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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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1,109.64 million tons/km
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[21st of 153]
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Aircraft departures
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284,900 |
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[15th 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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Cars
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486 per 1,000 people |
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[4th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Cars per 1,000 people (1999). |
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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: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM) |
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Highways > Paved
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71,011 km |
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[16th 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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71,011 km |
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[24th 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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[57th 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 16, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1, specialized tanker 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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
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918,974 Dwt |
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[62nd 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 1,831 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 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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1,925 km
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[66th 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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Basel |
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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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1,730
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[2nd 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 > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres
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13.83 |
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[17th of 31]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
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Railways > A note
Swiss railways are virtually all electrified (2001) |
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DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country |
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Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
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50 |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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24.16 %
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[101st 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: Wikipedia: Speed limit
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Vehicle abundance
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96.52 per square km |
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[10th 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
The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes |
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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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14
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[31st of 44]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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