Rail passenger transport in Portugal
Rail passengers in Portugal travelled 6,848 million passenger-km in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.
Portugal, 2025
6,848
Change from 2024
+25.7%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
13th of 32
Rail passenger transport in Portugal over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,848 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 5,447 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 4,829 million passenger-km | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 4,419 million passenger-km | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 2,912 million passenger-km | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 2,563 million passenger-km | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 5,055 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 4,570 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 4,516 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 4,266 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 3,957 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 3,852 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 3,649 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 3,803 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 4,237 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 4,111 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 4,213 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 4,213 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 3,987 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 3,876 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 3,809 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 3,752 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +25.7% from 5,447 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3,957 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +73.1%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Portugal has the 13th highest value.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Car share of passenger transport
87.3%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Car ownership
561p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
5.5 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
86.3%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
23.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
8.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank