Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 781.0 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5,062.0 | 5,195.0 | 5,195.0 | 5,153.0 | 5,153.0 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 2,152.0 | 1,956.0 | 2,165.0 | 1,867.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,165.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 |
| Ethiopia | 754.0 | 754.0 | 754.0 | |||||||||||
| Kenya | 2,634.0 | |||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 883.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | |||
| Sudan | 4,599.0 | 4,578.0 | 4,708.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,747.0 | ||||
| इस्वातिनी | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | |||||||||||
| Uganda | 259.0 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 |