Rail passenger transport in Hungary
Rail passengers in Hungary travelled 16,145 million passenger-km in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Hungary, 2025
16,145
Change from 2024
+7.7%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
9th of 32
Rail passenger transport in Hungary over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Hungary | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,145 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 14,988 million passenger-kmb (break in time series) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | not availablec (confidential) | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | not availablec (confidential) | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | not availablec (confidential) | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | not availablec (confidential) | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | not availablec (confidential) | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | not availablec (confidential) | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 7,710 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 7,806 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 7,769 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 7,763 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 7,653 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 8,004 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 8,291 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 8,752 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 9,524 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 9,714 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 10,406 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +7.7% from 14,988 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2006, when it was 9,524 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +69.5%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Hungary has the 9th highest value.
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