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Busiest railway network for freight (country)

Busiest railway network for freight (country)
Who
China Railways
What
2,571,665,000,000 tonne(s)/metric ton(s)
Where
China
When
2022

The country with the busiest railway network for freight is China, whose trains carried 2,571,665,000,000 tonnes (2.57 trillion tonnes) of goods and materials in 2022, according to statistics compiled by the International Union of Railways (UIC).

Although this figure is an improvement on the previous year, it still represents a slight decline on the pre-pandemic peak.