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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	121.55 million tons/km		[57th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	1,528,929		[74th of 164]
Aircraft departures	11,700		[89th of 155]
Airports	99		[61st of 247]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1		[99th of 117]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Highways > Total	12,955 km		[3rd of 118]
Motor vehicles	522 motor vehicles per 100 p		[13th of 134]
Ports and harbors Akureyri, Hornafjordhur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vesttmannaeyjar
Ports and terminals Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik
Railways	0 km		[29th of 86]
Railways > Total	0 km		[187th of 220]
Roads, paved > % of total roads	34.4 %		[43rd of 163]
Roads, total network > km	12,972 km		[62nd of 172]
Roadways > Total	13,058 km		[9th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	8,661 km		[4th of 79]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area) remains dormant; dispute with Denmark over the Faroe Islands' fisheries median line boundary within 200 nm; disputes with Denmark, the UK, and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 nm
Vehicle abundance	113.84 per square km		[6th of 141]
Waterways	0 km		[119th of 165]

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