Air transport, freight > million tons per km
98.22 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 59th in 2005.
Ranked 1st in 2005. 379 times more than Iran
Container port traffic
1,325,643 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 39th in 2005.
Ranked 2nd in 2005. 28 times more than Iran
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 > Ships by type
bulk 43, cargo 34, chemical tanker 4, container 10, liquefied gas 1, multi-functional large-load carrier 6, petroleum tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 1
barge carrier 2, bulk 71, cargo 26, chemical tanker 13, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 79, freighter 15, heavy lift carrier 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 73, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 46, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 9
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
8,309,580 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 24th in 2007.
Ranked 17th in 2007. 52% more than Iran
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita)
127.1 Dwt per 1,000 people
41.9 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 56th in 2007. 2 times more than United States
Ranked 79th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT
4,721,202 GRT
10,308,428 GRT
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 27th in 2007.
Ranked 17th in 2007. 118% more than Iran
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
22.8 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 34th in 2006. 27 times more than United States
Ranked 104th in 2006.
Motor vehicles
23 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 96th.
Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Iran
Norwegian car number plates > Corpse Diplomatique Identifiers > Country identifier
42
10
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Norwegian car number plates
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than United States
Ranked 41st.
Pipelines > All types
condensate/gas 212 km; gas 16,998 km; liquid petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,256 km; refined products 7,808 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
33,844 km
793,285 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Iran
Ports and harbors
Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war), Ahvaz, Bandar 'Abbas, Bandar-e Anzali, Bushehr, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e Mahshahr, Bandar-e Torkaman, Chabahar (Bandar Beheshti), Jazireh-ye Khark, Jazireh-ye Lavan, Jazireh-ye Sirri, Khorramshahr (limited operation since November 1992), Now Shahr
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
Railways > A note
broad-gauge track is employed at the borders with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan which have broad-gauge rail systems; 41 km of the standard-gauge, electrified track is in suburban service at Tehran (2001)
represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for Class II and III railroads (1998)
DEFINITION:
This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year
90
140
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 35th.
Ranked 31st. 56% more than Iran
Rail usage statistics > Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers > Billion tonne-kilometres
19.13
2,717.51
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 19th.
Ranked 1st. 141 times more than Iran
Rail usage statistics > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres
11.15
8.87
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 20th. 26% more than United States
Ranked 23rd.
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
36.92 %
35.22 %
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 91st in 2000. 5% more than United States
Ranked 96th in 2000.
Vehicle abundance
1.66 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 94th.
Ranked 18th. 27 times more than Iran
Waterways > A note
the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use
navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes
DEFINITION:
The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
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