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United Kingdom

United Kingdom 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 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.
  • Vehicles > Per km of road: Vehicles per kilometer of road include cars, buses, and freight vehicles but do not include two-wheelers. Roads refer to motorways, highways, main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and other roads. A motorway is a road specially designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions."
  • Waterways: The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Airports 460 2013 18th out of 235
Commute > Distance 3.17 km 2014 26th out of 38
Gross value added by transport, storage and communication 178.53 billion 2012 5th out of 204
Highways > Total > Per capita 6.33 km per 1,000 people 1999 28th out of 111
Motor vehicles 426 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995 1st out of 15
Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people 526.61 2007 26th out of 141
Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 462.74 2007 21st out of 134
Rail > Railway length 16,321 km 2014 17th out of 147
Road > Expressway length 3,519 km 2014 13th out of 59
Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people 519 2014 34th out of 191
Road > Motorway length 6,016 km 2014 11th out of 93
Road density > Km of road per 100 sq. km of land area 172.41 2007 10th out of 41
Road network length > Km 2014 17th out of 219
Vehicles > Per km of road 76.48 2007 7th out of 43
Waterways 3,200 km 2009 6th out of 19

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 Kingdom Transport Profiles (Subcategories)

Airports 44 Rail 9
Air transport 6 Railways 17
Commute 9 Road 24
Highways 9 Roads 17
Maritime 119 Road sector energy 3
Merchant marine 20 Roadways 4
Pipelines 21 Transport services 3
  • United Kingdom ranked first for maritime > air transport, passengers carried amongst Europe in 2012.
  • United Kingdom ranked third for airports amongst European Union in 2013.

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