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Europe > Belgium > Transportation

BELGIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 178,300 [21st of 155]
Airports 43 Time series [102nd of 247]
Cars 448 per 1,000 people [10th of 18]
Container port traffic 7,889,994 TEU Time series [13th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 1 Time series [94th of 99]
Highways > Paved 116,687 km Time series [9th of 113]
Highways > Total 148,216 km Time series [13th of 118]
Motor vehicles 484 motor vehicles per 100 p [15th of 134]
Pipelines
gas 1,562 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km
Ports and harbors
Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge
Ports and terminals
Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge
Railways > Total 3,536 km Time series [46th of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 54,856 million ton-km Time series [8th of 52]
Roads, total network > km 150,567 km Time series [16th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 119,079 km Time series [13th of 81]
Roadways > Total 152,256 km Time series [16th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Vehicle abundance 153.24 per square km [3rd of 141]
Waterways 2,043 km Time series [21st of 165]

... View all Transportation stats

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World Development Indicators database; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie

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