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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	2,444.59 million tons/km		[14th of 153]
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Aircraft departures	388,700		[10th 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
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	131		[3rd of 139]
DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m	12		[28th of 119]
DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	139		[3rd of 117]
DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	10		[15th of 119]
DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	17		[17th of 99]
DEFINITION: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	112		[9th of 137]
DEFINITION: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Cars	485 per 1,000 people		[5th of 18]
DEFINITION: Cars per 1,000 people (1999).
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Container port traffic	4,830,254 TEU		[18th of 63]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM)
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left 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: World Development Indicators database
Highways > Paved	314,090 km		[6th 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	811,603 km		[3rd 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	497,513 km		[3rd 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 > Note includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: France 2, UK 2, US 14
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Merchant marine > Ships by type bulk 20, cargo 6, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 1, container 2, liquefied gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 6
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	1,501,865 Dwt		[47th 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 > Dwt (per $ GDP)	1.995 Dwt per million $ of GDP		[95th of 129]
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Merchant marine > Total > GRT	1,322,527 GRT		[46th of 157]
DEFINITION: GRT=Gross Register Tonnage		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP)	1.772 GRT per million $ of GDP		[94th of 130]
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Motor vehicles	619 motor vehicles per 100 p		[4th of 134]
DEFINITION: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines > All types condensate/gas 492 km; gas 28,680 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,773 km; oil/gas/water 110 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	34,295 km		[6th of 120]
DEFINITION: Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Pipelines > Total length (per $ GDP)	54.328 km per $1 billion of GDP		[63rd of 113]
Ports and harbors Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
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
Rail usage statistics > Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers > Billion tonne-kilometres	46.16		[12th of 29]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50-6015
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international the 1999 maritime delimitation established partial maritime boundaries with East Timor over part of the Timor Gap but temporary resource-sharing agreements over an unreconciled area grant Australia 90% share of exploited gas reserves and hamper creation of a southern maritime boundary with Indonesia (see Ashmore and Cartier Islands disputes); Australia asserts a territorial claim to Antarctica and to its continental shelf (see Antarctica)
DEFINITION: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Speed limit
Travel services > % of commercial service exports	53.85 %		[51st 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: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Vehicle abundance	47.91 per square km		[17th 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
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code	45		[8th of 44]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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