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Europe > Switzerland > Transportation

SWISS TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 9,662,619 Time series [33rd of 164]
Aircraft departures 284,900 [15th of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports 65 Time series [80th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Cars 486 per 1,000 people [4th of 18]
Definition: Transportation > Cars
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM)
Heliports 2 Time series [55th of 99]
Definition: Transportation > Heliports
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved 71,011 km Time series [16th of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total 71,011 km Time series [24th of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines
gas 1,781 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km
Definition: Transportation > Pipelines
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors Basel Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals Basel Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total 4,839 km Time series [35th of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 15,000 million ton-km Time series [14th of 52]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 96,845 million passenger-km Time series [7th of 33]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roads, total network > km 71,214 km Time series [30th of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved 71,298 km Time series [18th of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total 71,298 km Time series [28th of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Definition: Transportation > Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance 96.52 per square km [10th of 141]
Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance
Source: Wikipedia: Speed limit
Waterways 65 km Time series [31st of 165]
Definition: Transportation > Waterways
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World standards on users.pandora.be; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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