Aircraft departures
13,200
8,534,500
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 81st.
Ranked 1st. 646 times more than Slovenia
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
2.64 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 109th in 2005.
Ranked 1st in 2005. 14150 times more than Slovenia
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
20,157 km
3,737,567 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 34th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 184 times more than Slovenia
Highways > Paved (per capita)
10.1 km per 1,000 people
13.2 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 13th in 2000.
Ranked 9th in 2000. 31% more than Slovenia
Highways > Total
20,177 km
6,334,859 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 45th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 313 times more than Slovenia
Highways > Total (per capita)
10.1 km per 1,000 people
22.4 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 17th in 2000.
Ranked 8th in 2000. 121% more than Slovenia
Highways > Unpaved
20 km
2,597,292 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 54th in 2000.
Ranked 1st in 2000. 129864 times more than Slovenia
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
0.01 km per 1,000 people
9.2 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 48th in 2000.
Ranked 6th in 2000. 919 times more than Slovenia
Motor vehicles
413 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 21st.
Ranked 1st. 85% more than Slovenia
Pipelines > All types
gas 2,526 km; oil 11 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
2,537 km
793,285 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 1st. 312 times more than Slovenia
Pipelines > Total length (per $ GDP)
78.8 km
per $1 billion of GDP
68.0 km
per $1 billion of GDP
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 47th. 16% more than United States
Ranked 54th.
Ports and harbors
Izola, Koper, Piran
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, goods transported > million ton-km
3,520
2,788,230
DEFINITION:
Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
SOURCE:
World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.
Ranked 49th in 2008.
Ranked 1st in 2008. 791 times more than Slovenia
Road density > km of road per 100 sq. km of land area
190
68
DEFINITION:
Road density is the ratio of the length of the country's total road network to the country's land area. The road network includes all roads in the country: motorways, highways, main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and other urban and rural roads."
SOURCE:
International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
Ranked 7th in 2005. 179% more than United States
Ranked 27th in 2005.
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
50
40-70 (25-45 mph)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Speed limit
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
45.22 %
28.82 %
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 71st in 2005. 57% more than United States
Ranked 94th in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
45.12 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 19th.
Ranked 18th. 3% more than Slovenia
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