Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
Number of passengers carried by railways (million passenger-km)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Argentina | | 8,640.8 | 8,817.9 | 7,287.9 | 6,002.5 | 5,035.0 | 5,733.6 | 6,883.6 | 8,065.4 | 8,360.8 | | |
| Brazil | | | | | | 15,191.0 | 15,901.0 | 15,877.0 | 15,648.0 | 15,807.0 | 16,422.0 | 16,486.4 |
| Uruguay | 9.0 | 12.0 | | | | | 8.0 | 8.0 | | | | |