| # | Flag | Country | Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 2,491,875.9 | 2017 | |
| 2 | United States | 2,445,132.0 | 2017 | |
| 3 | China | 2,146,466.0 | 2017 | |
| 4 | India | 620,175.0 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Canada | 540,141.0 | 2015 | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 206,258.0 | 2017 | |
| 7 | Ukraine | 191,914.0 | 2017 | |
| 8 | South Africa | 113,342.0 | 2008 | |
| 9 | Mexico | 73,879.0 | 2015 | |
| 10 | Germany | 70,614.0 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Australia | 59,649.2 | 2011 | |
| 12 | Belarus | 48,538.0 | 2017 | |
| 13 | Iran | 30,299.0 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Poland | 28,720.0 | 2015 | |
| 15 | France | 24,598.0 | 2014 | |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 22,940.0 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Japan | 21,265.0 | 2016 | |
| 18 | Austria | 16,052.0 | 2015 | |
| 19 | Lithuania | 15,414.0 | 2017 | |
| 20 | Mongolia | 13,493.0 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 13,327.0 | 2017 | |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 12,511.9 | 2008 | |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 11,819.0 | 2017 | |
| 24 | Sweden | 11,725.0 | 2008 | |
| 25 | Turkey | 10,773.0 | 2016 | |
| 26 | Finland | 10,319.0 | 2017 | |
| 27 | Latvia | 9,971.0 | 2017 | |
| 28 | Italy | 9,969.0 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Brazil | 9,393.5 | 2007 | |
| 30 | Romania | 8,563.0 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Switzerland | 8,492.3 | 2017 | |
| 32 | South Korea | 8,229.0 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Mauritania | 7,535.7 | 2010 | |
| 34 | Indonesia | 7,166.0 | 2010 | |
| 35 | Slovakia | 7,008.4 | 2017 | |
| 36 | Spain | 6,649.0 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Pakistan | 5,031.0 | 2017 | |
| 38 | Estonia | 4,807.0 | 2012 | |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 4,633.0 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Slovenia | 4,447.4 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Netherlands | 4,331.0 | 2004 | |
| 42 | New Zealand | 4,078.0 | 2000 | |
| 43 | Morocco | 3,896.0 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Vietnam | 3,574.0 | 2017 | |
| 45 | Serbia | 3,287.8 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Georgia | 2,963.0 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Belgium | 2,888.0 | 2014 | |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 2,859.8 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Thailand | 2,562.0 | 2011 | |
| 50 | Norway | 2,395.0 | 2005 | |
| 51 | Guatemala | 2,207.0 | 2000 | |
| 52 | Syria | 2,206.3 | 2010 | |
| 53 | Portugal | 2,063.7 | 2011 | |
| 54 | Gabon | 2,058.0 | 2016 | |
| 55 | Denmark | 2,030.0 | 2004 | |
| 56 | Croatia | 2,012.0 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Chile | 1,935.0 | 2004 | |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 1,852.5 | 2010 | |
| 59 | Argentina | 1,814.0 | 2005 | |
| 60 | Egypt | 1,592.1 | 2010 | |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 1,580.0 | 2007 | |
| 62 | Israel | 1,404.4 | 2016 | |
| 63 | Kenya | 1,399.0 | 2004 | |
| 64 | Cuba | 1,351.1 | 2007 | |
| 65 | Malaysia | 1,234.0 | 2017 | |
| 66 | Tanzania | 1,196.0 | 2004 | |
| 67 | Mozambique | 1,193.4 | 2011 | |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,114.3 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Cameroon | 1,057.0 | 2011 | |
| 70 | Algeria | 1,009.0 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Moldova | 971.0 | 2017 | |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 935.0 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Myanmar | 885.0 | 2004 | |
| 74 | Swaziland | 862.0 | 2011 | |
| 75 | Bangladesh | 710.0 | 2010 | |
| 76 | Armenia | 689.5 | 2017 | |
| 77 | Ivory Coast | 675.0 | 2005 | |
| 78 | Botswana | 674.0 | 2007 | |
| 79 | Tunisia | 664.0 | 2015 | |
| 80 | Peru | 599.0 | 1998 | |
| 81 | Zambia | 554.0 | 1999 | |
| 82 | Greece | 538.1 | 2009 | |
| 83 | Hungary | 446.8 | 2015 | |
| 84 | Senegal | 384.0 | 2006 | |
| 85 | Jordan | 344.1 | 2010 | |
| 86 | Uruguay | 284.0 | 2007 | |
| 87 | Republic of Macedonia | 276.6 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Republic of the Congo | 257.0 | 2009 | |
| 89 | Iraq | 249.5 | 2010 | |
| 90 | Uganda | 218.0 | 2002 | |
| 91 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 194.0 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 189.0 | 2009 | |
| 93 | Mali | 189.0 | 2002 | |
| 94 | Ghana | 181.0 | 2006 | |
| 95 | Montenegro | 168.9 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 165.0 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 127.4 | 2015 | |
| 98 | Madagascar | 122.3 | 2014 | |
| 99 | Djibouti | 118.0 | 2005 | |
| 100 | Republic of Ireland | 96.0 | 2015 | |
| 101 | Cambodia | 92.0 | 2003 | |
| 102 | Venezuela | 81.1 | 2006 | |
| 103 | Nigeria | 76.9 | 2005 | |
| 104 | Albania | 46.0 | 2009 | |
| 105 | Benin | 36.0 | 2006 | |
| 106 | Sudan | 33.9 | 2013 | |
| 107 | Malawi | 33.0 | 2007 | |
| 108 | El Salvador | 13.0 | 1996 | |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 0.8 | 2007 | |
| 110 | Philippines | 0.8 | 2004 |