Air transport, freight > million tons per km
8,549.24 million tons/km
66.81 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 2nd in 2005. 127 times more than Yemen
Ranked 65th in 2005.
Container port traffic
13,127,140 TEU
377,367 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 4th in 2001. 34 times more than Yemen
Ranked 56th in 2001.
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
Highways > Paved
534,471 km
7,705 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 3rd in 1999. 68 times more than Yemen
Ranked 42nd in 1999.
Highways > Paved (per capita)
4.2 km per 1,000 people
0.4 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 19th in 1999. 9 times more than Yemen
Ranked 72nd in 1999.
Highways > Total
1,161,894 km
67,000 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 2nd in 1999. 16 times more than Yemen
Ranked 29th in 1999.
Highways > Total (per capita)
9.2 km per 1,000 people
3.9 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 13th in 1999. 138% more than Yemen
Ranked 46th in 1999.
Highways > Unpaved
627,423 km
59,295 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 2nd in 1999. 10 times more than Yemen
Ranked 17th in 1999.
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
5.0 km per 1,000 people
3.4 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 13th in 1999. 45% more than Yemen
Ranked 26th in 1999.
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: China 1, Panama 1, Singapore 1 (2002 est.)
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Hong Kong 2 (2002 est.)
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 120, cargo 45, chemical tanker 18, combination bulk 28, combination ore/oil 1, container 18, liquefied gas 52, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 179, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 59, short-sea passenger 6, vehicle carrier 49
cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 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
11,689,142 Dwt
18,072 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 19th in 2007. 646 times more than Yemen
Ranked 127th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita)
91.7 Dwt per 1,000 people
0.8 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 63rd in 2007. 112 times more than Yemen
Ranked 141st in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP)
2.7 Dwt per million $ of GDP
0.9 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 89th in 2006. 186% more than Yemen
Ranked 103rd in 2006.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT
10,386,894 GRT
15,474 GRT
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 16th in 2007. 670 times more than Yemen
Ranked 131st in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
2.4 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 85th in 2006. 197% more than Yemen
Ranked 103rd in 2006.
Pipelines > All types
gas 2,719 km; oil 170 km; oil/gas/water 60 km (2004)
gas 88 km; oil 1,174 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
2,949 km
1,262 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 55th. 134% more than Yemen
Ranked 75th.
Ports and harbors
Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai
Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun
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
11.52 %
63.31 %
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 126th in 2005.
Ranked 36th in 2005. 5 times more than Japan
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Afghanistan Algeria Azerbaijan Albania Armenia Angola Argentina Australia Austria Botswana Belgium Bangladesh Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Bolivia Burma Benin Belarus Brazil Bhutan Bulgaria Burundi Canada Cambodia Chad Sri Lanka Congo, Democratic Republic of the China Chile Cameroon Colombia Costa Rica Central African Republic Cuba Denmark Ecuador Egypt Ireland Estonia Eritrea El Salvador Ethiopia Czech Republic Finland Fiji France Gambia, The Gabon Georgia Ghana Germany Greece Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Croatia Hungary Iceland Indonesia India Iran Israel Italy Cote d'Ivoire Iraq Japan Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kazakhstan Laos Lebanon Latvia Lithuania Liberia Slovakia Lesotho Libya Madagascar Moldova Mongolia Malawi Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Mali Morocco Mauritania Oman Mexico Malaysia Mozambique Niger Nigeria Netherlands Norway Nepal Suriname Nicaragua New Zealand Paraguay Peru Pakistan Poland Panama Portugal Papua New Guinea Guinea-Bissau Romania Philippines Russia Rwanda South Africa Senegal Slovenia Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia Spain Sudan Sweden Syria Switzerland United Arab Emirates Trinidad and Tobago Thailand Tajikistan Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tanzania Uganda United Kingdom Ukraine United States Burkina Faso Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Namibia Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Aruba Antigua and Barbuda Andorra American Samoa Bahrain Barbados Bermuda Bahamas, The Solomon Islands Brunei Congo, Republic of the Cayman Islands Comoros Cape Verde Cyprus Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Equatorial Guinea Micronesia, Federated States of Faroe Islands French Polynesia Grenada Greenland Guam Kiribati Liechtenstein Luxembourg Mauritius Malta Maldives New Caledonia Vanuatu Netherlands Antilles Palau Qatar Marshall Islands Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Seychelles San Marino Saint Lucia Tonga São Tomé and Príncipe East Timor Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Virgin Islands Samoa Swaziland Serbia and Montenegro Saudi Arabia Hong Kong Macau Palestine Taiwan Guadeloupe Martinique Reunion West Bank French Guiana Saint Helena Anguilla Cocos (Keeling) Islands Northern Mariana Islands Cook Islands European Union Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Gibraltar Guernsey Gaza Strip Man, Isle of Jersey Mayotte Montserrat Montenegro Monaco Niue Norfolk Island Nauru Pitcairn Islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon Turks and Caicos Islands Tokelau Tuvalu British Virgin Islands Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Ashmore and Cartier Islands Akrotiri Antarctica Navassa Island Bassas da India Bouvet Island Coral Sea Islands Jarvis Island Dhekelia Europa Island Baker Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands Glorioso Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands Howland Island British Indian Ocean Territory Clipperton Island Jan Mayen Johnston Atoll Juan de Nova Island Kingman Reef Christmas Island Palmyra Atoll Midway Islands Southern Ocean Paracel Islands Spratly Islands Saint Martin Svalbard South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Barthelemy Tromelin Island Holy See (Vatican City) Wake Island Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Northern Ireland Scotland Yugoslavia Soviet Union Czechoslovakia East Germany England West Germany Wales