{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"bg-rail-passengers-volume","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/bg-rail-passengers-volume","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/bg-rail-passengers-volume/","title":"Bulgaria Rail Passenger Transport (million passenger-km) (2025)","description":"Bulgaria's Rail Passenger Transport (million passenger-km): 1,456 million passenger-km in 2025, -2.8% YoY. Eurostat (RAIL_PA_TOTAL), 2006–2025.","domain":"trade","category":"Trade & Flows","keywords":["Trade & Investment","Eurostat","Bulgaria","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Bulgaria","temporal_coverage":"2006/2025","unit":"million passenger-km","last_updated":"2026-07-25","last_updated_text":"25 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Bulgaria Rail Passenger Transport (million passenger-km)","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/RAIL_PA_TOTAL/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2006–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"20"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Bulgaria"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"25 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Bulgaria (2025)","value":"1,456","unit":"million passenger-km","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-2.8% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-2.8%","unit":"million passenger-km"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"20","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Bulgaria Rail Passenger Transport (million passenger-km)"}],"observation_count":20,"observations":[{"period":"2006","value":2411},{"period":"2007","value":2404},{"period":"2008","value":2317},{"period":"2009","value":2138},{"period":"2010","value":2090},{"period":"2011","value":2059},{"period":"2012","value":1870},{"period":"2013","value":1821},{"period":"2014","value":1698},{"period":"2015","value":1549},{"period":"2016","value":1455},{"period":"2017","value":1434},{"period":"2018","value":1476},{"period":"2019","value":1520},{"period":"2020","value":1118},{"period":"2021","value":1203},{"period":"2022","value":1600},{"period":"2023","value":1592},{"period":"2024","value":1498},{"period":"2025","value":1456}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"million passenger-km"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"1456.0","yoyChange":"-2.8%"},{"year":"2024","value":"1498.0","yoyChange":"-5.9%"},{"year":"2023","value":"1592.0","yoyChange":"-0.5%"},{"year":"2022","value":"1600.0","yoyChange":"+33.0%"},{"year":"2021","value":"1203.0","yoyChange":"+7.6%"},{"year":"2020","value":"1118.0","yoyChange":"-26.4%"},{"year":"2019","value":"1520.0","yoyChange":"+3.0%"},{"year":"2018","value":"1476.0","yoyChange":"+2.9%"},{"year":"2017","value":"1434.0","yoyChange":"-1.4%"},{"year":"2016","value":"1455.0","yoyChange":"-6.1%"},{"year":"2015","value":"1549.0","yoyChange":"-8.8%"},{"year":"2014","value":"1698.0","yoyChange":"-6.8%"},{"year":"2013","value":"1821.0","yoyChange":"-2.6%"},{"year":"2012","value":"1870.0","yoyChange":"-9.2%"},{"year":"2011","value":"2059.0","yoyChange":"-1.5%"},{"year":"2010","value":"2090.0","yoyChange":"-2.2%"},{"year":"2009","value":"2138.0","yoyChange":"-7.7%"},{"year":"2008","value":"2317.0","yoyChange":"-3.6%"},{"year":"2007","value":"2404.0","yoyChange":"-0.3%"},{"year":"2006","value":"2411.0","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks total rail passenger transport volume (million passenger-kilometres) in Bulgaria from 2005 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2006–2025 (20 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 2,411 million passenger-km in 2006 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1,118 in 2020. The latest reading of 1,456 in 2025 represents a change of -42."}]}