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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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223.58 million tons/km
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[47th of 153]
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Aircraft departures
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15,900 |
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[77th of 155]
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DEFINITION: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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1 |
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[91st of 117]
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DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m
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7 |
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[18th of 119]
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DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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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. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Highways > Paved
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7,245 km |
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[45th of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: World standards on users.pandora.be |
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Highways > Total
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7,245 km |
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[54th of 118]
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DEFINITION: total length of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Highways > Unpaved
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0 km |
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[62nd of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Investment in transport with private participation > current US$
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182,000,000 $
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[12th of 30]
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DEFINITION: Investment in transport projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in transport that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Greece 6 (2002 est.) |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Merchant marine > Ships by type
cargo 3, container 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea passenger 1 |
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DEFINITION: Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
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564,643 Dwt |
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[73rd of 157]
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DEFINITION: Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > GRT
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410,472 GRT |
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[75th of 157]
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DEFINITION: GRT=Gross Register Tonnage |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Motor vehicles
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47 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[82nd of 134]
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DEFINITION: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Pipelines > All types
gas 10 km; oil 743 km (2004) |
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DEFINITION: The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products"
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Pipelines > Total length
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753 km
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[89th of 120]
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DEFINITION: Total length of all pipelines
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Ports and harbors
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Al 'Aqabah |
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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). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
border dispute settled with Syria in 2004 |
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DEFINITION: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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65.84 %
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[32nd of 153]
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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). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001 |
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Vehicle abundance
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7.99 per square km |
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[57th of 141]
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DEFINITION: Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded 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. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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