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United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Transport Stats

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.
  • Commute > Distance: Distance. Based on 0-50 contributions for Argentina, Armenia, Austria and 63 more countries and 50-100 contributions for Australia, Brazil, Germany and 5 more countries and over 100 contributions for Canada, India, and United States. The surveys were conducted by numbeo.com from January, 2011 to February, 2014. See this sample survey for the United States, respondents were asked "Distance".
  • Gross value added by transport, storage and communication: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
  • Highways > Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Motor vehicles: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
  • Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people: Motor vehicles include cars, buses, and freight vehicles but do not include two-wheelers. Population refers to midyear population in the year for which data are available."
  • Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people: Passenger cars refer to road motor vehicles, other than two-wheelers, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine people (including the driver)."
  • Rail > Railway length: Railway length in kilometers.
  • Road > Expressway length: Expressway length (km).

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people: Motor vehicles per 1000 people.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Road > Motorway density: Meters of motorway per square kilometer.
  • Road > Motorway length: Total network length of all motorways in km.
  • Road density > Km of road per 100 sq. km of land area: Road density is the ratio of the length of the country's total road network to the country's land area. The road network includes all roads in the country: motorways, highways, main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and other urban and rural roads."
  • Road network length > Km: Length of road network in kilometers in European Union countries.
  • Roads > Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people: Passenger cars (per 1,000 people). Passenger cars refer to road motor vehicles, other than two-wheelers, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine people (including the driver).
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Airports 43 2013 100th out of 235
Commute > Distance 1 km 2014 35th out of 38
Gross value added by transport, storage and communication 30.77 billion 2012 27th out of 204
Highways > Total > Per capita 0.359 km per 1,000 people 1999 110th out of 111
Motor vehicles 193 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996 5th out of 15
Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people 313.13 2007 43th out of 141
Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 293.05 2007 40th out of 134
Rail > Railway length 52 km 2014 135th out of 147
Road > Expressway length 253 km 2014 50th out of 59
Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people 313 2014 55th out of 191
Road > Motorway density 580 m of motorway per square km 2014 2nd out of 93
Road > Motorway length 1,392 km 2014 32nd out of 93
Road density > Km of road per 100 sq. km of land area 5 2004 68th out of 77
Road network length > Km 2014 156th out of 219
Roads > Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 293 2007 41st out of 144

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; traffic; United Nations Statistics Division; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and data files.; Wikipedia: List of countries by rail transport network size (Long List); Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size; Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicles per capita; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways.; International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.

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United Arab Emirates Transport Profiles (Subcategories)

Airports 48 Pipelines 19
Air transport 6 Road 5
Commute 9 Roads 10
Highways 9 Road sector energy 3
Maritime 105 Roadways 4
Merchant marine 20
  • United Arab Emirates ranked first for logistics performance index: competence and quality of logistics services > 1=low to 5=high amongst Muslim countries in 2012.

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