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Middle East > Kuwait > Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km 241.62 million tons/km Time series [43rd of 153]
Aircraft departures 16,700 [74th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [117th of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 [114th of 119]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [96th of 99]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 3,587 km Time series [60th of 113]
Highways > Total 4,450 km Time series [84th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 863 km Time series [89th of 113]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Monaco 1, Saudi Arabia 1 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 1, cargo 1, container 6, liquefied gas 6, livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 19, roll on/roll off 1
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 3,566,308 Dwt Time series [36th of 157]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 2,195,831 GRT Time series [38th of 157]
Pipelines > All types
gas 169 km; oil 540 km; refined products 57 km (2004)
Pipelines > Total length 766 km [88th of 120]
Ports and harbors
Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud
Railways 0 km [81st of 86]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue negotiating a joint maritime boundary with Iran; no maritime boundary exists with Iraq in the Persian Gulf
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 4.36 % Time series [131st of 153]
Vehicle abundance 39.69 per square km [20th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World standards on users.pandora.be; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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