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Figure 11 reveals that OIC-Sub-Saharan Africa has very low share compared to the OIC-MENA
and OIC-Asia regions in terms of rail passengers carried in 2014. Egypt and Iran from the OIC-
MENA region and Pakistan, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan from the OIC-Asia are the leading
member states with regard to rail passengers.
Figure 11: Rail passengers carried by OIC regions (million passenger-km) (2014)
Source: Author from the World Bank World Development Indicators
As Figure 12 shows, rail freight carried in the OIC-Asia region, which predominantly belongs to
Kazakhstan, is far above other regions in 2014. In the OIC-MENA region, Iran and Turkey
together carried more than two-thirds of region’s rail freight.
Figure 12: Rail freight carried by OIC regions (million ton-km) (2014)
Source: Author from the World Bank World Development Indicators
OIC-Asia
75,936
OIC-MENA
69,474
OIC-Sub Saharan
Africa
856
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10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
OIC-Asia
292,915
OIC-MENA
48,896 OIC-Sub Saharan
Africa
12,232
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50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000