Greece:1.33 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Greenland:2.44 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Grenada:2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe:1.93 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guam:3.85 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guatemala:4.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guernsey:1.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guinea:5.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:5.2 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Guyana:2.1 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Haiti:4.4 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Honduras:4.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Hong Kong:1.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Hungary:1.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Iceland:2.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)
India:3.04 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Indonesia:2.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Iran:2.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Iraq:4.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Ireland:1.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Israel:2.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Italy:1.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Jamaica:2.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Japan:1.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Jersey:1.56 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Jordan:3.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan:2.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Kenya:3.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Kiribati:4.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Korea, North:2.26 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Korea, South:1.72 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Kuwait:3.2 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Laos:5.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Latvia:1.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Lebanon:2.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Lesotho:4.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Liberia:6.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Libya:3.64 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein:1.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Lithuania:1.37 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Luxembourg:1.7 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Macau:1.31 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 1.79 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Madagascar:5.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Malawi:5.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Malaysia:3.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Maldives:5.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mali:6.81 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Malta:1.92 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Man, Isle of:1.65 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands:6.55 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Martinique:1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mauritania:6.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mauritius:2.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mayotte:6.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mexico:2.62 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Moldova:1.67 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Monaco:1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mongolia:2.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Montserrat:1.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Morocco:3.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Mozambique:4.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Namibia:4.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Nauru:3.61 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Nepal:4.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Netherlands:1.65 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:2.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)
New Caledonia:2.48 children born/woman (2001 est.)
New Zealand:1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Nicaragua:3.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Niger:7.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Nigeria:5.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Niue:NA children born/woman
Norfolk Island:NA children born/woman
Northern Mariana Islands:1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Norway:1.81 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Oman:6.04 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Pakistan:4.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Palau:2.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Panama:2.27 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea:4.3 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Paraguay:4.11 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Peru:2.96 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Philippines:3.42 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands:NA children born/woman
Poland:1.37 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Portugal:1.48 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico:1.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Qatar:3.17 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Reunion:2.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Romania:1.35 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Russia:1.27 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Rwanda:4.89 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Saint Helena:1.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:2.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia:2.38 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:2.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Samoa:3.4 children born/woman (2001 est.)
San Marino:1.3 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe:6.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia:6.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Senegal:5.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Seychelles:1.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Sierra Leone:6.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Singapore:1.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Slovakia:1.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Slovenia:1.28 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Solomon Islands:4.65 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Somalia:7.11 children born/woman (2001 est.)
South Africa:2.43 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Spain:1.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Sri Lanka:1.95 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Sudan:5.35 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Suriname:2.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Svalbard:NA children born/woman
Swaziland:5.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Sweden:1.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Switzerland:1.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Syria:3.95 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Tajikistan:4.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Tanzania:5.42 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Thailand:1.87 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Togo:5.32 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Tokelau:NA children born/woman
Tonga:3 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago:1.81 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Tunisia:1.99 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Turkey:2.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan:3.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands:3.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Tuvalu:3.09 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Uganda:6.88 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Ukraine:1.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates:3.23 children born/woman (2001 est.)
United Kingdom:1.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)
United States:2.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Uruguay:2.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Uzbekistan:3.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Vanuatu:3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Venezuela:2.46 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Vietnam:2.49 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Virgin Islands:2.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna:NA children born/woman
West Bank:4.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)
World:2.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Yemen:6.97 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia:1.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Zambia:5.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe:3.28 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Taiwan:1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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@Transportation - note
Arctic Ocean:sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes;the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route(Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways
Atlantic Ocean:Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are twoimportant waterways; significant domestic commercial andrecreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and southAtlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US
Baker Island:there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast
Georgia:transportation network is in poor condition resulting fromethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; networklacks maintenance and repair
Howland Island:Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of thewest coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but hassince been rebuilt; named in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia EARHART
Jarvis Island:there is a day beacon near the middle of the westcoast
Pacific Ocean:Inside Passage offers protected waters from southeastAlaska to Puget Sound (Washington state)
Southern Ocean:Drake Passage offers alternative to transit throughthe Panama Canal
Wake Island:formerly an important commercial aviation base, nowused by US military, some commercial cargo planes, and for emergencylandings
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@Unemployment rate
Afghanistan:NA%
Albania:16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25%
Algeria:30% (1999 est.)
American Samoa:16% (1993)
Andorra:0%
Angola:extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting morethan half the population (2000 est.)
Anguilla:7% (1992 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:7% (1999 est.)
Argentina:15% (December 2000)
Armenia:20% (1998 est.)
note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998
Aruba:0.6% (1999 est.)
Australia:6.4% (2000)
Austria:5.4% (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan:20% (1999 est.)
Bahamas, The:9% (1998 est.)
Bahrain:15% (1998 est.)
Bangladesh:35.2% (1996)
Barbados:11% (1999 est.)
Belarus:2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000);large number of underemployed workers
Belgium:8.4% (2000 est.)
Belize:12.8% (1999)
Benin:NA%
Bermuda:NEGL% (1995)
Bhutan:NA%
Bolivia:11.4% (1997)
note: widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina:35%-40% (1999 est.)
Botswana:40% (2000 est.)
Brazil:7.1% (2000 est.)
British Virgin Islands:3% (1995)
Brunei:4.9% (1995 est.)
Bulgaria:17.7% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso:NA%
Burma:7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)
Burundi:NA%
Cambodia:2.8% (1999 est.)
Cameroon:30% (1998 est.)
Canada:6.8% (2000 est.)
Cape Verde:24% (1999 est.)
Cayman Islands:4.1% (1997)
Central African Republic:6% (1993)
Chad:NA%
Chile:9% (December 2000)
China:urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment andunderemployment in rural areas (2000 est.)
Christmas Island:NA%
Colombia:20% (2000 est.)
Comoros:20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:NA%
Congo, Republic of the:NA%
Cook Islands:NA%
Costa Rica:5.2% (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire:13% in urban areas (1998 est.)
Croatia:22% (October 2000)
Cuba:5.5% (2000 est.)
Cyprus:Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area:6% (1998 est.)
Czech Republic:8.7% (2000 est.)
Denmark:5.3% (2000)
Djibouti:50% (2000 est.)
Dominica:20% (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic:13.8% (1999 est.)
Ecuador:13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.)
Egypt:11.5% (2000 est.)
El Salvador:10% (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea:NA%
Estonia:11.7% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia:NA%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):full employment; labor shortage
Faroe Islands:1% (October 2000)
Fiji:6% (1997 est.)
Finland:9.8% (2000 est.)
France:9.7% (2000 est.)
French Guiana:21.4% (1998)
French Polynesia:15% (1992 est.)
Gabon:21% (1997 est.)
Gambia, The:NA%
Gaza Strip:40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000)
Georgia:14.9% (1999 est.)
Germany:9.9% (2000 est.)
Ghana:20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar:13.5% (1996)
Greece:11.3% (2000 est.)
Greenland:7% (1999 est.)
Grenada:15% (1997)
Guadeloupe:27.8% (1998)
Guam:15% (2000 est.)
Guatemala:7.5% (1999 est.)
Guernsey:0.5% (1999 est.)
Guinea:NA%
Guinea-Bissau:NA%
Guyana:12% (1992 est.)
Haiti:widespread unemployment and underemployment; more thantwo-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)
Honduras:28% (2000 est.)
Hong Kong:4.5% (2000 est.)
Hungary:9.4% (2000 est.)
Iceland:2.7% (January 2001)
India:NA%
Indonesia:15%-20% (1998 est.)
Iran:14% (1999 est.)
Iraq:NA%
Ireland:4.1% (2000)
Israel:9% (2000 est.)
Italy:10.4% (2000 est.)
Jamaica:16% (2000 est.)
Japan:4.7% (2000)
Jersey:0.7% (1998 est.)
Jordan:15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)
Kazakhstan:13.7% (1998 est.)
Kenya:50% (1998 est.)
Kiribati:2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North:NA%
Korea, South:4.1% (2000 est.)
Kuwait:1.8% (official 1996 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:6% (1998 est.)
Laos:5.7% (1997 est.)
Latvia:7.8% (2000 est.)
Lebanon:18% (1997 est.)
Lesotho:45% (2000 est.)
Liberia:70%
Libya:30% (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein:1.8% (February 1999)
Lithuania:10.8% (2000)
Luxembourg:2.7% (2000 est.)
Macau:6.6% (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:32% (2000)
Madagascar:NA%
Malawi:NA%
Malaysia:2.8% (2000 est.)
Maldives:NEGL%
Mali:NA%
Malta:4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000)
Man, Isle of:0.6% (August 2000)
Marshall Islands:16% (1991 est.)
Martinique:27.2% (1998)
Mauritania:23% (1995 est.)
Mauritius:6.4% (1999 est.)
Mayotte:45% (1997)
Mexico:urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment
Micronesia, Federated States of:16% (1999 est.)
Moldova:1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; largenumbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000)
Monaco:3.1% (1998)
Mongolia:NA%
Montserrat:20% (1996 est.)
Morocco:23% (1999 est.)
Mozambique:21% (1997 est.)
Namibia:30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)
Nauru:0%
Nepal:NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)
Netherlands:2.6% (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:14.9% (1998 est.)
New Caledonia:19% (1996)
New Zealand:6.3% (2000 est.)
Nicaragua:20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.)
Niger:NA%
Nigeria:28% (1992 est.)
Niue:NA%
Norfolk Island:NA%
Northern Mariana Islands:NA%
Norway:3% (2000 est.)
Oman:NA%
Pakistan:6% (FY99/00 est.)
Palau:2.3% (2000 est.)
Panama:13% (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea:NA%
Paraguay:16% (2000 est.)
Peru:7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)
Philippines:10% (2000)
Pitcairn Islands:NA%
Poland:12% (1999)
Portugal:4.3% (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico:9.5% (2000)
Qatar:NA%
Reunion:42.8% (1998)
Romania:11.5% (1999)
Russia:10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment
Rwanda:NA%
Saint Helena:14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia:15% (1996 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:9.8% (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:22% (1997 est.)
Samoa:NA%; note - substantial underemployment
San Marino:3% (1999)
Sao Tome and Principe:NA%
Saudi Arabia:NA%
Senegal:NA%; urban youth 40%
Seychelles:NA%
Sierra Leone:NA%
Singapore:3% (2000 est.)
Slovakia:17% (2000 est.)
Slovenia:7.1% (1997 est.)
Solomon Islands:NA%
Somalia:NA%
South Africa:30% (2000 est.)
Spain:14% (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka:8.8% (1999 est.)
Sudan:4% (1996 est.)
Suriname:20% (1997)
Swaziland:22% (1995 est.)
Sweden:6% (2000 est.)
Switzerland:1.9% (2000 est.)
Syria:20% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan:5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed;also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregisteredunemployed people (December 1998)
Tanzania:NA%
Thailand:3.7% (2000 est.)
Togo:NA%
Tokelau:NA%
Tonga:13.3% (FY96/97)
Trinidad and Tobago:12.8% (2000)
Tunisia:15.6% (2000 est.)
Turkey:5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)
Turkmenistan:NA%
Turks and Caicos Islands:10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu:NA%
Uganda:NA%
Ukraine:4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered orunderemployed workers (December 1999)
United Arab Emirates:NA%
United Kingdom:5.5% (2000 est.)
United States:4% (2000)
Uruguay:14% (2000 est.)
Uzbekistan:10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)
Vanuatu:NA%
Venezuela:14% (2000 est.)
Vietnam:25% (1995 est.)
Virgin Islands:4.9% (March 1999)
Wallis and Futuna:NA%
West Bank:40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000)
Western Sahara:NA%
World:30% combined unemployment and underemployment in manynon-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12%unemployment (2000 est.)
Yemen:30% (1995 est.)
Yugoslavia:30% (2000 est.)
Zambia:50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe:50% (2000 est.)
Taiwan:3% (2000 est.)
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@Waterways
Afghanistan:1,200 km
note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels with DWT up to about500 (2001)
Albania:43 km
note: includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, andLake Prespa (1990)
Algeria:none
American Samoa:none
Andorra:none
Angola:1,295 km
Anguilla:none
Antigua and Barbuda:none
Argentina:10,950 km
Armenia:NA km
Aruba:none
Ashmore and Cartier Islands:none
Australia:8,368 km (mainly used by small, shallow-draft craft)
Austria:358 km (1999)
Azerbaijan:none
Bahamas, The:none
Bahrain:none
Baker Island:none
Bangladesh:up to 8,046 km depending on season
note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes
Barbados:none
Bassas da India:none
Belarus:NA km; note - Belarus has extensive and widely used canaland river systems
Belgium:2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)
Belize:825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft;seasonally navigable)
Benin:streams navigable along small sections, important only locally
Bermuda:none
Bhutan:none
Bolivia:10,000 km (commercially navigable)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:NA km; large sections of the Sava blocked bydowned bridges, silt, and debris
Botswana:none
Bouvet Island:none
Brazil:50,000 km
British Indian Ocean Territory:none
British Virgin Islands:none
Brunei:209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m
Bulgaria:470 km (1987)
Burkina Faso:none
Burma:12,800 km
note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels
Burundi:Lake Tanganyika
Cambodia:3,700 km
note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 kmnavigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
Cameroon:2,090 km (of decreasing importance)
Canada:3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway)
Cape Verde:none
Cayman Islands:none
Central African Republic:900 km
note: traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
Chad:2,000 km
Chile:725 km
China:110,000 km (1999)
Christmas Island:none
Clipperton Island:none
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:none
Colombia:18,140 km (navigable by river boats) (April 1996)
Comoros:none
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 15,000 km (including the Congo and its tributaries, and unconnected lakes)
Congo, Republic of the: 1,120 km
note: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport; other rivers are used for local traffic only
Cook Islands:none
Coral Sea Islands:none
Costa Rica:730 km (seasonally navigable)
Cote d'Ivoire:980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerouscoastal lagoons)
Croatia:785 km
note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked bydowned bridges, silt, and debris)
Cuba:240 km
Cyprus:none
Czech Republic:303 km
note: (the Labe (Elbe) is the principal river) (2000)
Denmark:417 km
Djibouti:none
Dominica:none
Dominican Republic:none
Ecuador:1,500 km
Egypt:3,500 km
note: including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water
El Salvador:Rio Lempa partially navigable
Equatorial Guinea:none
Eritrea:none
Estonia:320 km (perennially navigable)
Ethiopia:none
Europa Island:none
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):none
Faroe Islands:none
Fiji:203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges
Finland: 6,675 km
note: includes Saimaa Canal; 3,700 km suitable for large ships
France:14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled)
French Guiana:3,300 km navigable by native craft
note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal andriver steamers
French Polynesia:none
French Southern and Antarctic Lands:none
Gabon:1,600 km (perennially navigable)
Gambia, The:400 km
Gaza Strip:none
Georgia:none
Germany:7,500 km
note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is animportant connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999)
Ghana:1,293 km
note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways
Gibraltar:none
Glorioso Islands:none
Greece:80 km
note: system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; there are also three unconnected rivers
Greenland:none
Grenada:none
Guadeloupe:none
Guam:none
Guatemala:990 km
note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigableduring highwater season
Guernsey:none
Guinea:1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft)
Guinea-Bissau:several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping
Guyana:5,900 km (total length of navigable waterways)
note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable byoceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively
Haiti:NEGL; less than 100 km navigable
Heard Island and McDonald Islands:none
Holy See (Vatican City):none
Honduras:465 km (navigable by small craft)
Hong Kong:none
Howland Island:none
Hungary:1,373 km (permanently navigable) (1997)
Iceland:none
India:16,180 km
note: 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
Indonesia:21,579 km total
note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km
Iran:904 km
note: the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime trafficfor about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use
Iraq:1,015 km
note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war
Ireland:700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)
Israel:none
Italy:2,400 km
note: for various types of commercial traffic, although of limitedoverall value
Jamaica:none
Jan Mayen:none
Japan:1,770 km approximately
note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas
Jarvis Island:none
Jersey:none
Johnston Atoll:none
Jordan:none
Juan de Nova Island:none
Kazakhstan:3,900 km
note: on the Syrdariya (Syr Darya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers
Kenya:NA
note: part of the Lake Victoria system is within the boundaries ofKenya
Kingman Reef:none
Kiribati:5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands)
Korea, North:2,253 km
note: mostly navigable by small craft only
Korea, South: 1,609 km
note: restricted to small native craft
Kuwait:none
Kyrgyzstan:600 km (1990)
Laos:4,587 km approximately
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km areintermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m
Latvia:300 km (perennially navigable)
Lebanon:none
Lesotho:none
Liberia:none
Libya:none
Liechtenstein:none
Lithuania:600 km (perennially navigable)
Luxembourg:37 km (on the Moselle)
Macau:none
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: note: lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders
Madagascar:note: of local importance only
Malawi:144 km
note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire Riverall
Malaysia: 7,296 km
note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km
Maldives:none
Mali:1,815 km
Malta:none
Man, Isle of:none
Marshall Islands:none
Martinique:none
Mauritania:note: ferry traffic on the Senegal River
Mauritius:none
Mayotte:none
Mexico:2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals
Micronesia, Federated States of:none
Midway Islands:none
Moldova:424 km (1994)
Monaco:none
Mongolia:400 km (1999)
Montserrat:none
Morocco:none
Mozambique:3,750 km (navigable routes)
Namibia:none
Nauru:none
Navassa Island:none
Nepal:none
Netherlands:5,046 km
note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000 metricton capacity or larger
Netherlands Antilles:none
New Caledonia:none
New Zealand:1,609 km
note: of little importance in satisfying total transportationrequirements
Nicaragua:2,220 km (including 2 large lakes)
Niger:300 km
note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Beninfrontier from mid-December through March
Nigeria:8,575 km
note: consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller riversand creeks
Niue:none
Norfolk Island:none
Northern Mariana Islands:none
Norway:1,577 km (along west coast)
note: navigable by 2.4 m maximum draft vessels
Oman:none
Pakistan:none
Palau:none
Palmyra Atoll:none
Panama:882 km
note: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal
Papua New Guinea:10,940 km
Paracel Islands:none
Paraguay:3,100 km
Peru:8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 kmof Lago Titicaca
Philippines:3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with a draft of less than 1.5 m
Pitcairn Islands:none
Poland:3,812 km (navigable rivers and canals) (1996)
Portugal:820 km
note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used byshallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity
Puerto Rico:none
Qatar:none
Reunion:none
Romania:1,724 km (1984)
Russia:95,900 km (total routes in general use)
note: routes with navigation guides serving the Russian RiverFleet-95,900 km; routes with night navigational aids-60,400 km;man-made navigable routes-16,900 km (Jan 1994)
Rwanda:note: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and nativecraft
Saint Helena:none
Saint Kitts and Nevis:none
Saint Lucia:none
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:none
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:none
Samoa:none
San Marino:none
Sao Tome and Principe:none
Saudi Arabia:none
Senegal:897 km
note: 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river
Seychelles:none
Sierra Leone:800 km (of which 600 km navigable year round)
Singapore:none
Slovakia:172 km (all on the Danube)
Slovenia:NA
Solomon Islands:none
Somalia:none
South Africa:NA
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:none
Spain:1,045 km (of minor economic importance)
Spratly Islands:none
Sri Lanka:430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)
Sudan:5,310 km
Suriname:1,200 km
note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels withdrafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways
Svalbard:none
Swaziland:none
Sweden:2,052 km
note: navigable for small steamers and barges
Switzerland:65 km
note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden andSchaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes
Syria:870 km (minimal economic importance)
Tajikistan:none
Tanzania:note: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa areprincipal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors onthose lakes
Thailand:4,000 km
note: 3,701 km are navigable throughout the year by boats with drafts up to 0.9 meters; numerous minor waterways serve shallow-draft native craft
Togo:50 km (Mono river)
Tokelau:none
Tonga:none
Trinidad and Tobago:none
Tromelin Island:none
Tunisia:none
Turkey:1,200 km (approximately)
Turkmenistan:the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway forTurkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands:none
Tuvalu:none
Uganda:Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, LakeEdward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile
Ukraine:4,499 km
note: (1,672 km are on the Pryp'yat' and Dnistr) (1990)
United Arab Emirates:none
United Kingdom:3,200 km
United States:41,009 km
note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes
Uruguay:1,600 km ( used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft)
Uzbekistan:1,100 km (1990)
Vanuatu:none
Venezuela:7,100 km
note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
Vietnam:17,702 km
note: more than 5,149 km are navigable at all times by vessels upto 1.8 m draft
Virgin Islands:none
Wake Island:none
Wallis and Futuna:none
West Bank:none
Western Sahara:none
Yemen:none
Yugoslavia:587 km
note: The Danube River, which connects Europe with the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since early 2000, a pontoon bridge, replacing a destroyed conventional bridge, has obstructed river traffic at Novi Sad; the obstruction can be bypassed by a canal system but inadequate lock size limits the size of vessels which may pass (2001)
Zambia: 2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
Zimbabwe:the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transportingchrome ore from Harare to Mozambique
Taiwan:NA