Ethiopia vs. Sudan
Transportation
| Ethiopia | Sudan |
|---|
| Railways | total: 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: 7,251 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations |
| Roadways | total: 120,171 km (2018) | total: 31,000 km (2019)
paved: 8,000 km (2019)
unpaved: 23,000 km (2019)
urban: 1,000 km (2019) |
| Ports and terminals | Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia | major seaport(s): Port Sudan |
| Merchant marine | total: 11
by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 2 (2020) | total: 15
by type: other 15 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 57 (2013) | total: 67 (2020) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 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: 17 (2020)
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 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: 50 (2020)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 9 |
| National air transport system | number 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: 9 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 269,958 (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | ET | ST |
Source: CIA Factbook
