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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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7,432.57 million tons/km
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[7th of 153]
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Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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14 |
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[32nd of 139]
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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: World Development Indicators database |
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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12 |
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[28th 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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Container port traffic
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15,113,280 TEU
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[5th of 63]
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DEFINITION: Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes., and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Highways > Paved
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64,808 km |
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[18th of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Highways > Total
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86,990 km |
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[25th 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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22,182 km |
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[34th 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 |
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 114, cargo 174, chemical tanker 63, combination bulk 9, container 52, liquefied gas 17, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 69, refrigerated cargo 21, roll on/roll off 6, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 5 |
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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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
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17,371,943 Dwt |
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[12th 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 |
Pipelines > All types
gas 1,433 km; refined products 827 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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Pipelines > Total length
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2,260 km
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[61st 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
Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu |
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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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Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year
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630
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[18th of 38]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Rail usage statistics > Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers > Billion tonne-kilometres
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10.11
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[29th of 29]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
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Rail usage statistics > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres
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31 |
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[11th of 31]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic maritime disputes with North Korea over the Northern Limit Line; unresolved dispute with Japan over Liancourt Rocks (Tok-do/Take-shima) and occasional protests over fishing rights in grounds also claimed by Japan |
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DEFINITION: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country. |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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12.89 %
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[121st 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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110.36 per square km |
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[7th 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 |
Waterways > A note
restricted to small native craft |
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DEFINITION: The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. |
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SOURCE: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 |
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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
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51
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[2nd of 44]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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