List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership

The following is a list of all urban rail transit systems in Latin America, ranked by passenger ridership. These kinds of systems are most commonly known as metro (or subway in English), but may also be known as subte, tren, or tranvía systems. Daily and annual passengers ridership figures in this chart are based on annual and daily (not just weekday) average passenger trips. The year of the source date varies and is provided on the right.

Overall, Brazil has the largest number of metros, with 12 such systems, followed by Venezuela with 4 metro systems. The São Paulo Metro has the highest passenger ridership in Latin America, and second in the Americas, after the New York City Subway.

	System	Country	City served	Annual Ridership*	Average daily boardings*	System length	Ave. daily boardings per km*	Year opened	Stations	Lines	Source date
1	São Paulo Metro	Brazil	São Paulo	1,256,000,000 [1][note 1]	3,278,082[note 2]	104 km (64.6 mi)[1][note 1]	31,520	1974[2]	91[1][note 1]	6[1][note 1]	2024
2	Mexico City Metro	Mexico	Mexico City	1,171,859,000[3]	3,055,232[note 2]	200.8 km (124.8 mi) [note 3]	15,215	1969	195[4]	12[4]	2024
3	Santiago Metro	Chile	Santiago	599,090,000[5]	1,641,342[note 2]	149 km (92.6 mi)	11,015	1975[5]	143[5]	7[5]	2023
4	Caracas Metro	Venezuela	Caracas	494,987,035[6]	1,356,129[note 2]	54.1 km (33.6 mi)	25,067	1983	48	4	2023
5	Subte	Argentina	Buenos Aires	345,391,524[7]	946,278	56.7 km (35.2 mi)	16,689	1913	90	6	2023
6	Medellín Metro	Colombia	Medellín	249,975,586[8]	684,865	31.3 km (19.4 mi)	21,881	1995	27	2	2023
7	MetrôRio	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	188,900,000[9]	517,534	58 km (36.0 mi)	8,923	1979	41	3	2023
8	Lima Metro	Peru	Lima	174,564,000 [10]	478,258	34.6 km (21.5 mi)	13,822	2014	26	1	12/2014
9	Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano	Mexico	Guadalajara	157,704,000[11]	432,117[11]	46.5 km (28.9 mi)[12]	9,293	1989	48	3	2023
10	Monterrey Metro		Monterrey	118,036,600[11]	323,388[11]	40.5 km (25.2 mi)[13]	7,985	1991[13]	40	3	2023
11	Recife Metro	Brazil	Recife	79,600,000[14]	285,000	44.2 km (27.5 mi)	6,448	1985	30	4	2012
12	Santo Domingo Metro	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	76,600,000[15]	275,000[15][note 2]	27.4 km (17.0 mi)[16][17]	5,497	2008	30	2	2017
13	Panama Metro	Panama	Panama City	68,500,000[18]	260,000[18]	37 km (23.0 mi)	12,409	2014	30	2	2015
14	Trensurb	Brazil	Porto Alegre	62,000,000[19]	170,000	39 km (24.2 mi)	4,359	1985	19	1	2011
15	Belo Horizonte Metro		Belo Horizonte	57,419,280[20]	157,300	28.1 km (17.5 mi)	5,598	1986	19	1	2012
16	Federal District Metro		Brasília	54,750,000[21]	150,000	42.4 km (26.3 mi)	3,538	2001	24	2	2009
17	Xochimilco Light Rail	Mexico	Mexico City	21,000,000[22]	57,534	12.8 km (8.0 mi)	4,495	1986	18	1	2007
18	Valparaíso Metro	Chile	Valparaíso	20,120,000[23]	55,123	43 km (26.7 mi)[23]	1,096	2005	20	1	2013
19	Valencia Metro	Venezuela	Valencia	17,200,000[24]	62,000	6.2 km (3.9 mi)	10,000	2006	7	1	2012
20	Los Teques Metro[note 4]		Los Teques/Caracas	13,000,000[25]	35,616	10.2 km (6.3 mi)	3,490	2006	3	1	08/2013
21	Tren Urbano	United States (Puerto Rico)	San Juan	11,023,500 [26]	40,600	17.2 km (10.7 mi)	2,360	2004	16	1	Q4 2012
22	Maracaibo Metro	Venezuela	Maracaibo	9,000,000[27]	42,000	6.5 km (4.0 mi)	3,490	2006	6	1	2011
23	Teresina Metro[note 5]	Brazil	Teresina	4,300,000[28]	12,000	14.5 km (9.0 mi)	828	1989	9	1	2009
24	Fortaleza Metro		Fortaleza	n/a	n/a	43 km (26.7 mi)	n/a	2012	28	2	n/a
25	Metrotranvía Mendoza	Argentina	Mendoza	n/a	n/a	12.5 km (7.8 mi)	n/a	2012	26	1	n/a
26	Salvador Metro	Brazil	Salvador	n/a	400,000[29]	38 km (23.6 mi)	n/a	2014	20	2	n/a
27	Maceió Metro		Maceió	n/a	40,000 (Projected)	32 km (19.9 mi)	n/a	1997	n/a	1	2024
28	Cariri Metro[note 5]		Crato–Juazeiro	n/a	5,000	13.9 km (8.6 mi)	360	2009	9	1	n/a
29	Quito Metro	Ecuador	Quito	73,365,000	201,000	22 km (13.7 mi)	9,136	2023	15	1	2022

*Corresponds to the ridership source provided for each transit system.

See also

• List of North American light rail systems by ridership
• List of metro systems
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of suburban and commuter rail systems

Notes

1. Not considering lines 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The complete network is 377 km long, has 13 lines, 187 stations, and carries 1,969,400,000 passengers annually.
2. This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an Average Weekday Ridership figure - it is averaged from the 2023 Total Ridership figure for this system.
3. 200.8 km (124.8 mi) in revenue service; (226.5 km (140.7 mi) considering maintenance tracks), as available in the official website
4. The Los Teques Metro is generally considered to be part of the Caracas Metro.
5. Uses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems.