Aircraft departures
4,000
8,534,500
DEFINITION:
Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 124th.
Ranked 1st. 2133 times more than Albania
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
0.1 million tons/km
37,357.64 million tons/km
DEFINITION:
Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 135th in 2005.
Ranked 1st in 2005. 373575 times more than Albania
Driving side of the road > Left or right
Right side
Right side
DEFINITION:
About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies . The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa.
SOURCE:
World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved
5,400 km
3,737,567 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the paved parts of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 46th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 691 times more than Albania
Highways > Paved (per capita)
1.8 km per 1,000 people
13.2 km per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 38th in 2000.
Ranked 9th in 2000. 7 times more than Albania
Highways > Total
18,000 km
6,334,859 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 48th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 351 times more than Albania
Highways > Total (per capita)
5.9 km per 1,000 people
22.4 km per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 33rd in 2000.
Ranked 8th in 2000. 3 times more than Albania
Highways > Unpaved
12,600 km
2,597,292 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 27th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 205 times more than Albania
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
4.1 km per 1,000 people
9.2 km per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 17th in 2000.
Ranked 6th in 2000. 124% more than Albania
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 1, cargo 11, roll on/roll off 1, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Croatia 1, Honduras 1
barge carrier 2, bulk 71, cargo 26, chemical tanker 13, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 79, freighter 15, heavy lift carrier 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 73, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 46, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 9
DEFINITION:
Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
85,521 Dwt
12,616,742 Dwt
DEFINITION:
Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 106th in 2007.
Ranked 17th in 2007. 147 times more than Albania
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
5.8 GRT per million $ of GDP
0.8 GRT per million $ of GDP
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage Per $ GDP figures expressed per million $ gross domestic product
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 65th in 2006. 6 times more than United States
Ranked 104th in 2006.
Motor vehicles
35 motor vehicles per 100 p
765 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 88th.
Ranked 1st. 21 times more than Albania
Pipelines > All types
gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2004)
petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2003)
DEFINITION:
The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products"
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Pipelines > Total length
546 km
793,285 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 96th.
Ranked 1st. 1452 times more than Albania
Ports and harbors
Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Portland (Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Toledo
DEFINITION:
The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
73.99 %
28.82 %
DEFINITION:
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 18th in 2005. 157% more than United States
Ranked 94th in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
4.99 per square km
46.56 per square km
DEFINITION:
Vehicles per populated land areaLand Area (in km2)Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.
SOURCE:
World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001
Ranked 69th.
Ranked 18th. 8 times more than Albania
Waterways > A note
includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa (1990)
navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes
DEFINITION:
The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
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