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Total Waterway Coverage by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

Waterways provide for tactical flexibility in times of war and access to critical shipping lanes in times of peace.

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Waterway Coverage is the total available distance of usable water lanes internally accessible to any one nation. Access to such routes allow for movement of various goods when and where serviceable roads and railways prove limiting. In peacetime, waterways are critical to shipping and general economic health. In times of war, they provide warplanners with routes for movement of man, machine and supplies to critical fronts.


For the purposes of the GFP ranking, some nations report 0 km of useful waterways (ex: Qatar) while others showcase no value whatsoever (ex: Israel). These values are per the CIA World Factbook.


The values below are displayed in Kilometers (km).
1
110,000
2
104,300
3
102,000
4
50,000
5
41,009
6
25,220
7
24,725
8
21,579
9
17,702
10
14,500
11
12,290
12
11,000
13
8,600
14
8,501
15
7,842
16
7,467
17
7,200
18
7,100
19
5,279
20
4,349
21
4,000
22
3,997
23
3,720
24
3,500
25
3,219
26
3,200
27
3,100
28
2,900
29
2,400
30
2,250
31
2,150
32
2,052
33
2,043
34
2,000
35
1,770
36
1,731
37
1,600
38
1,600
39
1,577
40
1,299
41
1,200
42
1,200
43
1,000
44
900
45
850
46
800
47
785
48
636
49
587
50
580
51
540
52
400
53
210
54
170
55
10
56
6
57
0
58
0
59
0
60
0
61
0

Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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