Inland Surface Passenger Transport - IRF World Road Statistics 2025

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2018 - 2023, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

International Road Federation (IRF)
Updated Thu Nov 13 2025
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Overview

This dataset captures disaggregated passenger transportation activity data, measured in passenger-kilometres, by transport mode.

Key Variables

Passenger-kilometres: Unit of measurement which represents the transport of one passenger over one kilometre. The distance to be considered is the distance actually run.

Available modes include:

Road transport (disaggregated data on public and private transport)

Rail transport, excluding trams or metro systems

Description

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2018 - 2023, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

Keywords
Passenger activity
Rail
road traffic
URL
https://worldroadstatistics.org
Sources
Contributors
  • ariskops
Reference Period
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2023
Last updated date
November 13, 2025
Region
Visibility
Public
License
-

Schedule

DATESTATUS

Citation format

Accurate citations in multiple formats

International Road Federation (IRF). (2025). Inland Surface Passenger Transport - IRF World Road Statistics 2025 [Data set]. International Road Federation (IRF). false


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