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South America > Guyana > Transportation

GUYANESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 1.6 million tons/km Time series [131st of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 47,800 Time series [143rd of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 64.1 per 1,000 people Time series [102nd of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 276 Time series [154th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 0.37 per 1,000 people Time series [134th of 177]
Aircraft departures 300 [152nd of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 0.392012 per 1,000 people [124th of 155]
Airports 93 Time series [64th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 100.429 per billion $ of GDP Time series [4th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 120.921 per million people Time series [26th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 3 Time series [105th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 3 [77th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 3,816.794 per $1 trillion of GDP [8th of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 3.901 per million people Time series [40th of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 3.92012 per 1 million people [28th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 9 Time series [116th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 10.043 per billion $ of GDP Time series [7th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 11.702 per million people Time series [56th of 228]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 6 Time series [47th of 129]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 6,695.261 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [1st of 121]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 7.801 per million people Time series [17th of 127]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [94th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [85th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 2,544.529 per $1 trillion of GDP [19th of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 1.3 per million people Time series [30th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 1.30671 per 1 million people [26th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 14 Time series [55th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 8 [70th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 17,811.705 per $1 trillion of GDP [8th of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 10.4536 per 1 million people [20th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 18.203 per million people Time series [20th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 84 Time series [45th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 90,386.019 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [6th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 109.219 per million people Time series [13th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 69 Time series [34th of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 72,531.99 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [2nd of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 89.716 per million people Time series [8th of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Highways > Paved 590 km Time series [96th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 0.796 km per 1,000 people Time series [56th of 108]
Highways > Total 7,970 km Time series [78th of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 10.749 km per 1,000 people Time series [11th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 7,380 km Time series [60th of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 9.953 km per 1,000 people Time series [4th of 108]
Merchant marine > By type
cargo 6, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 1 Time series [103rd of 122]
Merchant marine > Registered in other countries 3 Time series [79th of 118]
Merchant marine > Ships by type cargo 2 Time series
Merchant marine > Total 8 Time series [117th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total (per $ GDP) 7.811 per billion $ of GDP Time series [23rd of 132]
    Merchant marine > Total (per capita) 10.379 per million people Time series [60th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 14,193 Dwt Time series [131st of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP) 16.911 Dwt per million $ of GDP Time series [42nd of 129]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita) 18.454 Dwt per 1,000 people Time series [98th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 12,516 GRT Time series [135th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP) 13.905 GRT per million $ of GDP Time series [38th of 130]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per capita) 16.274 GRT per 1,000 people Time series [99th of 156]
Motor vehicles 41 motor vehicles per 100 p [87th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika
Ports and terminals Georgetown Time series
Rail lines > total route-km 187 km Time series [109th of 111]
Railways > A note
all dedicated to ore transport (2001 est.)
Railways > Narrow gauge 48 km 0.914-m gauge Time series
Railways > Note
all dedicated to ore transport
Railways > Total 187 km Time series [1st of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 268.57 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [1st of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 250.766 km per million people Time series [2nd of 218]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 7.4 % Time series [130th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 7,970 km Time series [116th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 590 km Time series [33rd of 81]
Roadways > Total 7,970 km Time series [27th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 7,380 km Time series [20th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
all of the area west of the Essequibo (river) is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks UNCLOS arbitration to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 23.86 % Time series [102nd of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 20.14 % Time series [89th of 153]
Waterways 1,077 km Time series [44th of 165]
Waterways > A note
Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guyana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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