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Europe > Belarus > Transportation

BELARUSIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 5,900 [112nd of 155]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 5 [47th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 11 [65th of 137]
Highways > Paved 66,203 km [28th of 171]
Highways > Total 74,385 km [38th of 181]
Motor vehicles 109 motor vehicles per 100 p [62nd of 134]
Ports and harbors Mazyr
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 13,969 million ton-km ... [15th of 52]
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 9,382 million passenger-km ... [15th of 33]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 87 % ... [20th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 93,310 km ... [22nd of 172]
Roadways > Paved 81,180 km [29th of 205]
Roadways > Total 93,310 km [46th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 12,130 km [82nd of 175]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
1997 boundary treaty with Ukraine remains unratified over unresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishing border security; boundaries with Latvia and Lithuania remain undemarcated despite European Union financial support
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 13.03 % ... [119th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 49.79 % ... [5th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 6.78 per square km [63rd of 141]
Waterways 2,500 km [35th of 106]
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 28 [18th of 44]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Respublika Byelarus', byelarus

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