Aircraft departures
388,700
13,200
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 10th. 28 times more than Slovenia
Ranked 81st.
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
2,444.59 million tons/km
2.64 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 14th in 2005. 925 times more than Slovenia
Ranked 109th in 2005.
Driving side of the road > Left or right
Left 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
Motor vehicles
619 motor vehicles per 100 p
413 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 4th. 50% more than Slovenia
Ranked 21st.
Pipelines > All types
condensate/gas 492 km; gas 28,680 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,773 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2004)
gas 2,526 km; oil 11 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
34,295 km
2,537 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 6th. 13 times more than Slovenia
Ranked 59th.
Pipelines > Total length (per $ GDP)
54.3 km
per $1 billion of GDP
78.8 km
per $1 billion of GDP
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 63rd.
Ranked 47th. 45% more than Australia
Ports and harbors
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
Izola, Koper, Piran
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
Pump price for diesel fuel > US$ per liter
$0.94
$1.26
DEFINITION:
Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of diesel fuel. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars.
SOURCE:
German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).
Ranked 92nd in 2008.
Ranked 48th in 2008. 34% more than Australia
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
61,019
3,520
DEFINITION:
Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
SOURCE:
World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.
Ranked 12th in 2008. 16 times more than Slovenia
Ranked 49th in 2008.
Rail lines > total route-km
9,661
1,228
DEFINITION:
Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks."
SOURCE:
World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.
Ranked 21st in 2008. 7 times more than Slovenia
Ranked 70th in 2008.
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km
1,526
834
DEFINITION:
Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
SOURCE:
World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.
Ranked 47th in 2008. 83% more than Slovenia
Ranked 55th in 2008.
Roads, total network > km
815,074
38,708
DEFINITION:
Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country. A motorway is a road designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions."
SOURCE:
International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
Ranked 6th in 2007. 20 times more than Slovenia
Ranked 33rd in 2007.
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
50-6015
50
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Speed limit
Travel > % of all service imports
38.74 %
26.76 %
DEFINITION:
Travel (% of service imports, BoP) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Services imports refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies."
SOURCE:
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Ranked 13th in 2008. 45% more than Slovenia
Ranked 45th in 2008.
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
53.85 %
45.22 %
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 51st in 2005. 19% more than Slovenia
Ranked 71st in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
47.91 per square km
45.12 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 17th. 6% more than Slovenia
Ranked 19th.
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
45
26
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
Ranked 8th. 73% more than Slovenia
Ranked 20th.
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