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Transportation of Latvia

Airports:46 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 24
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 13 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 22
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 19 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 1,097 km; oil 82 km; refined products 415 km (2006)
Railways:total: 2,303 km
broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 69,532 km
paved: 69,532 km (2004)
Waterways:300 km (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 21 ships (1000 GRT or over) 250,559 GRT/336,136 DWT
by type: cargo 7, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 105 (Antigua and Barbuda 5, Bahamas 1, Belize 6, Cambodia 2, Cyprus 4, Dominica 1, Gibraltar 2, Liberia 14, Malta 40, Marshall Islands 7, Panama 3, Russia 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Riga, Ventspils

Latvia Quickstats

  • Population: 2,259,810 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 64,589 sq km
  • Density: 36 /km² (166th)
  • GDP (total): $29.214 billion (95th)
  • GDP (per capita): $15,549 (51st)
  • Literacy: 99.7%

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  • Currency: Lats (Ls) (LVL)
  • Dial code: +371

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  • Penetration: 35.1 %
  • Top Domain: .lg

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
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  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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