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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Ethiopia & Jamaica

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  • Note: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note.
  • Total: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Total > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Total > Per capita: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per million: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Ethiopia Jamaica HISTORY
Note railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite
Total 681 km
Ranked 102nd. 3 times more than Jamaica
272 km
Ranked 127th.

Total > Per $ GDP 52.5 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 67th. 60% more than Jamaica
32.82 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 99th.

Total > Per capita 0.008 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
0.103 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 83th. 13 times more than Ethiopia

Total per million 8.24 km
Ranked 102nd.
103.59 km
Ranked 83th. 13 times more than Ethiopia

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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