In 2019, passengers traveled just under ** billion passenger kilometers on railways in Africa, a marginal increase of roughly *** percent compared with the previous year. The year in which Africa saw the greatest rail passenger traffic was in 2014, where numbers reached **** billion passenger kilometers – approximately three times the passenger kilometers recorded in 2019.
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UIC. (June 29, 2020). Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed July 20, 2026. /statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/
UIC. (2020). Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers). ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2026. /statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/
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Rail passenger traffic in Africa from 2006 to 2019 (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph], UIC, June 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/261163/rail-passenger-activity-in-africa/