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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	18.05 million tons/km		[88th of 153]
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Aircraft departures	19,400		[70th of 155]
DEFINITION: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
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.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Highways > Paved	12,310 km		[39th of 113]
DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system		View time series
SOURCE: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	18,997 km		[47th of 118]
DEFINITION: total length of the highway system		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Unpaved	6,687 km		[34th of 113]
DEFINITION: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Ships by type bulk 2, cargo 3, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
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		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt	91,013 Dwt		[103rd of 157]
DEFINITION: Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Total > GRT	130,475 GRT		[94th of 157]
DEFINITION: GRT=Gross Register Tonnage		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	71 motor vehicles per 100 p		[71st of 134]
DEFINITION: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines > All types gas 3,059 km; oil 1,203 km; refined products 345 km (2004)
DEFINITION: The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products"
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Pipelines > Total length	4,607 km		[45th of 120]
DEFINITION: Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Ports and harbors Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis
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).		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Travel services > % of commercial service exports	54.69 %		[49th of 153]
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).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	5.99 per square km		[65th of 141]
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.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database