Aircraft departures
21,200
227,200
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 65th.
Ranked 18th. 10 times more than Madagascar
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
15.36 million tons/km
4,893.97 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 91st in 2005.
Ranked 11th in 2005. 318 times more than Madagascar
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
4
4
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 70th.
Ranked 64th.
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
20
4
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 20th. 4 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 45th.
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
5,780 km
104,850 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 45th in 1999.
Ranked 13th in 1999. 17 times more than Madagascar
Highways > Paved (per capita)
0.4 km per 1,000 people
6.6 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 79th in 1999.
Ranked 10th in 1999. 17 times more than Madagascar
Highways > Total
49,827 km
116,500 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 37th in 1999.
Ranked 19th in 1999. 134% more than Madagascar
Highways > Total (per capita)
3.2 km per 1,000 people
7.4 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 64th in 1999.
Ranked 20th in 1999. 133% more than Madagascar
Highways > Unpaved
44,047 km
11,650 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 20th in 1999. 3 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 43rd in 1999.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
claims Bassas da India , Europa Island , Glorioso Islands , and Juan de Nova Island (all administered by France )
none
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
18,466 Dwt
5,217,874 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 126th in 2007.
Ranked 32nd in 2007. 282 times more than Madagascar
Motor vehicles
1 motor vehicles per 100 p
417 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 133rd.
Ranked 20th. 416 times more than Madagascar
Ports and harbors
Antsiranana, Antsohimbondrona, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen
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
43.62 %
13.36 %
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 73rd in 2005. 2 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 118th in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
0.23 per square km
196.48 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 127th.
Ranked 1st. 853 times more than Madagascar
Waterways > A note
of local importance only
47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger
DEFINITION:
The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
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