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The volume of passenger transport demand has been increasing in Slovenia for several decades. Above all the volume of two most unsustainable modes – passenger cars and air transport (especially after 2002). The growth stopped after the economic recession in 2008 but intensified again after 2014. In 2020 and 2021 the pandemics caused another, steep decline. Trend of the public transport modes has been declining for decades, especially the proportion of intercity bus services. In the last decade, the proportion of public transport stabilized, but on much lower level then it was before 1991 when Slovenia became independent. The pandemic dealt a new, heavy blow to public transport.


This indicator shows the volume and modal split of passenger transport in Slovenia and the modal split of passenger transport in EU countries. The data for Slovenia presents the development of passenger kilometres in road passenger transport by cars, public road passenger transport, urban public passenger transport and domestic rail passenger transport and the development of the number of passengers by mode of transport in the period 1990-2018; the data for selected European countries presents the modal split in 2018.

The volume and modal split of passenger transport is expressed in passenger kilometres. A passenger kilometre (pkm) is the product of the number of passengers multiplied by the total distance they travelled. The volume of passenger transport is expressed with a sum of all travelled passenger kilometres in a certain area over a certain period of time, while the modal split is expressed as the share of passenger kilometres by mode of transport (road, rail, sea or air).

The volume of land passenger transport is also expressed in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) in Slovenia and the EU-27, which indicates potential connections between transport growth and economic growth. From an environmental perspective, the decoupling of these two parameters is desirable, with a view that transport growth, which negatively affects the environment, should be slower than economic growth. The relationship is expressed by a decoupling indicator: a ratio between transport and economy growth rates. The data for Slovenia and the EU-27 countries are presented by indices (the year 2003 = 100) for the period 2003–2018.

 


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Figure PR01-1: Number of passenger kilometres in road transport with passenger cars, road public transport and rail passenger transport, Slovenia, 1991 – 2018
Sources: 

European Commission, Statistical pocketbook 2020, Performance of passenger transport expressed in passenger-kilometers, 2020 (5. 04. 2021)

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road transport with passanger cars[passenger-km (mio.)]

urban public transport[passenger-km (mio.)]

bus public transport[passenger-km (mio.)]

rail passenger transport[passenger-km (mio.)]

road transport with passanger cars[index (1991=100)]

urban public transport[index (1991=100)]

bus public transport[index (1991=100)]

rail passenger transport[index (1991=100)]

1991

12606

5554

4282

656

100

100

100

100

1992

13386

4170

3377

404

106.19

75.08

78.87

61.59

1993

13979

3894

2751

453

110.89

70.11

64.25

69.05

1994

15178

4053

2595

475

120.40

72.97

60.60

72.41

1995

16338

4113

2507

490

129.60

74.05

58.55

74.70

1996

17794

4301

2348

510

141.16

77.44

54.83

77.74

1997

19010

4379

2195

511

150.80

78.84

51.26

77.90

1998

18980

3876

2098

520

150.56

69.79

49.00

79.27

1999

20074

4138

1940

523

159.24

74.50

45.31

79.73

2000

20325

3502

1581

593

161.23

63.05

36.92

90.40

2001

20801

3393

1470

594

165.01

61.09

34.33

90.55

2002

21287

3339

1143

622

168.86

60.12

26.69

94.82

2003

21331

3446

1065

650

169.21

62.05

24.87

99.09

2004

22042

3218

1000

648

174.85

57.94

23.35

98.78

2005

22509

3061

862

666

178.56

55.11

20.13

101.52

2006

23018

3062

850

675

182.60

55.13

19.85

102.90

2007

24355

3235

817

690

193.20

58.25

19.08

105.18

2008

24878

3146

815

713

197.35

56.64

19.03

108.69

2009

25775

3196

777

718

204.47

57.54

18.15

109.45

2010

25636

3183

578

680

203.36

57.31

13.50

103.66

2011

25487

3244

551.50

641

202.18

58.41

12.88

97.71

2012

25302

3237

533.10

614

200.71

58.28

12.45

93.60

2013

25168

3322

459.90

636

199.65

59.81

10.74

96.95

2014

25639

3450

476.80

582

203.39

62.12

11.13

88.72

2015

25997

3576

497.70

593.80

206.23

64.39

11.62

90.52

2016

26478

3607

518.60

564.60

210.04

64.94

12.11

86.07

2017

27134

3680

553.70

524.90

215.25

66.26

12.93

80.02

2018

27514

3752

522

523.70

218.26

67.55

12.19

79.83

Figure PR01-2: Growth in the number of passengers by individual types of public transport and traffic, Slovenia, 1991 – 2018 (index 1991 = 100)
Sources: 

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, SI-STAT Data Portal, 2021 (5. 04. 2021)

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urban public transport[number of passenegers (1000)]

bus public transport[number of passenegers (1000)]

rail passenger transport[number of passenegers (1000)]

air passenger transport[number of passenegers (1000)]

port passenger transport[number of passenegers (1000)]

urban public transport[index (1991=100)]

bus public transport[index (1991=100)]

rail passenger transport[index (1991=100)]

air passenger transport[index (1991=100)]

port passenger transport[index (1991=100)]

1991

188465

205001

14264

336

21

100

100

100

100

100

1992

168542

146107

10955

274

14

89.43

71.27

76.80

81.55

66.67

1993

159428

130586

11594

422

39

84.59

63.70

81.28

125.60

185.71

1994

155463

125344

12113

504

42

82.49

61.14

84.92

150

200

1995

155425

121573

12422

649

40.10

82.47

59.30

87.09

193.15

190.95

1996

159375

113411

12870

679

32

84.56

55.32

90.23

202.08

152.38

1997

158684

109801

12743

728

44

84.20

53.56

89.34

216.67

209.52

1998

150988

102561

12971

807

41

80.11

50.03

90.94

240.18

195.24

1999

148321

96573

12987

916

38

78.70

47.11

91.05

272.62

180.95

2000

130031

74560

14171

1012

37.70

68.99

36.37

99.35

301.19

179.52

2001

105599

72504

13585

906

34

56.03

35.37

95.24

269.64

161.90

2002

103938

57955

13593

885

42

55.15

28.27

95.30

263.39

200

2003

98373

54538

14152

948

47

52.20

26.60

99.21

282.14

223.81

2004

100245

43084

13985

1068

42

53.19

21.02

98.04

317.86

200

2005

97227

39759

14917

1246

35.30

51.59

19.39

104.58

370.83

168.10

2006

93953

37964

15275

1358

29.60

49.85

18.52

107.09

404.17

140.95

2007

90654

38532

15232

1569

51.40

48.10

18.80

106.79

466.96

244.76

2008

90024

38751

15753

1701

49.60

47.77

18.90

110.44

506.25

236.19

2009

83500

36720

15434

1462

77.80

44.31

17.91

108.20

435.12

370.48

2010

47210

28552

15294

1425

70.80

25.05

13.93

107.22

424.11

337.14

2011

45980

25359

14838

1392

133.20

24.40

12.37

104.02

414.29

634.29

2012

42760

24793

14622

1216

99

22.69

12.09

102.51

361.90

471.43

2013

47750

25146

15563

1348

95

25.34

12.27

109.11

401.19

452.38

2014

47549

26708

14054

1373

87

25.23

13.03

98.53

408.63

414.29

2015

46321

27735

13792

1459

95

24.58

13.53

96.69

434.23

452.38

2016

51986

30287

13231

1411

109

27.58

14.77

92.76

419.94

519.05

2017

61776

31903

12592

1686

108

32.78

15.56

88.28

501.79

514.29

2018

59833

28520

12677

1813

133

31.75

13.91

88.87

539.58

633.33

Figure PR01-3: Shares of passenger transport services in the EU-27, 2018 (data based on passenger-km)
Sources: 

Eurostat: Modal split of passenger transport, 2021 (5. 04. 2021)

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Total[%]

train[%]

Bus[%]

Car[%]

Hungary

100

8.60

20.80

70.60

Czech Republic

99.90

9.60

17

73.30

Slovakia

100

9.90

16.20

73.90

Austria

100.10

12.90

10.10

77.10

Poland

100.10

7.90

12.90

79.30

Romania

100

4.30

15.40

80.30

Estonia

99.90

2.50

16.80

80.60

Cyprus

100

0

18.90

81.10

Belgium

100

8.10

10.30

81.60

Ireland

100

3.30

15

81.70

Italy

100

6.30

11.70

82

Denmark

100

8.40

9.60

82

EU (27 countries)

100.48

6.43

12.04

82.01

Malta

100

0

17.50

82.50

Greece

100

0.90

16.40

82.70

Latvia

100.10

3.40

13.90

82.80

Luxembourg

100

4.70

12.40

82.90

Sweden

100

9.70

7.20

83.10

France

100

10.30

6.40

83.30

Finland

100

5.70

10.10

84.20

Croatia

100

2.50

12.70

84.80

Spain

100

7.10

8

84.90

Germany

100

9.10

5.80

85.10

The Netherlands

100

11.20

3.10

85.70

Bulgaria

100

2.20

12

85.80

Slovenia

100

1.80

11.80

86.40

Portugal

99.90

4.20

7.30

88.40

Lithuania

100

1.10

8.50

90.40