Airports (per $ GDP)
6.7
per $1 billion of GDP
0.4
per $1 billion of GDP
DEFINITION:
Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 55th in 2006. 17 times more than India
Ranked 143rd in 2006.
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
2
74
DEFINITION:
Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 81st.
Ranked 7th. 36 times more than Dominica
Airports > with paved runways > total (per $ GDP)
6.7
per $1 billion of GDP
0.3
per $1 billion of GDP
DEFINITION:
Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 14th in 2006. 24 times more than India
Ranked 139th in 2006.
Driving side of the road > Left or right
Left 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
393 km
1,517,077 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 100th in 1999.
Ranked 1st in 1999. 3859 times more than Dominica
Highways > Paved (per capita)
5.5 km per 1,000 people
1.5 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 14th in 1999. 3 times more than India
Ranked 48th in 1999.
Highways > Total
780 km
3,319,644 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 109th in 1999.
Ranked 1st in 1999. 4255 times more than Dominica
Highways > Total (per capita)
10.9 km per 1,000 people
3.3 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 9th in 1999. 2 times more than India
Ranked 59th in 1999.
Highways > Unpaved
387 km
1,802,567 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 96th in 1999.
Ranked 1st in 1999. 4657 times more than Dominica
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
5.4 km per 1,000 people
1.8 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 10th in 1999. 2 times more than India
Ranked 54th in 1999.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea
Kashmir remains the world's most highly militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas ), but recent discussions and confidence-building measures among parties are beginning to defuse tensions; India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding lands to China in the 1965 boundary agreement; disputes with Pakistan over Indus River water sharing and the terminus of the Sir Creek Estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch, which prevents maritime boundary delimitation; Pakistani maps continue to show Junagadh claim in Indian Gujarat State ; most of the rugged, militarized boundary with China is in dispute, but sides have committed to begin resolution with discussions on the least disputed Middle Sector; Joint Border Committee with Nepal continues to work on resolution of minor disputed boundary sections ; discussions with Bangladesh remain stalled to delimit a small section of river boundary, to exchange 162 miniscule enclaves in both countries, to allocate divided villages, and to stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, and violence; Bangladesh protests India's attempts to fence off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; dispute with Bangladesh over volcanic New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; India seeks cooperation from Bhutan and Burma to keep out Indian Nagaland insurgents; joint border commission continues to work on small disputed sections of boundary with Nepal ; India has instituted a stricter border regime to restrict transit of Maoist insurgents and illegal cross-border activities from Nepal
DEFINITION:
Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
1,252,537 Dwt
14,339,440 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 53rd in 2007.
Ranked 13th in 2007. 10 times more than Dominica
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita)
17,303.6 Dwt per 1,000 people
12.7 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 14th in 2007. 1362 times more than India
Ranked 104th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP)
3,670.8 Dwt per million $ of GDP
14.7 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 7th in 2006. 249 times more than India
Ranked 47th in 2006.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT
716,435 GRT
8,350,093 GRT
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 60th in 2007.
Ranked 21st in 2007. 11 times more than Dominica
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
2,116.9 GRT per million $ of GDP
8.6 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 7th in 2006. 246 times more than India
Ranked 55th in 2006.
Motor vehicles
163 motor vehicles per 100 p
12 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 49th. 13 times more than India
Ranked 104th.
Ports and harbors
Portsmouth, Roseau
Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam
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
68.46 %
16.83 %
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 27th in 2003. 3 times more than India
Ranked 125th in 2003.
Vehicle abundance
7.88 per square km
2.5 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 58th. 2 times more than India
Ranked 85th.
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