Aircraft departures
227,200
38,800
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 18th. 5 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 49th.
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
4,893.97 million tons/km
39.29 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 11th in 2005. 124 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 73rd in 2005.
Container port traffic
9,520,844 TEU
579,476 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 10th in 2005. 15 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 57th in 2005.
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 > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 1, Canada 1, Denmark 5, Finland 5, Germany 55, Ireland 12, Norway 12, Sweden 17, United Kingdom 33, United States 12 (2002 est.)
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Cyprus 1, Greece 1, Panama 1, Russia 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (2002 est.)
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
5,217,874 Dwt
899,859 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 32nd in 2007. 5 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 63rd in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita)
314.9 Dwt per 1,000 people
19.4 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 41st in 2007. 15 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 95th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT
5,210,664 GRT
763,293 GRT
DEFINITION:
GRT=Gross Register Tonnage
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 26th in 2007. 6 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 58th in 2007.
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)
7.7 GRT per million $ of GDP
7.4 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 57th in 2006. 4% more than Ukraine
Ranked 58th in 2006.
Motor vehicles
417 motor vehicles per 100 p
98 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 64th.
Pipelines > All types
condensate 325 km; gas 6,998 km; oil 590 km; refined products 716 km (2004)
gas 20,069 km; oil 4,540 km; refined products 4,169 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
8,629 km
28,778 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 32nd.
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Netherlands
Ports and harbors
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen
Berdyans'k, Feodosiya, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kiev (Kyyiv), Kiliya, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni, Sevastopol', Yalta, Yuzhnyy
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
Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year
860
1,010
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 11th.
Ranked 5th. 17% more than Netherlands
Rail usage statistics > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres
14.73
52.66
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Netherlands
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
13.36 %
35.06 %
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 118th in 2005.
Ranked 86th in 2005. 162% more than Netherlands
Vehicle abundance
196.48 per square km
8.17 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 1st. 23 times more than Ukraine
Ranked 56th.
Waterways > A note
47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger
1,672 km are on the Pryp'yat' and Dniester (Dnister) (1990)
DEFINITION:
The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
4
46
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
Ranked 41st.
Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Netherlands
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