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Middle East > Yemen > Transportation

YEMENI TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 66.81 million tons/km Time series [65th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 1,083,404 Time series [82nd of 164]
Airports 50 Time series [94th of 247]
Container port traffic 377,367 TEU Time series [56th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 7,705 km Time series [42nd of 113]
Highways > Total 67,000 km Time series [29th of 118]
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 3 Time series [89th of 122]
Pipelines
gas 71 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,309 km
Ports and harbors
Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun
Ports and terminals Aden, Hudaydah, Mukalla Time series
Railways 0 km [7th of 86]
Railways > Total 0 km Time series [210th of 220]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 15.53 % Time series [107th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 65,144 km Time series [51st of 172]
Roadways > Paved 6,200 km Time series [29th of 81]
Roadways > Total 71,300 km Time series [21st of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 65,100 km Time series [9th of 79]
Transportation > Note
the International Maritime Bureau reports offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden are high risk for piracy; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crew, passengers, and cargo are held for ransom
Waterways 0 km Time series [152nd of 165]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Yemen, Republic of Yemen, Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah, Al Yaman, democratic yemen [former]

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