These figures include capital expenditure on new infrastructure or extension of existing one, including reconstruction, renewal, and upgrades renewal and upgrades or major repairs.
Supplementary notes
Data were estimated for: Netherlands Data as of 2021 for: United States. Data as of 2023 for: China, Finland, Italy, Moldova, New Zealand, and Norway. Data as of 2024 for: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
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Annual rail infrastructure investment worldwide 2024, by country
In 2023, China ranked first by annual rail infrastructure investment among the 35 countries presented in the ranking. China's investment amounted to *** Euros, while France (2024) and Germany (2024), the second and third countries, had records amounting to *** Euros and *** Euros, respectively.
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