(2004 est.)

Sweden
0.7% (2004 est.)

Switzerland
0.9% (2004 est.)

Syria
2.1% (2004 est.)

Taiwan
1.7% (2004 est.)

Tajikistan
8% (2004 est.)

Tanzania
5.4% (2004 est.)

Thailand
2.8% (2004 est.)

Togo
1% (2004 est.)

Tokelau
NA%

Tonga
10.3% (2002 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
3.3% (2004 est.)

Tunisia
4.1% (2004 est.)

Turkey
9.3% (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan
9% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (1995)

Tuvalu
5% (2000 est.)

Uganda
3.5% (2004 est.)

Ukraine
12% (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates
3.2% (2004 est.)

United Kingdom
1.4% (2004 est.)

United States
2.5% (2004 est.)

Uruguay
7.6% (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan
3% (2004 est.)

Vanuatu
3.1% (2003 est.)

Venezuela
22.4% (2004 est.)

Vietnam
9.5% (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands
2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna
NA%

West Bank
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)

Western Sahara
NA

World
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries
5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in
individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation
in several Third World countries (2004 est.)

Yemen
12.2% (2004 est.)

Zambia
18.3% (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe
133% (2004 est.)

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan
1,200 km
note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2004)

Albania
43 km (2004)

Angola
1,300 km (2004)

Argentina
11,000 km (2004)

Australia
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and
Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)

Austria
358 km (2003)

Bangladesh
8,372 km
note: includes 2,575 km main cargo routes (2004)

Belarus
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country
and by shallowness) (2003)

Belgium
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)

Belize
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2004)

Benin
150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2004)

Bolivia
10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sava River (northern border) open to shipping
but use limited because of no agreement with neighboring countries
(2004)

Brazil
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population)
(2004)

Brunei