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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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2,002.42 million tons/km
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[15th of 153]
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Aircraft departures
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102,400 |
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[33rd 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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Container port traffic
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5,115,213 TEU
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[16th 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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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Left 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 Development Indicators database |
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Highways > Paved
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62,985 km |
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[20th 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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64,600 km |
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[32nd 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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1,615 km |
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[82nd 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 > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Greece 1, Indonesia 1, Japan 1, Norway 24, Panama 1, Singapore 1 (2002 est.) |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 33, cargo 136, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 17, liquefied gas 21, multi-functional large-load carrier 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 74, refrigerated cargo 17, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 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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4,043,938 Dwt |
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[35th 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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2,640,857 GRT |
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[35th 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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Norwegian car number plates > Corpse Diplomatique Identifiers > Country identifier
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76
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[7th of 41]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Pipelines > All types
gas 3,112 km; refined products 265 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: Wikipedia: Norwegian car number plates
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Pipelines > Total length
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3,377 km
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[50th 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
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha, Songkhla |
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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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150
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[30th 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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9.2 |
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[21st of 31]
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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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49.3 %
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[61st 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: Rail usage statistics by country |
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Vehicle abundance
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12.36 per square km |
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[46th 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
3,701 km are navigable throughout the year by boats with drafts up to 0.9 meters; numerous minor waterways serve shallow-draft 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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