Home

Ethiopia vs. Eritrea

Transportation

EthiopiaEritrea
Railwaystotal: 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) (2017)

standard gauge: 659 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor
total: 306 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2018)
Roadwaystotal: 120,171 km (2018)total: 16,000 km (2018)

paved: 1,600 km (2000)

unpaved: 14,400 km (2000)
Ports and terminalsEthiopia is landlocked and uses the ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somaliamajor seaport(s): Assab, Massawa
Merchant marinetotal: 11

by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 2 (2020)
total: 9

by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 4 (2020)
Airportstotal: 57 (2013)total: 13 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 17 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)

under 914 m: 2 (2017)
total: 4 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 40 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 20 (2013)

under 914 m: 8 (2013)
total: 9 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 75

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 11,501,244 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,089,280,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,729 (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixETE3

Source: CIA Factbook