2020 Statistics

Public Transport Access

Percentage of the population living within convenient walking distance (typically 500m for bus stops, 1km for rail stations) of public transport services operating with reasonable frequency.

Interactive Trend

Public Transport Access

Public Transport Access

Source: EuropeVersus.com • Our World in Data

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Aggregates

Global

Eurozone

Non-Euro EU

Non-EU Europe

Regional Comparison

🇪🇺
Europe
2020
88.54%
🇪🇺
EU-27
2020
92.38%
🇺🇸
USA
2020
58.91%
🇮🇳
India
2020
38.80%
🇨🇳
China
2020
55.19%

Historical Data

Year 🇩🇪 Germany 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇪🇸 Spain 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇦🇹 Austria 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇬🇷 Greece 🇫🇮 Finland 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇵🇱 Poland 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇷🇴 Romania 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇬🇧 UK 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇻🇦 Vatican 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇪🇺 Europe 🇪🇺 EU-27 🇪🇺 Core EU 💶 Eurozone (Agg) 🇪🇺 Non-€ EU (Agg) 🌍 Non-EU Eur (Agg) 🇺🇸 USA 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇳 India
2020 93.3% 95.3% 94.5% 96.0% 86.3% 92.8% 95.7% 90.2% 93.0% 90.4% 94.2% 92.4% 92.5% 96.9% 89.7% 88.5% 97.4% 97.3% 90.2% 88.7% 92.5% 87.1% 93.7% 90.4% 92.3% 74.7% 85.3% 93.1% 90.2% 95.6% 91.4% 74.0% 81.7% 83.6% 77.9% 71.1% 53.2% 83.1% 58.3% 88.5% 92.4% 93.6% 93.7% 87.8% 94.9% 58.9% 55.2% 38.8%
2018 94.3% 92.1%
* = Incomplete data (<70% population coverage) - some countries using forward-filled values from previous years

Visual Comparison

🇪🇺 Europe 88.54%
100.0%
🇺🇸 USA 58.91%
66.5%
🇮🇳 India 38.80%
43.8%
🇨🇳 China 55.19%
62.3%

Key Insights

EUR vs USA
+50.3%
EUR vs IND
+128.2%
EUR vs CHN
+60.4%
Best Performer
EU

HOW EUROPE
IS DEFINED

Transparent, population-weighted calculations for fair comparisons

01

Europe

Includes all 50 European countries:

  • 27 EU member states: Germany, France, Italy, etc.
  • Other European: UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc.
02

Simple Sum

Used for absolute totals across all countries:

  • Step 1: Collect metric for each country
  • Step 2: Add all values together
  • Examples: Total population, total GDP
03

Population-Weighted

Used for per-capita metrics to reflect population size:

  • Step 1: Metric × population per country
  • Step 2: Sum all weighted values
  • Step 3: Divide by total population
Example: GDP/Capita PPP
$48,942
2024
Source
Our World in Data