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[PR01] Volume and structure of passenger transport
Key message
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.
Definition
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.
Charts
European Commission, Statistical pocketbook 2020, Performance of passenger transport expressed in passenger-kilometers, 2020 (5. 04. 2021)
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 |
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, SI-STAT Data Portal, 2021 (5. 04. 2021)
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 |
Eurostat: Modal split of passenger transport, 2021 (5. 04. 2021)
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 |
