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[PR01] Volume and structure of passenger transport
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In Slovenia, the volume of passenger transport demand has been increasing over the past few decades. Particularly, the volume of one of the most environmentally burdensome modes of transport – car transportation – has been growing. Its share places Slovenia in an unenviable third place among EU member states where residents rely most heavily on private cars for their journeys. Until the pandemic, the volume of the most environmentally damaging mode of transport, air travel, was also growing rapidly. However, following the collapse of the national carrier and the pandemic, it has not returned to pre-2020 levels. Alongside the growth in car transportation, the volume of public transport, particularly intercity buses, has been declining since independence in 1991. Over the past decade, public transport volumes have stabilized but remain at a much lower level than before independence. The pandemic dealt another severe blow to public transport, from which it had not recovered by 2023.

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, 1990-2023
Sources:

SI-STAT (2024)

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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.)]
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 0 491
2022 23419.80 3147 0 612.30
2023 24741.50 0 0 701.70
Figure PR01-2: Number of passengers by mode of transport, Slovenia, 1990-2023
Sources:

SI-STAT (2024)

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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 26686 14054 1373 87 25.23 13.02 98.53 408.63 414.29
2015 46321 27735 13792 1459 95 24.58 13.53 96.69 434.23 452.38
2016 51986 30269 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 28612 12677 1813 133 31.75 13.96 88.87 539.58 633.33
2019 58610 28353 12837 1722 144 31.10 13.83 90.00 512.50 685.71
2020 25264 13350 7785 290 0 13.41 6.51 54.58 86.31 0
2021 24238 14896 11519 423 7 12.86 7.27 80.76 125.89 33.33
2022 33809 24004 13543 971 104 17.94 11.71 94.95 288.99 495.24
2023 43662 25884 14039 1271 154 23.17 12.63 98.42 378.27 733.33
Figure PR01-3: Shares of passenger transport services in the EU-27, 2022 (data based on passenger-km)
Sources:

2024: Statistical Pocketbook 2024 (podatki za 2022). Zaradi primerljivosti s prejšnjo generacijo kazalca so podatki za vlak združeni s podatki za tram in metro. https://transport.ec.europa.eu/facts-funding/studies-data/eu-transport-… ()

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2024: Statistical Pocketbook 2024 (podatki za 2022). Zaradi primerljivosti s prejšnjo generacijo kazalca so podatki za vlak združeni s podatki za tram in metro.

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

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Total[%] train[%] Bus[%] Car[%]
Avstrija 100 20.05 7.84 72.11
Madžarska 100 10.39 15.26 74.36
Češka 100 12.01 10.67 77.32
Slovaška 100 9.60 11.99 78.41
Romunija 100 6.65 14.36 78.99
Švedska 100 12.61 7.86 79.54
Danska 100 9.00 10.76 80.24
Belgija 100 10.07 9.47 80.46
Italija 100 7.09 11.93 80.98
Irska 100 2.75 15.88 81.36
Poljska 100 9.53 8.93 81.55
EU (27 držav) 100 9.47 8.16 82.37
Luksemburg 100 4.68 12.75 82.57
Španija 100 8.30 9.11 82.59
Malta 100 0 17.12 82.88
Francija 100 12.18 4.82 83.00
Finska 100 7.08 9.37 83.55
Grčija 100 2.07 14.27 83.66
Latvija 100 4.09 11.64 84.27
Ciper 100 0 15.65 84.35
Hrvaška 100 4.15 11.43 84.42
Nemčija 100 10.66 4.64 84.70
Nizozemska 100 12.12 2.84 85.04
Estonija 100 2.85 11.95 85.20
Bolgarija 100 3.96 10.43 85.60
Slovenija 100 2.37 11.57 86.06
Portugalska 100 5.00 7.49 87.51
Litva 100 1.08 6.00 92.92
Last modified
30.10.2024
Author(s)

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