Transport Indicators

The most important indicators of transport statistics for the years 2006 - 2007

Indicator Unit 2006 2007
 Road transport sector
 Length of roads km 51967 55041
 Total asphalt roads km 38923 40032
 Total paved roads km 10833 11146
 Total asphalted roads km 2211 3863
 The total number of road transport Thousand 1068 1217
  Length of railways km 2833 2833
 Air transport traffic at Syria airports
 Total planes londing Plane 21596 20376
 Total planes on transatlantic flights Plane 21722 20350
 Movement of the Syrian ports
 Total number of comming steamships Steamship 4494 4225
 Total number of leaving steamships Steamship 4362 4112
 Communications
 Number of telephone lines Thousand 3246 3456
 Mobile subscribers Thousand 4675 6235
 Integrated subscribers digital network - ISDN Subscriber 11259 13948