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Transport Stats: compare key data on Philippines & Pitcairn Islands

Definitions

  • Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Airports > Per capita: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Highways > Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
  • Highways > Paved > Per capita: total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Highways > Total: total length of the highway system
  • Highways > Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Highways > Unpaved: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
  • Highways > Unpaved > Per capita: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Roadways > Total: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
  • Roadways > Unpaved: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
STAT Philippines Pitcairn Islands HISTORY
Airports 247
Ranked 24th.
0.0
Ranked 242nd.

Airports > Per capita 2.7 per 1 million people
Ranked 103th.
0.0
Ranked 229th.

Highways > Paved 42,419 km
Ranked 23th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Paved > Per capita 0.56 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Total 201,994 km
Ranked 9th. 31562 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 17th.
Highways > Total > Per capita 2.67 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 52 times more than Philippines
Highways > Unpaved 159,575 km
Ranked 6th. 24934 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 14th.
Highways > Unpaved > Per capita 2.11 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 66 times more than Philippines
Ports and harbors Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan, Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Ports and terminals Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Roadways > Total 213,151 km
Ranked 23th. 35525 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 49th.
Roadways > Unpaved 158,670 km
Ranked 3rd. 26445 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 31st.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International involved in <a href=/encyclopedia/complex-number>complex</a> dispute with <a href=/country/ch>China</a>, <a href=/country/my>Malaysia</a>, <a href=/country/tw>Taiwan</a>, <a href=/country/vm>Vietnam</a> and possibly <a href=/country/bx>Brunei</a> over the <a href=/country/pg>Spratly Islands</a>, known locally as the Kalayaan (Freedom) Islands, the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South <a href=/country/ch>China</a> Sea," has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a> retains a dormant claim to Malaysia's Sabah <a href=/encyclopedia/U.S.-State>State</a> in northern Borneo based on the Sultanate of Sulu's granting the <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a> <a href=/cat/Government>Government</a> power of attorney to pursue a sovereignty claim <a href=/country/vt>none</a>

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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