Aircraft departures
16,500
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 75th.
Ranked 1st. 516 times more than Ecuador
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
5.44 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 102nd in 2005.
Ranked 1st in 2005. 6866 times more than Ecuador
Container port traffic
632,722 TEU
38,519,040 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 56th in 2005.
Ranked 2nd in 2005. 60 times more than Ecuador
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
8,164 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 42nd in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 457 times more than Ecuador
Highways > Paved (per capita)
0.7 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 46th in 2000.
Ranked 9th in 2000. 19 times more than Ecuador
Highways > Total
43,197 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 35th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 146 times more than Ecuador
Highways > Total (per capita)
3.5 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 45th in 2000.
Ranked 8th in 2000. 5 times more than Ecuador
Highways > Unpaved
35,033 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 18th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 73 times more than Ecuador
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
2.8 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 21st in 2000.
Ranked 6th in 2000. 2 times more than Ecuador
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Chile 1, Greece 1 (2002 est.)
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 1, Canada 4, Denmark 15, France 1, Germany 1, Netherlands 3, Norway 7, Puerto Rico 4, Singapore 11, Sweden 1, United Kingdom 3; also, the US owns 549 additional ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,616,347 DWT that operate under the registries of Antigua and Barbuda , Australia , The Bahamas , Belize , Bermuda , Cambodia , Canada , Cayman Islands , Cyprus , Finland , Gibraltar , Hong Kong (China ), Indonesia , Isle of Man , Italy , Liberia , Malta , Marshall Islands , Netherlands , Norway , Norway (NIS ), Panama , Peru , Philippines , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Singapore , Tonga , UK , Vanuatu , and Wallis and Futuna (2002 est.)
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
306,280 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 86th in 2007.
Ranked 17th in 2007. 40 times more than Ecuador
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
4.5 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 74th in 2006. 5 times more than United States
Ranked 104th in 2006.
Motor vehicles
44 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 84th.
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Ecuador
Pipelines > All types
extra heavy crude 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,386 km; refined products 1,185 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
3,220 km
793,285 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 53rd.
Ranked 1st. 245 times more than Ecuador
Ports and harbors
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San Lorenzo
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
51.66 %
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 56th in 2005. 79% more than United States
Ranked 94th in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
3.68 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 78th.
Ranked 18th. 12 times more than Ecuador
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