Kenya vs. Ethiopia
Transportation
| Kenya | Ethiopia |
Railways | total: 3,819 km (2018)
standard gauge: 485 km 1.435-m gauge (2018)
narrow gauge: 3,334 km 1.000-m gauge (2018) | 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 |
Roadways | total: 177,800 km (2018)
paved: 14,420 km (8,500 km highways, 1,872 urban roads, and 4,048 rural roads) (2017)
unpaved: 147,032 km (2017) | total: 120,171 km (2018) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Kisumu, Mombasa
LNG terminal(s) (import): Mombasa | Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia |
Merchant marine | total: 24
by type: oil tanker 2, other 22 (2020) | total: 11
by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 2 (2020) |
Airports | total: 197 (2013) | total: 57 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 16 (2017)
over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2017)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2017)
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)
under 914 m: 1 (2017) | 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) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 181 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 107 (2013)
under 914 m: 60 (2013) | 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) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 25 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 188
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,935,831 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 294.97 million mt-km (2018) | 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) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | 5Y | ET |
Source: CIA Factbook