In 2019, passengers traveled just under 22 billion passenger kilometers on railways in Africa, a marginal increase of roughly 1.7 percent compared with the previous year. The year in which Africa saw the greatest rail passenger traffic was in 2014, where numbers reached 63.5 billion passenger kilometers – approximately three times the passenger kilometers recorded in 2019.
Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers)
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UIC. (June 29, 2020). Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/
UIC. "Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers)." Chart. June 29, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/
UIC. (2020). Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/
UIC. "Rail Passenger Traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in Billion Passenger Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/
UIC, Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/ (last visited December 05, 2023)
Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph], UIC, June 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/