Aircraft departures
175,500
24,000
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 22nd. 6 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 64th.
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
2,577.58 million tons/km
10.09 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 13th in 2005. 254 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 95th in 2005.
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
49,935 km
19,488 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 23rd in 1999. 156% more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 30th in 1999.
Highways > Paved (per capita)
2.2 km per 1,000 people
4.4 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 35th in 1999.
Ranked 18th in 1999. 97% more than Malaysia
Highways > Total
65,877 km
24,000 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 31st in 1999. 174% more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 47th in 1999.
Highways > Total (per capita)
2.9 km per 1,000 people
5.4 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 67th in 1999.
Ranked 36th in 1999. 84% more than Malaysia
Highways > Unpaved
15,942 km
4,512 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 38th in 1999. 3 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 69th in 1999.
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
0.7 km per 1,000 people
1.0 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 83rd in 1999.
Ranked 69th in 1999. 43% more than Malaysia
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
8,364,578 Dwt
25,801 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 23rd in 2007. 323 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 123rd in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita)
337.0 Dwt per 1,000 people
5.1 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 40th in 2007. 66 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 121st in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP)
50.7 Dwt per million $ of GDP
2.5 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 26th in 2006. 20 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 91st in 2006.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT
6,154,877 GRT
22,870 GRT
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 23rd in 2007. 268 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 125th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
37.2 GRT per million $ of GDP
2.2 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 27th in 2006. 16 times more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 86th in 2006.
Pipelines > All types
condensate 279 km; gas 5,047 km; oil 1,841 km; refined products 114 km (2004)
gas 6,549 km; oil 1,395 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
7,281 km
7,944 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 36th.
Ranked 34th. 9% more than Malaysia
Ports and harbors
Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, George Town (Penang), Port Dickson, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung Kidurong, Tawau
Turkmenbasy
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
24.03 %
12.41 %
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 110th in 1997. 94% more than Turkmenistan
Ranked 136th in 1997.
Vehicle abundance
12.81 per square km
14.16 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 45th.
Ranked 42nd. 11% more than Malaysia
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