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Transportation of Saudi Arabia

Airports:208 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 73
over 3,047 m: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 135
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 75
914 to 1,523 m: 40
under 914 m: 12 (2006)
Heliports:6 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate 212 km; gas 1,880 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,183 km; oil 4,531 km; refined products 1,150 km (2006)
Railways:total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006)
Roadways:total: 152,044 km
paved: 45,461 km
unpaved: 106,583 km (2000)
Merchant marine:total: 60 ships (1000 GRT or over) 837,272 GRT/1,064,377 DWT
by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 15, container 4, passenger/cargo 8, petroleum tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 9
foreign-owned: 9 (Egypt 2, Kuwait 5, Sudan 1, UAE 1)
registered in other countries: 55 (Bahamas 12, Comoros 3, Dominica 3, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 1, Liberia 24, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 3, Panama 8) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah

Saudi Arabia Quickstats

  • Population: 27,601,038
  • Area: 2,149,690 sq km
  • Density: 11 /km² (205th)
  • GDP (total): $446 billion (27th)
  • GDP (per capita): $21,200 (41st)
  • Literacy: 78.8%

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  • Currency: Riyal (SAR)
  • Dial code: +966

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Saudi Arabia Internet

  • Usage: 2,540,000
  • Penetration: 10,6 %
  • Top Domain: .sa

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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