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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Transportation

SALVADORAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 20.8 million tons/km Time series [87th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 2,540,564 Time series [56th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 369.217 per 1,000 people Time series [56th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 23,964 Time series [69th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 3.483 per 1,000 people Time series [71st of 177]
Aircraft departures 44,200 [45th of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 6.5921 per 1,000 people [50th of 155]
Airports 65 Time series [79th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 4.097 per billion $ of GDP Time series [72nd of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 9.355 per million people Time series [107th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [163rd of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [110th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 63.195 per $1 trillion of GDP [126th of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.144 per million people Time series [159th of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.149142 per 1 million people [116th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 [79th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 Time series [109th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 0.126 per $1 billion of GDP [77th of 133]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.288 per million people Time series [105th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.298285 per 1 million people [85th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 [96th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 Time series [137th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per $ GDP) 63.195 per $1 trillion of GDP [85th of 136]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.144 per million people Time series [108th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.149142 per 1 million people [82nd of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 4 Time series [156th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 0.219 per billion $ of GDP Time series [147th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 0.576 per million people Time series [195th of 228]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [119th of 133]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 63.195 per $1 trillion of GDP [86th of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.144 per million people Time series [96th of 130]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 12 Time series [71st of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 15 [46th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 884.732 per $1 trillion of GDP [71st of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 2.23714 per 1 million people [50th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.727 per million people Time series [68th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 61 Time series [59th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 3,878.478 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [56th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 8.779 per million people Time series [70th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 48 Time series [43rd of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 3,059.081 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [41st of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 6.908 per million people Time series [59th of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 1 Time series [78th of 99]
    Heliports (per $ GDP) 54.626 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [22nd of 81]
    Heliports (per capita) 0.144 per million people Time series [62nd of 96]
Highways > Paved 1,986 km Time series [70th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 0.323 km per 1,000 people Time series [84th of 108]
Highways > Total 10,029 km Time series [74th of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 1.629 km per 1,000 people Time series [91st of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 8,043 km Time series [57th of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 1.306 km per 1,000 people Time series [63rd of 108]
Motor vehicles 57 motor vehicles per 100 p [75th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo
Ports and terminals Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco Time series
Rail lines > total route-km 283 km Time series [106th of 111]
Railways > A note
length of operational route is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2001 est.)
Railways > Narrow gauge 283 km 0.914-m gauge Time series
Railways > Note
railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance
Railways > Total 562 km Time series [4th of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 16.673 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [101st of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 80.886 km per million people Time series [3rd of 218]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 19.8 % Time series [98th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 10,029 km Time series [112nd of 172]
Roadways > Paved 2,827 km Time series [17th of 81]
Roadways > Total 10,886 km Time series [24th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 8,059 km Time series [17th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, and the OAS is assisting with a technical resolution of undemarcated bolsones; in 2003, the ICJ rejected El Salvador's request to revise its decision on one part of the bolsones; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the ICJ, off Honduras in the Gulf de Fonseca
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 48.63 % Time series [62nd of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 29.03 % Time series [46th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 17.49 per square km [37th of 141]

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, December 2003; 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: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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