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Central America and the Caribbean > Barbados > Transportation

BARBADIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 0.4 million tons/km Time series [129th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 17,000 Time series [143rd of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 66.818 per 1,000 people Time series [108th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 700 Time series [148th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 2.712 per 1,000 people Time series [79th of 177]
Airports 1 Time series [220th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 0.358 per billion $ of GDP Time series [159th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 3.559 per million people Time series [165th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 [92nd of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 Time series [115th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per $ GDP) 380.662 per $1 trillion of GDP [29th of 136]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 3.559 per million people Time series [10th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 3.5859 per 1 million people [10th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 1 Time series [209th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 0.324 per billion $ of GDP Time series [135th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 3.559 per million people Time series [109th of 228]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Highways > Paved 1,719 km Time series [75th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 6.478 km per 1,000 people Time series [11th of 108]
Highways > Total 1,793 km Time series [98th of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 6.757 km per 1,000 people Time series [24th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 74 km Time series [101st of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 0.279 km per 1,000 people Time series [93rd of 108]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 1, Bahamas, The 1, Canada 4, Germany 1, Greece 2, Hong Kong 7, Norway 7, United Kingdom 18 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > By type
bulk carrier 15, cargo 50, chemical tanker 7, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 2
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 80 Time series [27th of 122]
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 1, The Bahamas 1, Canada 4, Germany 1, Greece 2, Hong Kong 7, Norway 7, UK 18
Merchant marine > Registered in other countries 1 Time series [101st of 118]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 8, cargo 22, combination bulk 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 2
Merchant marine > Total 85 Time series [53rd of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total (per $ GDP) 18.767 per billion $ of GDP Time series [17th of 132]
    Merchant marine > Total (per capita) 301.453 per million people Time series [21st of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 793,899 Dwt Time series [69th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP) 216.207 Dwt per million $ of GDP Time series [16th of 129]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita) 2,825.806 Dwt per 1,000 people Time series [25th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 539,579 GRT Time series [70th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP) 138.314 GRT per million $ of GDP Time series [15th of 130]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per capita) 1,920.579 GRT per 1,000 people Time series [26th of 156]
Motor vehicles 188 motor vehicles per 100 p [43rd of 134]
Ports and harbors
Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)
Ports and terminals Bridgetown Time series
Railways 0 km [31st of 86]
    Railways (per capita) 0 km per 1,000 people [29th of 75]
Railways > Total 0 km Time series [163rd of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 0 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [150th of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 0 km per million people Time series [162nd of 218]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 100 % Time series [6th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 1,600 km Time series [75th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 1,600 km Time series [70th of 81]
Roadways > Total 1,600 km Time series [77th of 85]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Barbados intends to take its claim before UNCLOS arbitration that the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into its waters; joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 63.58 % Time series [35th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 15.05 % Time series [114th of 153]
Waterways 0 km Time series [78th of 165]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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