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 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5,062 | 5,195 | 5,195 | 5,153 | 5,153 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 2,152 | 1,956 | 2,165 | 1,867 | 2,244 | 2,244 | 2,244 | 2,165 | 1,777 | 1,777 | 1,777 | 1,777 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 3,641 |
| Ethiopia | 754 | 754 | 754 | |||||||||||
| Kenya | 2,634 | |||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 883 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | 673 | |||
| Sudan | 4,599 | 4,578 | 4,708 | 4,313 | 4,313 | 4,313 | 4,313 | 2,747 | 2,747 | 2,747 | ||||
| इस्वातिनी | 300 | 300 | 300 | |||||||||||
| Uganda | 259 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248 | 1,248 | 1,248 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3,120 | 3,120 | 3,120 |