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[PR01] Volume and structure of passenger transport
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In Slovenia, the volume of passenger transport and traffic has been increasing over the past few decades. In particular, there has been a steady rise in one of the most environmentally damaging modes of transport – car travel. Its share places Slovenia in the unenviable fourth place among EU member states whose residents rely most heavily on private cars for their journeys.

The growth of road motor traffic in recent years has placed a heavy burden on road infrastructure, resulting in increasing congestion. At the same time, Slovenia has not provided high-quality alternatives, which is increasingly reducing residents’ accessibility to their destinations and, consequently, their quality of life.

Until the pandemic, there had also been a rapid increase in the volume of air travel – the most environmentally damaging mode of transport – which, however, has not yet returned to pre-2020 levels following the collapse of the national carrier and the pandemic.

In parallel with the growth of car travel, the use of public transport has declined since Slovenia’s independence, particularly in the case of intercity bus services. Over the past decade, the volume of public transport has stabilised, but at a much lower level than before independence in 1991. The pandemic delivered another severe blow to public transport, from which – with the exception of rail – it had not recovered by 2024.

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, 1990-2024
Sources:

NOVO 2024

Za Cestni javni potniški prevoz:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet*, Slovenija, letno / Cestni javni linijski prevoz / podatki SO do 2019.
URL: https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/-/2221101S.px/table/tabl…
*Cestni javni linijski prevoz zajema Medkrajevni javni linijski in Mednarodni javni linijski prevoz skupaj.
**Vrednosti za leto 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 so na spletni strani ARSO Kazalci okolja drugačne kot tu v tabeli.

Za Cestni potniški prevoz z osebnimi avtomobili:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet, Slovenija, letno (podatki manjkajo za 2011-2015). posodobitev 2024 - posodobljeni podatki od 2016  naprej
Vir: Statistical Pocketbook 2024, vendar so tam zaokrožene vrednosti na mrd pkm

Za Železniški notranji potniški prevoz: (NOTRANJI PREVOZ)
Vir: SI-STAT, Železniški potniški prevoz, Slovenija, letno
URL: https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/-/2221702S.px/table/tabl…

Za Mestni javni potniški prevoz:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet*, Slovenija, letni, podatki le do 2010
*Ti podatki se ujemajo s podatki bus/coach v Statistical Pocketbook 2024.
2024: ni slo podatka. Najdeno v Statistical pocket book 2024
https://transport.ec.europa.eu/facts-funding/studies-data/eu-transport-…

Show data
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.)]
1991 12606 5554 4282 656
1992 13386 4170 3377 404
1993 13979 3894 2751 453
1994 15178 4053 2595 475
1995 16338 4113 2507 490
1996 17794 4301 2348 510
1997 19010 4379 2195 511
1998 18980 3876 2098 520
1999 20074 4138 1940 523
2000 20325 3502 1581 593
2001 20801 3393 1470 594
2002 21287 3339 1143 622
2003 21331 3446 1065 650
2004 22042 3218 1000 648
2005 22509 3061 862 666
2006 23018 3062 850 675
2007 24355 3235 817 690
2008 24878 3146 815 713
2009 25775 3196 777 718
2010 25636 3183 578 680
2011 25487 3244 551.50 641
2012 25302 3237 533.10 614
2013 25168 3322 459.90 636
2014 25639 3450 476.80 582
2015 25997 3576 497.70 593.80
2016 26150.90 3607 518.60 564.60
2017 27139.20 3680 553.70 524.90
2018 27766.20 3752 522 523.70
2019 28248 3765 531.90 530.90
2020 20979.20 1994 217.60 324.90
2021 21500.70 2322 491
2022 23419.80 3147 612.30
2023 24741.50 3448 701.70
2024 843
Figure PR01-2: Number of passengers by mode of transport, Slovenia, 1990-2023
Sources:

Za Mestni javni potniški prevoz:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet (1000 potnikov), Slovenija, letno /Cestni mestni javni linijski prevoz/
URL: https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/-/H054S.px/table/tableVi…
* V tabeli ti podatki le od 2010 naprej
**Do vključno leta 2009 so podatki iz ??

Za Cestni javni potniški prevoz:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet (1000 potnikov), Slovenija, letno /Cestni javni linijski prevoz/

Za Letališki potniški promet:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet (1000 potnikov), Slovenija, letno /Letališki promet/
Vir2: SI STAT Letališki potniški, blagovni in letalski promet glede na vrsto prevoza ter redne/posebne prevoze, Slovenija, letno  https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/-/2221903S.px
*podatki za nazaj (2014 in nazaj) se ne ujemajo s podatki iz tega vira ??

Za Pristaniški potniški promet:
Vir: SI-STAT, Potniški prevoz in promet (1000 potnikov), Slovenija, letno /Pristaniški promet/
VIR: Pristaniški potniški promet, Slovenija, letno https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/Data/2219454S.px/
Vir: Statistični urad RS, SI-STAT podatkovni portal, 2021
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, SI-STAT Data Portal, 2021

Show data
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 100 100 100 100 100
1992 89.43 71.27 76.80 81.55 66.67
1993 84.59 63.70 81.28 125.60 185.71
1994 82.49 61.14 84.92 150 200
1995 82.47 59.30 87.09 193.15 190.95
1996 84.56 55.32 90.23 202.08 152.38
1997 84.20 53.56 89.34 216.67 209.52
1998 80.11 50.03 90.94 240.18 195.24
1999 78.70 47.11 91.05 272.62 180.95
2000 68.99 36.37 99.35 301.19 179.52
2001 56.03 35.37 95.24 269.64 161.90
2002 55.15 28.27 95.30 263.39 200
2003 52.20 26.60 99.21 282.14 223.81
2004 53.19 21.02 98.04 317.86 200
2005 51.59 19.39 104.58 370.83 168.10
2006 49.85 18.52 107.09 404.17 140.95
2007 48.10 18.80 106.79 466.96 244.76
2008 47.77 18.90 110.44 506.25 236.19
2009 44.31 17.91 108.20 435.12 370.48
2010 25.05 13.93 107.22 424.11 337.14
2011 24.40 12.37 104.02 414.29 634.29
2012 22.69 12.09 102.51 361.90 471.43
2013 25.34 12.27 109.11 401.19 452.38
2014 25.23 13.02 98.53 408.63 414.29
2015 24.58 13.53 96.69 434.23 452.38
2016 27.58 14.77 92.76 419.94 519.05
2017 32.78 15.56 88.28 501.79 514.29
2018 31.75 13.96 88.87 539.58 633.33
2019 31.10 13.83 90.00 512.50 685.71
2020 13.41 6.51 54.58 86.31 0
2021 12.86 7.27 80.76 125.89 33.33
2022 17.94 11.71 94.95 288.99 495.24
2023 23.17 12.63 98.42 378.27 733.33
2024 106.60 428.02 678.54
Figure PR01-3: Shares of passenger transport services in the EU-27, 2023 (data based on passenger-km)
Sources:

2025: Statistical Pocketbook 2025 (podatki za 2023)

Note:

Zaradi primerljivosti s prejšnjo generacijo kazalca so podatki za vlak združeni s podatki za tram&metro.

https://transport.ec.europa.eu/facts-funding/studies-data/eu-transport-…

Show data
Total[%] train[%] Bus[%] Car[%]
Austria 100 18.86 8.94 72.21
Hungary 100 12.39 14.14 73.48
Czech Republic 100 13.06 10.02 76.92
Slovakia 100 10.05 12.45 77.50
Romania 100 6.70 15.39 77.91
Ireland 100 3.23 17.53 79.24
Belgium 100 10.29 10.17 79.54
Sweden 100 12.21 7.51 80.29
Luxembourg 100 5.96 13.28 80.76
Poland 100 9.78 9.30 80.93
Denmark 100 8.57 10.21 81.22
France 100 12.60 5.68 81.72
EU (27 countries) 100 9.81 8.21 81.98
Malta 100 0 17.95 82.05
Finland 100 7.82 9.85 82.33
Spain 100 8.87 8.76 82.36
Italy 100 7.42 9.91 82.67
Croatia 100 5.08 12.01 82.91
Estonia 100 2.91 13.95 83.14
Cyprus 100 0 16.50 83.50
Germany 100 11.35 4.87 83.78
Greece 100 1.69 14.49 83.83
Latvia 100 4.35 11.82 83.83
Netherlands 100 12.47 2.68 84.85
Slovenia 100 2.56 11.92 85.52
Bulgaria 100 3.88 10.14 85.98
Portugal 100 5.36 7.43 87.21
Lithuania 100 1.04 6.83 92.13

Methodology

Other sources and literature

- SURS, 2004. Glosar za statistiko transporta. Prevod dela: Glossary for Transport Statistics (UNECE, ECMT, Eurostat). Ljubljana, Statistični urad RS.

Last modified
05.11.2025
Author(s)

Aljaž Plevnik, Andraž Hudoklin, Urban Planning Institute of the RS