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Southeast Asia > Laos > Transportation

LAO TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 2.48 million tons/km Time series [110th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 293,442 Time series [117th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 49.533 per 1,000 people Time series [118th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 9,002 Time series [106th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 1.52 per 1,000 people Time series [96th of 177]
Airports 42 Time series [104th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 12.927 per billion $ of GDP Time series [33rd of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 6.44 per million people Time series [131st of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 4 Time series [87th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 5 [62nd of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 1,658.375 per $1 trillion of GDP [22nd of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.613 per million people Time series [97th of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.804246 per 1 million people [64th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 1 [107th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 2 Time series [104th of 158]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP) 0.829 per $1 billion of GDP [24th of 141]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.307 per million people Time series [111st of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.160849 per 1 million people [95th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 3 [65th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 3 Time series [82nd of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 1.244 per $1 billion of GDP [20th of 133]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.46 per million people Time series [86th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.482548 per 1 million people [68th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 9 Time series [117th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 2.644 per billion $ of GDP Time series [38th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 1.38 per million people Time series [162nd of 228]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [104th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [89th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 414.594 per $1 trillion of GDP [45th of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.153 per million people Time series [92nd of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.160849 per 1 million people [70th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 9 Time series [86th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 13 [55th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 5,389.718 per $1 trillion of GDP [28th of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 2.09104 per 1 million people [52nd of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.38 per million people Time series [80th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 33 Time series [87th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 10,283.018 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [30th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 5.06 per million people Time series [88th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 23 Time series [70th of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 6,169.811 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [25th of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 3.527 per million people Time series [74th of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 9,664 km Time series [38th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 1.885 km per 1,000 people Time series [42nd of 108]
Highways > Total 21,716 km Time series [51st of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 4.236 km per 1,000 people Time series [41st of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 12,052 km Time series [42nd of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 2.351 km per 1,000 people Time series [45th of 108]
Merchant marine > By type cargo 1 Time series
Merchant marine > Ships by type cargo 1 Time series
Merchant marine > Total 1 Time series [150th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total (per $ GDP) 0.294 per billion $ of GDP Time series [90th of 132]
    Merchant marine > Total (per capita) 0.15 per million people Time series [145th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 3,110 Dwt Time series [146th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP) 0.914 Dwt per million $ of GDP Time series [104th of 129]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita) 0.477 Dwt per 1,000 people Time series [148th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 2,370 GRT Time series [149th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP) 0.696 GRT per million $ of GDP Time series [105th of 130]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per capita) 0.363 GRT per 1,000 people Time series [148th of 156]
Pipelines refined products 540 km Time series
Pipelines > All types
refined products 540 km (2004)
Pipelines > Refined products 540 km [28th of 53]
    Pipelines > Refined products (per $ GDP) 223.881 km per $1 billion of GDP [1st of 52]
    Pipelines > Refined products (per capita) 84.793 km per 1 million people [9th of 53]
Pipelines > Total length 540 km [97th of 120]
    Pipelines > Total length (per $ GDP) 223.881 km per $1 billion of GDP [16th of 113]
    Pipelines > Total length (per capita) 84.793 km per 1 million people [79th of 120]
Ports and harbors none Time series
Railways 0 km [54th of 86]
    Railways (per capita) 0 km per 1,000 people [49th of 75]
Railways > Total 0 km Time series [161st of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 0 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [149th of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 0 km per million people Time series [160th of 218]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 30 million ton-km Time series [48th of 52]
    Roads, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 6.726 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [64th of 72]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 14.41 % Time series [62nd of 163]
Roads, total network > km 31,210 km Time series [52nd of 172]
Roadways > Paved 4,010 km Time series [41st of 81]
Roadways > Total 29,811 km Time series [37th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 25,801 km Time series [17th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam is largely complete, but with Thailand several areas including Mekong River islets remain in dispute; ongoing disputes with Thailand and Vietnam over squatters; concern among Mekong Commission members that China's construction of dams on the Mekong River will affect water levels
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 82.03 % Time series [10th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 1.01 % Time series [149th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.1 per square km [136th of 141]
Waterways 4,600 km Time series [8th of 165]
Waterways > A note
primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m
Waterways > Note
primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2005)

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, 22 August 2006 ; 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: Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.

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