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Central America and the Caribbean > Nicaragua > Transportation

NICARAGUAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 0.54 million tons/km Time series [144th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 61,031 Time series [150th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 12.404 per 1,000 people Time series [141st of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 452 Time series [154th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 0.092 per 1,000 people Time series [155th of 177]
Aircraft departures 500 [150th of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 0.0914913 per 1,000 people [144th of 155]
Airports 163 Time series [36th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 32.779 per billion $ of GDP Time series [14th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 28.721 per million people Time series [60th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 2 Time series [126th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 2 [100th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 459.453 per $1 trillion of GDP [54th of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.352 per million people Time series [126th of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.365965 per 1 million people [88th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 3 [73rd of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 3 Time series [91st of 158]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP) 0.689 per $1 billion of GDP [31st of 141]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.529 per million people Time series [81st of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.548948 per 1 million people [61st of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 3 [69th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 3 Time series [87th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 0.689 per $1 billion of GDP [31st of 133]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.529 per million people Time series [82nd of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.548948 per 1 million people [64th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 11 Time series [110th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 2.049 per billion $ of GDP Time series [46th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 1.938 per million people Time series [142nd of 228]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 3 Time series [67th of 129]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 558.74 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [21st of 121]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 0.529 per million people Time series [61st of 127]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 Time series [117th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [97th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 229.727 per $1 trillion of GDP [61st of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.176 per million people Time series [89th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.182983 per 1 million people [67th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 16 Time series [53rd of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 23 [40th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 5,283.712 per $1 trillion of GDP [29th of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 4.2086 per 1 million people [35th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 2.819 per million people Time series [53rd of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 152 Time series [28th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 30,730.726 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [14th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 26.782 per million people Time series [36th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 135 Time series [20th of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 26,260.803 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [11th of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 23.787 per million people Time series [22nd of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 2,094 km Time series [52nd of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 0.426 km per 1,000 people Time series [52nd of 108]
Highways > Total 19,032 km Time series [46th of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 3.868 km per 1,000 people Time series [43rd of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 16,938 km Time series [26th of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 3.442 km per 1,000 people Time series [18th of 108]
Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ 104,000,000 $ Time series [18th of 30]
    Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 26.421 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [6th of 69]
    Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 21.137 $ per 1,000 people Time series [14th of 70]
Motor vehicles 33 motor vehicles per 100 p [89th of 134]
Pipelines oil 54 km Time series
Pipelines > All types oil 54 km (2004)
Pipelines > Oil 54 km [89th of 97]
    Pipelines > Oil (per $ GDP) 12.405 km per $1 billion of GDP [56th of 92]
    Pipelines > Oil (per capita) 9.695 km per 1 million people [84th of 97]
Pipelines > Total length 54 km [118th of 120]
    Pipelines > Total length (per $ GDP) 12.405 km per $1 billion of GDP [93rd of 113]
    Pipelines > Total length (per capita) 9.695 km per 1 million people [116th of 120]
Ports and harbors
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur
Ports and terminals
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
Rail lines > total route-km 6 km Time series [98th of 111]
Railways > A note
carries mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (2001)
Railways > Narrow gauge 6 km 1.067-m gauge Time series
Railways > Total 6 km Time series [131st of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 1.117 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [120th of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 1.143 km per million people Time series [131st of 218]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 11.36 % Time series [54th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 18,669 km Time series [55th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 2,299 km Time series [35th of 81]
Roadways > Total 19,036 km Time series [31st of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 16,737 km Time series [16th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank region; the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; legal dispute over navigational rights of San Juan River on border with Costa Rica
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 76.17 % Time series [14th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 22.45 % Time series [76th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.41 per square km [121st of 141]
Waterways 2,220 km Time series [13th of 165]

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, 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: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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