Transport and infrastructure in Belgium
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Belgium with the average of all countries in Europe. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 118,414 km. Theoretically, this is 10.31 meter for each of the 11.48 millions inhabitants of the country. Belgium hereby ranks 50th in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.31 meters of railway tracks per person Belgium come 51st worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 67 km long coastline.
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Belgium | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
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Roadways | 118,400 km | 10,311.17 km | 3,878.61 m |
Railroads | 3,600 km | 312.78 km | 117.65 m |
Waterways | 2,043 km | 177.90 km | 66.92 m |
Commercial harbors | 201 | 17.50 | 0.007 |
Airports | 41 | 3.57 | 1.343 |
Europe | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
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Roadways | 6,708,300 km | 11,141.60 km | 1,111.61 m |
Railroads | 273,500 km | 454.22 km | 45.32 m |
Waterways | 53,100 km | 88.25 km | 8.81 m |
Commercial harbors | 15,036 | 24.97 | 0.002 |
Airports | 3,737 | 6.21 | 0.001 |