The table illustrates railway usage in four different nations in the year 2007.
Overall, China led all the nations in terms of/ had the highest figures for rail passengers and average distance, whereas Canada ranked lowest / Canada recorded the lowest figures in these same two categories. Conversely, Canada transported the most freight of the four nations./ Canada led the way in the volume of cargo carried.
China recorded the highest number of rail passengers, with 27 million, a figure substantially ahead of Malaysia and the UAE, with 5.9 million and 5.5 million, respectively. In contrast, Canada bottomed the list, with only 0.3 million. China ALSO ranked first in terms of the average distance travelled by each person, recording 1,980 km. Meanwhile, Malaysia and the UAE recorded relatively comparable figures for this category, at 770 km and 780 km. Finally, the lowest figure was seen in Canada, at a mere 80 km.
The highest amount of cargo transported was recorded in Canada (28.2 billion tons), with China standing in second place, at 23.01 billion tons. This was slightly higher than the figures for Malaysia and the UAE, which stood at 22.2 and 22.0 billion tons, respectively.
