 | 3.736,0 | 3.736,0 | 3.724,5 | 3.724,5 | 3.333,4 | 3.348,1 |
| Slowakei | 3.662,0 | 3.626,0 | 3.622,4 | 3.624,1 | 3.631,4 | 3.631,3 | 3.627,1 | 3.626,4 | 3.626,3 | 3.626,4 | 3.626,6 | 3.629,2 | 3.626,9 | 3.626,5 |
| Slowenien | 1.201,0 | 1.228,0 | 1.228,1 | 1.209,1 | 1.209,1 | 1.209,1 | 1.209,1 | 1.209,0 | 1.209,0 | 1.209,1 | 1.209,0 | 1.209,0 | 1.209,0 | 1.209,0 |
| Spanien | 13.868,0 | 14.272,0 | 15.590,1 | 15.680,6 | 15.438,0 | 15.582,0 | 15.506,0 | 15.711,0 | 15.650,0 | 15.559,0 | 15.618,0 | 15.718,0 | 15.848,0 | 15.963,0 |
| Schweden | 10.698,0 | 9.867,0 | 9.968,0 | 10.014,0 | 9.944,0 | 9.765,0 | 9.689,0 | 9.716,0 | 9.684,0 | 9.684,0 | 9.708,0 | 9.701,0 | 9.711,0 | 9.714,0 |
| Schweiz | 3.216,0 | 3.399,0 | 3.573,6 | 3.551,2 | 3.557,8 | 3.611,0 | 4.018,7 | 3.976,3 | 4.034,5 | 4.050,5 | 4.046,8 | 3.647,2 | 3.671,8 | 4.122,3 |
| Tadschikistan | 533,0 | 617,0 | 620,7 | 620,7 | 608,0 | 587,0 | 597,0 | 597,0 | 620,0 | 620,0 | 620,0 | 620,0 | 662,0 | 620,0 |
| Türkei | 8.671,0 | 8.697,0 | 9.594,0 | 9.642,0 | 9.642,0 | 9.718,0 | 10.087,0 | 10.131,0 | 10.131,0 | 10.207,0 | 10.315,0 | 10.378,0 | 10.378,0 | 10.546,0 |
| Turkmenistan | 2.521,0 | 2.529,0 | 3.115,0 | 3.115,0 | 3.115,0 | 3.115,0 | 3.115,0 | 6.230,0 | 6.230,0 | 7.680,0 | 7.680,0 | |||
| Ukraine | 22.302,0 | 22.001,0 | 21.705,0 | 21.665,4 | 21.642,5 | 21.625,9 | 21.625,9 | 20.975,2 | 21.603,0 | 21.625,9 | 21.625,9 | 21.625,9 | 21.625,9 | |
| Großbritannien | 16.992,0 | 15.888,0 | 16.209,6 | 15.846,5 | 15.861,0 | 16.532,1 | 16.245,1 | 16.257,0 | 16.294,0 | 16.295,0 | 16.295,0 | 16.351,0 | 16.178,6 | |
| Usbekistan | 3.645,0 | 4.014,0 | 4.227,2 | 4.258,4 | 4.192,0 | 4.186,0 | 4.202,0 | 4.238,0 | 4.304,0 | 4.642,0 | 4.642,0 | 4.735,0 | 4.732,0 | 4.732,0 |
| Argentinien | 3.150,0 | 18.097,0 | 18.097,0 | 17.609,0 | 17.609,0 | 17.866,0 | 17.866,0 | |||||||
| Chile | 2.035,0 | 2.120,0 | 2.057,0 | 2.396,0 | 2.396,0 | 2.396,0 | 2.396,0 | |||||||
| Costa Rica | 581,0 | |||||||||||||
| Kuba | 4.252,0 | 4.065,0 | ||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 956,0 | |||||||||||||
| El Salvador | 547,0 | |||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 903,0 | |||||||||||||
| Panama | 485,0 | |||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 441,0 | |||||||||||||
| Uruguay | 2.993,0 | 2.993,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | 1.498,0 | ||||
| Venezuela (Bolivarische Republik) | 336,0 | 336,0 | ||||||||||||
| Algerien | 3.973,0 | 3.572,0 | 3.664,0 | 4.226,0 | 4.175,0 | 3.799,9 | 3.799,9 | 3.843,2 | 4.016,3 | 4.016,3 | 4.020,3 | 4.000,5 | ||
| Dschibuti | 781,0 | |||||||||||||
| Ägypten | 5.062,0 | 5.195,0 | 5.195,0 | 5.153,0 | 5.153,0 | |||||||||
| Iran | 6.042,0 | 7.131,0 | 8.216,5 | 8.367,5 | 8.368,0 | 8.592,5 | 8.559,5 | 8.559,5 | 8.576,0 | 9.021,0 | 9.327,0 | 9.454,0 | 9.453,8 | 9.455,0 |
| Irak | 2.603,0 | 1.898,0 | 2.138,0 | 2.370,0 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 669,0 | 910,0 | 1.034,0 | 1.078,9 | 1.142,5 | 1.153,0 | 1.194,0 | 1.277,0 | 1.340,1 | 1.495,0 | 1.521,0 | 1.598,9 | 1.619,0 | 1.720,0 |
| Marokko | 1.907,0 | 1.907,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.109,0 | 2.295,0 | 2.295,0 | 2.295,0 | 2.295,0 |
| Saudi Arabien | 958,0 | 1.020,0 | 1.412,0 | 2.620,0 | 2.939,0 | |||||||||
| Arabischen Republik Syrien | 1.771,0 | 2.043,0 | 2.139,0 | |||||||||||
| Tunesien | 2.152,0 | 1.956,0 | 2.165,0 | 1.867,0 | 2.244,0 | 2.244,0 | 2.244,0 | 2.165,0 | 1.777,0 | 1.777,0 | 1.777,0 | 1.777,0 | ||
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | 279,0 | 261,0 | 261,0 | 279,0 | ||||||||||
| Kanada | 46.968,6 | 45.581,6 | 48.498,4 | 48.150,4 | 47.687,4 | 47.987,5 | 48.309,2 | 48.149,9 | ||||||
| Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | 194.077,0 | 194.025,0 | 194.431,0 | 194.136,0 | 153.516,6 | 154.321,5 | 152.932,6 | 151.735,0 | 151.270,0 | 150.966,0 | 150.462,3 | 149.488,6 | 148.749,7 | 148.553,3 |
| Bangladesch | 2.745,0 | 2.855,0 | 2.835,0 | 2.791,0 | 2.877,0 | 2.877,0 | 2.791,0 | 2.877,0 | 2.877,0 | 2.877,0 | 2.877,0 | 2.877,0 | ||
| Indien | 62.759,0 | 63.485,0 | 63.974,0 | 64.460,0 | 64.600,0 | 65.436,0 | 65.808,0 | 66.030,0 | 66.687,0 | 67.368,0 | 69.249,0 | 67.414,1 | 67.955,6 | 68.102,7 |
| Pakistan | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.784,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | 7.791,0 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1.148,3 | 1.148,1 | 1.254,2 | 1.567,0 | 1.561,7 | 1.562,0 | 1.562,0 | 1.562,0 | ||||||
| Botsuana | 886,0 | 886,0 | 886,0 | 886,0 | 886,0 | 886,0 | 886,0 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | 622,0 | 622,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | 518,0 | |||
| Kamerun | 1.016,0 | 982,0 | 976,5 | 976,5 | 1.004,0 | 884,0 | 884,0 | 884,0 | 884,0 | 884,0 | ||||
| Kongo | 900,0 | 795,0 | 893,2 | |||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 | 639,0 |
| Demokratische Republik Kongo | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 | 3.641,0 |
| Äthiopien | 754,0 | 754,0 | 754,0 | |||||||||||
| Gabon | 731,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 810,0 | 648,0 | 648,0 | 648,0 |
| Ghana | 953,0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenia | 2.634,0 | |||||||||||||
| Madagaskar | 883,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | 673,0 | |||
| Mali | 734,0 | |||||||||||||
| Mauretanien | 728,0 | 728,0 | 728,0 | 728,0 | 728,0 | 728,0 | 728,0 | |||||||
| Mosambik | 3.114,0 | 3.070,0 | 3.116,0 | 3.116,0 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3.557,0 | 3.528,0 | 3.528,0 | 3.528,0 | 3.528,0 | 3.528,0 | 3.528,0 | 3.528,0 | ||||||
| Senegal | 906,0 | |||||||||||||
| Südafrika | 20.953,0 | 20.953,0 | 20.953,0 | 20.953,0 | 20.953,0 | 20.953,0 | 20.953,0 | |||||||
| Sudan | 4.599,0 | 4.578,0 | 4.708,0 | 4.313,0 | 4.313,0 | 4.313,0 | 4.313,0 | 2.747,0 | 2.747,0 | 2.747,0 | ||||
| Swasiland | 300,0 | 300,0 | 300,0 | |||||||||||
| Vereinigte Republik Tansania | 4.582,0 | 2.707,0 | 2.701,0 | |||||||||||
| Uganda | 259,0 | |||||||||||||
| Sambia | 1.248,0 | 1.248,0 | 1.248,0 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3.120,0 | 3.120,0 | 3.120,0 |