Aircraft departures
123,200
641,300
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 27th.
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Argentina
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
132.56 million tons/km
8,549.24 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 56th in 2005.
Ranked 2nd in 2005. 63 times more than Argentina
Container port traffic
1,195,530 TEU
16,777,410 TEU
DEFINITION:
Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes., and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 44th in 2005.
Ranked 4th in 2005. 13 times more than Argentina
Driving side of the road > Left or right
Right side
Left 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
63,348 km
534,471 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 19th in 1999.
Ranked 3rd in 1999. 7 times more than Argentina
Highways > Paved (per capita)
1.7 km per 1,000 people
4.2 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 44th in 1999.
Ranked 19th in 1999. 143% more than Argentina
Highways > Total
215,471 km
1,161,894 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 12th in 1999.
Ranked 2nd in 1999. 4 times more than Argentina
Highways > Total (per capita)
5.9 km per 1,000 people
9.2 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 30th in 1999.
Ranked 13th in 1999. 55% more than Argentina
Highways > Unpaved
152,123 km
627,423 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 8th in 1999.
Ranked 2nd in 1999. 3 times more than Argentina
Merchant marine > Ships by type
cargo 9, petroleum tanker 8, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: United Arab Emirates 1, Uruguay 1
bulk 120, cargo 45, chemical tanker 18, combination bulk 28, combination ore/oil 1, container 18, liquefied gas 52, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 179, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 59, short-sea passenger 6, vehicle carrier 49
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
892,818 Dwt
11,689,142 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 64th in 2007.
Ranked 19th in 2007. 12 times more than Argentina
Motor vehicles
170 motor vehicles per 100 p
543 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 47th.
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Argentina
Pipelines > All types
gas 27,166 km; liquid petroleum gas 41 km; oil 3,668 km; refined products 2,945 km; unknown (oil/water) 13 km (2004)
gas 2,719 km; oil 170 km; oil/gas/water 60 km (2004)
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
33,833 km
2,949 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 8th. 10 times more than Japan
Ranked 55th.
Ports and harbors
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia
Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai
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
Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year
280
1,900
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Argentina
Rail usage statistics > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres
6.98
245.96
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 3rd. 34 times more than Argentina
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
40-60
40-60
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Speed limit
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
44.97 %
11.52 %
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 72nd in 2005. 3 times more than Japan
Ranked 126th in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
4.67 per square km
187.53 per square km
DEFINITION:
Vehicles per populated land area Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2) Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded 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 70th.
Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than Argentina
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