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Africa > Mauritania > Transportation

MAURITANIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 0.09 million tons/km Time series [136th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 138,595 Time series [130th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 45.163 per 1,000 people Time series [119th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 1,720 Time series [138th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 0.56 per 1,000 people Time series [122nd of 177]
Aircraft departures 2,200 [131st of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 0.712666 per 1,000 people [110th of 155]
Airports 25 Time series [133rd of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 9.389 per billion $ of GDP Time series [44th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 7.645 per million people Time series [119th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 5 Time series [78th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 5 [57th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 3,684.598 per $1 trillion of GDP [9th of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 1.529 per million people Time series [63rd of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 1.6197 per 1 million people [44th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 3 [64th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 3 Time series [93rd of 158]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP) 2.211 per $1 billion of GDP [8th of 141]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.917 per million people Time series [49th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.971817 per 1 million people [38th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 8 Time series [126th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 3.005 per billion $ of GDP Time series [34th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 2.446 per million people Time series [130th of 228]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 9 Time series [40th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 9 [31st of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 6,632.277 per $1 trillion of GDP [7th of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 2.752 per million people Time series [15th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 2.91545 per 1 million people [13th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 1 Time series [30th of 47]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 356.234 per billion people Time series [14th of 46]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 7 Time series [99th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 6 [78th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 5,158.438 per $1 trillion of GDP [30th of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.94363 per 1 million people [55th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 2.141 per million people Time series [62nd of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 17 Time series [122nd of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 6,384.789 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [44th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 5.199 per million people Time series [87th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 1 Time series [176th of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 375.576 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [97th of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 0.306 per million people Time series [152nd of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 830 km Time series [58th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 0.314 km per 1,000 people Time series [54th of 108]
Highways > Total 7,720 km Time series [53rd of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 2.919 km per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 6,890 km Time series [33rd of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 2.605 km per 1,000 people Time series [22nd of 108]
Motor vehicles 5 motor vehicles per 100 p [116th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso
Ports and terminals Nouadhibou, Nouakchott Time series
Rail lines > total route-km 717 km Time series [86th of 111]
Railways 717 km [2nd of 86]
    Railways (per capita) 0.232264 km per 1,000 people [2nd of 75]
Railways > A note
owned and operated by government mining company (2001)
Railways > Standard gauge 717 km Time series [42nd of 64]
    Railways > Standard gauge (per $ GDP) 269.288 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [2nd of 64]
Railways > Total 717 km Time series [101st of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 269.288 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [12th of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 227.348 km per million people Time series [60th of 218]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 11.3 % Time series [120th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 7,660 km Time series [117th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 2,966 km Time series [45th of 81]
Roadways > Total 11,066 km Time series [47th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 8,100 km Time series [27th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Mauritanian claims to Western Sahara have been dormant in recent years
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 82.69 % Time series [8th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 32.8 % Time series [39th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.23 per square km [126th of 141]
Waterways > A note
ferry traffic on the Senegal River

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: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah

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