Aircraft departures
291,800
700
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 13th. 416 times more than Togo
Ranked 142nd.
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
1,709.81 million tons/km
7.36 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 13th in 2001. 231 times more than Togo
Ranked 110th in 2001.
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
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 3, Monaco 16, United Kingdom 1, United States 1 (2002 est.)
includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Greece 1 (2002 est.)
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 3, Monaco 16, United Kingdom 1, United States 1
includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Greece 1
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Ships by type
barge carrier 1, bulk 64, cargo 11, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 18, railcar carrier 2, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
cargo 1, specialized tanker 1
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
2,815,416 Dwt
3,852 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 38th in 2007. 730 times more than Togo
Ranked 143rd in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita)
84.3 Dwt per 1,000 people
0.7 Dwt per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 65th in 2007. 124 times more than Togo
Ranked 145th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP)
2.2 Dwt per million $ of GDP
1.7 Dwt per million $ of GDP
DEFINITION:
Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship Per $ GDP figures expressed per million $ gross domestic product
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 92nd in 2006. 24% more than Togo
Ranked 97th in 2006.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT
2,191,099 GRT
3,918 GRT
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 39th in 2007. 558 times more than Togo
Ranked 142nd in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
1.7 GRT per million $ of GDP
1.8 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 96th in 2006.
Ranked 92nd in 2006. 4% more than Canada
Merchant marine > total (per $ GDP)
0.1
per $1 billion of GDP
0.9
per $1 billion of GDP
DEFINITION:
1000 GRT or over Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 100th in 2006.
Ranked 60th in 2006. 6 times more than Canada
Motor vehicles > per 1,000 people
597.16
1.98
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles include cars, buses, and freight vehicles but do not include two-wheelers. Population refers to midyear population in the year for which data are available."
SOURCE:
International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and data files.
Ranked 15th in 2007. 301 times more than Togo
Ranked 141st in 2007.
Passenger cars > per 1,000 people
371.98
1.61
DEFINITION:
Passenger cars refer to road motor vehicles, other than two-wheelers, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine people (including the driver)."
SOURCE:
International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and data files.
Ranked 34th in 2007. 230 times more than Togo
Ranked 132nd in 2007.
Ports and harbors
Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), St. John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Rivieres, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor
Kpeme, Lome
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
Ports and terminals
Fraser River Port, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver
Kpeme, Lome
DEFINITION:
This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Pump price for diesel fuel > US$ per liter
$0.90
$0.88
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 99th in 2008. 2% more than Togo
Ranked 106th in 2008.
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
26.82 %
15.71 %
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 106th in 2004. 71% more than Togo
Ranked 122nd in 2004.
Vehicle abundance
34.91 per square km
2.12 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 24th. 15 times more than Togo
Ranked 89th.
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