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Africa > Benin > Transportation

BENINESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 7.36 million tons/km Time series [109th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 46,364 Time series [150th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 6.244 per 1,000 people Time series [146th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 716 Time series [152nd of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 0.096 per 1,000 people Time series [148th of 177]
Aircraft departures 700 [141st of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 0.0915152 per 1,000 people [143rd of 155]
Airports 5 Time series [180th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 1.047 per billion $ of GDP Time series [126th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 0.619 per million people Time series [216th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [150th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [104th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 245.399 per $1 trillion of GDP [76th of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.124 per million people Time series [165th of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.130736 per 1 million people [119th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 1 Time series [214th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 0.209 per billion $ of GDP Time series [149th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 0.124 per million people Time series [222nd of 228]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [111st of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [77th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 245.399 per $1 trillion of GDP [59th of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.124 per million people Time series [97th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.130736 per 1 million people [74th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 1 [26th of 39]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 1 Time series [27th of 47]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP) 245.399 per $1 trillion of GDP [12th of 40]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.130736 per 1 million people [22nd of 38]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 123.788 per billion people Time series [19th of 46]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 Time series [145th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 [114th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 490.798 per $1 trillion of GDP [85th of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.261472 per 1 million people [114th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.248 per million people Time series [142nd of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 4 Time series [160th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 837.73 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [103rd of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 0.495 per million people Time series [175th of 195]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 1,357 km Time series [78th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 0.194 km per 1,000 people Time series [92nd of 108]
Highways > Total 6,787 km Time series [81st of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 0.972 km per 1,000 people Time series [105th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 5,430 km Time series [64th of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 0.778 km per 1,000 people Time series [78th of 108]
Motor vehicles 2 motor vehicles per 100 p [126th of 134]
Ports and harbors Cotonou, Porto-Novo Time series
Ports and terminals Cotonou Time series
Rail lines > total route-km 578 km Time series [95th of 111]
Railways > Narrow gauge 758 km 1.000-m gauge Time series
Railways > Total 758 km Time series [99th of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 158.75 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [25th of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 87.194 km per million people Time series [90th of 218]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 86 million ton-km Time series [74th of 84]
    Railways, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 10.86 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [88th of 111]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 66 million passenger-km Time series [66th of 83]
    Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km (per capita) 8.334 million passenger-km pe Time series [81st of 108]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 9.5 % Time series [61st of 163]
Roads, total network > km 19,000 km Time series [53rd of 172]
Roadways > Paved 1,400 km Time series [46th of 81]
Roadways > Total 16,000 km Time series [45th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 14,600 km Time series [22nd of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
two villages remain in dispute along the border with Burkina Faso; accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated, and ICJ ad hoc judges have been selected to rule on disputed Niger and Mekrou River islands; several villages along the Okpara River are in dispute with Nigeria; a joint boundary commission continues to resurvey the boundary with Togo to verify Benin's claim that Togo moved boundary stones
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 58.1 % Time series [47th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 10.64 % Time series [133rd of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.41 per square km [120th of 141]
Waterways 150 km Time series [66th of 165]

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin

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