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Asia > Sri Lanka > Transportation

SRI LANKAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 2,817,778 Time series [54th of 164]
Aircraft departures 11,300 [90th of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Airports 18 Time series [140th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Container port traffic 2,455,297 TEU Time series [28th of 63]
Definition: Transportation > Container port traffic
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Highways > Paved 91,860 km Time series [14th of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Highways > Total 96,695 km Time series [21st of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Motor vehicles 25 motor vehicles per 100 p [95th of 134]
Definition: Transportation > Motor vehicles
Ports and harbors
Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee
Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors
Ports and terminals Colombo Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals
Railways > Total 1,449 km Time series [79th of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 138 million ton-km Time series [80th of 84]
Definition: Transportation > Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 30 million ton-km Time series [52nd of 52]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 21,067 million passenger-km Time series [14th of 33]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km
Roads, total network > km 97,286 km Time series [24th of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Roadways > Paved 78,802 km Time series [18th of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Roadways > Total 97,286 km Time series [20th of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Roadways > Unpaved 18,484 km Time series [30th of 79]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Unpaved
Vehicle abundance 9.59 per square km [53rd of 141]
Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance
Waterways 160 km Time series [46th of 165]
Definition: Transportation > Waterways

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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