Country rankings
High Speed Rail by Country
China has the highest Length in Operation in 2024 (45,390 km), followed by Spain (3,993 km) and Japan (3,147 km). Denmark has the lowest (56 km).
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Length in Operation, 2024
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Median
592 km
Middle half 179 km – 1,204 km
Average
2,941 km
22 countries
Highest
45,390 km
China
Lowest
56 km
Denmark
Biggest changes · 2022 → 2024
20 countries have a value in both years.
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Data
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45 countries · # = rank by Length in Operation
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 45,390 km | 8,656 km | 3,754 km | 7,134 km |
| 2 |  Spain | 3,993 km | 696 km | 789 km | — |
| 3 |  Japan | 3,147 km | 336 km | 194 km | — |
| 4 |  France | 2,760 km | 189 km | — | 1,725 km |
| 5 |  Germany | 1,631 km | 87 km | 81 km | 210 km |
| 6 |  Turkey | 1,232 km | 1,720 km | 2,186 km | — |
| 7 |  Finland | 1,120 km | — | 394 km | — |
| 8 |  Italy | 921 km | 408 km | — | — |
| 9 |  Sweden | 895 km | 19 km | 208 km | 220 km |
| 10 |  South Korea | 873 km | 104 km | — | — |
| 11 |  United States | 735 km | 275 km | 1,339 km | 1,917 km |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia | 449 km | — | — | — |
| 13 |  Austria | 254 km | 281 km | 71 km | — |
| 14 |  Poland | 224 km | — | 805 km | 875 km |
| 15 |  Belgium | 209 km | — | — | — |
| 16 |  Morocco | 186 km | — | 640 km | — |
| 17 |  Switzerland | 176 km | — | — | — |
| 18 |  Indonesia | 142 km | — | — | 570 km |
| 19 |  United Kingdom | 138 km | 225 km | 168 km | — |
| 20 |  Netherlands | 90 km | — | — | — |
| 21 |  Serbia | 78 km | 108 km | 204 km | — |
| 22 |  Denmark | 56 km | — | — | — |
| — |  India | — | 508 km | — | 7,479 km |
| — |  Brazil | — | — | — | 511 km |
| — |  Mexico | — | — | 210 km | — |
| — |  Egypt | — | — | 645 km | 1,388 km |
| — |  Vietnam | — | — | 1,545 km | — |
| — |  Iran | — | 410 km | 1,043 km | 1,651 km |
| — |  Thailand | — | 473 km | — | 2,169 km |
| — |  South Africa | — | — | — | 2,390 km |
| — |  Iraq | — | 1,200 km | — | — |
| — |  Canada | — | — | — | 1,523 km |
| — |  Malaysia | — | — | — | 350 km |
| — |  Australia | — | — | — | 1,749 km |
| — |  Chile | — | — | — | 127 km |
| — |  Czechia | — | — | 751 km | 243 km |
| — |  Portugal | — | 79.5 km | 418 km | — |
| — |  Israel | — | — | 85 km | — |
| — |  Hungary | — | — | 164 km | — |
| — |  Singapore | — | — | — | 350 km |
| — |  Norway | — | — | — | 333 km |
| — |  Qatar | — | — | — | 180 km |
| — |  Latvia | — | 265 km | — | — |
| — |  Bahrain | — | — | — | 180 km |
| — |  Estonia | — | 213 km | — | — |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Length in Operation?
- China has the highest Length in Operation in 2024, at 45,390 km, followed by Spain (3,993 km) and Japan (3,147 km).
- Which country has the lowest Length in Operation?
- Denmark has the lowest Length in Operation in 2024, at 56 km.
- What is the median Length in Operation across countries?
- The median is 592 km across the 22 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this high speed rail by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of High Speed Railway Lines - Wiki; RAILISA - International Union of Railways; High Speed Data and Atlas - International Union of Railways.