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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | |||||||
| 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 |
| Madagascar | 883.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | |||
| Mozambique | 3,114.0 | 3,070.0 | 3,116.0 | 3,116.0 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | |||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | |||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 4,582.0 | 2,707.0 | 2,701.0 | |||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 |