Scottish Government

EU publication table [ ] => "TSGB" used

EU countries - from "EU Energy and Transport in Figures"

Scottish figures ^{( # )}

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

UK

EU

Scotland

GB (same basis)

UK (same basis)

B

DK

D

EL

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

FIN

S

UK

EU15

General data

Population

million

1.3

10.2

5.3

82.2

10.5

39.5

60.6

3.8

57.7

0.4

15.9

8.1

10.0

5.2

8.9

59.7

377.9

5.064

57.148

58.837

Area

'000 sq km

1.3

30.5

43.1

357.0

132.0

506.0

544.0

70.3

301.3

2.6

41.5

83.9

91.9

338.1

450.0

244.1

3,236.2

77.925

228.354

241.930

Population density

people per sq km

1.3

335

124

230

80

78

111

54

191

169

383

97

109

15

20

245

117

65

250

243

Infrastructure and vehicles

Motorways

km

3.2.6

1,702

922

11,712

707

9,049

9,766

103

6,478

115

2,289

1,633

1,482

549

1,506

3,546

51,559

384

3,465

km per '000 sq km

calc'd

55.8

21.4

32.8

5.4

17.9

18.0

1.5

21.5

44.2

55.2

19.5

16.1

1.6

3.3

14.5

15.9

4.9

15.2

All roads (1999 figures @ )

'000 km

3.2.7

145.9

71.5

230.7

116.7

662.4

981.6

92.7

654.2

5.2

125.8

133.0

71.8

78.4

211.0

372.1

3,952.9

53.253

371.914

km per '000 sq km

calc'd

4,782

1,659

646

884

1,309

1,804

1,318

2,171

1,996

3,032

1,585

782

232

469

1,524

1,221

683

1,629

Railways

km

3.2.1

3,471

2,047

36,652

2,299

14,303

32,515

1,915

16,499

274

2,802

6,281

2,814

5,854

11,560

17,067

156,353

2,696

16,649

km per '000 sq km

calc'd

113.8

47.5

102.7

17.4

28.3

59.8

27.2

54.8

105.4

67.5

74.9

30.6

17.3

25.7

69.9

48.3

34.6

72.9

Passenger cars

million

3.3.1.3

4.68

1.85

42.84

3.20

17.45

28.06

1.30

32.45

0.27

6.54

4.10

3.50

2.14

4.00

25.00

177.38

1.87

24.41

per 1,000 pop'n

3.3.1.2

458

347

521

304

442

463

343

563

623

411

506

350

413

451

419

469

370

427

New registrations of passenger cars

thousands

3.3.1.10

515

113

3,378

290

1,381

2,134

231

2,423

42

598

309

258

135

291

2,222

14,319

186.1

2,334.9

per 1,000 pop'n

calc'd

50

21

41

28

35

35

61

42

105

38

38

26

26

33

37

38

37

41

Powered two wheelers

million

3.3.1.7

0.65

0.14

5.08

2.34

3.47

2.41

0.30

7.89

0.01

0.44

0.63

0.78

0.19

0.42

0.95

25.71

0.04

0.83

Goods vehicles

thousands

3.3.1.5

503

373

2,527

1,043

3,780

5,456

205

3,298

20

939

327

1,658

304

374

2,861

23,670

192.0

2,787

per 1,000 pop'n

calc'd

49

70

31

99

96

90

54

57

50

59

40

166

58

42

48

63

38

49

Passenger transport

Distance travelled (kilometres per person per year)

Passenger cars

3.5.4

10,363

12,469

8,805

7,310

8,402

11,553

8,801

11,532

11,590

9,522

8,547

8,647

10,763

10,487

10,469

10,024

8,919

8,714

Powered two-wheelers

3.5.5

142

133

203

1,821

363

203

98

1,160

137

174

200

704

174

90

84

397

35

47

Buses and coaches

3.5.6

1,213

2,111

840

2,058

1,282

748

1,613

1,630

2,053

792

1,617

1,182

1,488

1,253

754

1,092

1,094

703

Tram / metro

3.5.7

85

0

178

113

133

167

0

94

0

90

341

58

97

242

139

140

0

92

Railways (excl. t/m)

3.5.8

758

998

914

179

510

1,149

367

759

757

928

1,013

363

658

937

660

802

589

592

Cycling

3.5.16

323

937

291

76

20

73

185

154

23

849

136

30

251

271

75

188

48

63

Walking

3.5.17

381

431

372

389

372

393

370

411

456

377

420

350

386

384

355

382

354

304

Total these modes

13,265

17,079

11,603

11,946

11,082

14,286

11,434

15,740

15,016

12,732

12,274

11,334

13,817

13,664

12,536

13,025

11,040

10,515

Modal shares (% of passenger kilometres for the specified modes - thus excluding walking and cycling from the calculations)

Passenger cars

3.5.3

82.5

79.4

80.5

63.7

78.6

83.6

80.9

76.0

79.7

82.8

72.9

78.9

81.7

80.6

86.5

80.5

83.8

85.9

Powered two-wheelers

3.5.3

1.1

0.8

1.9

15.9

3.4

1.5

0.9

7.6

0.9

1.5

1.7

6.4

1.3

0.7

0.7

3.2

0.3

0.5

Bus and coach

3.5.3

9.7

13.4

7.7

17.9

12.0

5.4

14.8

10.7

14.1

6.9

13.8

10.8

11.3

9.6

6.2

8.8

10.3

6.9

Tram / metro

3.5.3

0.7

0.0

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.2

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.8

2.9

0.5

0.7

1.9

1.1

1.1

0.0

0.9

Railways (excl. t/m)

3.5.3

6.0

6.4

8.4

1.6

4.8

8.3

3.4

5.0

5.2

8.1

8.6

3.3

5.0

7.2

5.5

6.4

5.5

5.8

Total these modes

3.5.3

100.0

100.0

100.1

100.1

100.0

100.0

100.0

99.9

99.9

100.1

99.9

99.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

International air passenger traffic between EU countries (arrivals plus departures)

million

3.5.12

15.07

11.28

55.40

19.11

69.48

33.49

13.89

29.01

1.45

22.43

8.58

10.27

5.55

12.06

85.33

392.40

4.5355

84.93

per head of pop'n

calc'd

1.48

2.13

0.67

1.82

1.76

0.55

3.66

0.50

3.63

1.41

1.06

1.03

1.07

1.36

1.43

1.04

0.90

1.44

Road fatalities

number

[ 3.6.1 ]

1,470

498

7,503

2,088

5,776

8,079

415

6,410

76

1,082

976

1,860

396

591

3,580

40,800

326

3,409

per million pop'n

calc'd

144

94

91

199

146

133

109

111

190

68

120

186

76

66

60

108

64

60

Freight transport

Modal shares (% of these modes tonne-kms)

Road

3.4.3

67.5

73.3

68.7

97.7

85.7

75.9

93.0

88.0

71.6

47.3

39.9

87.1

72.2

61.8

84.1

74.6

64.6

83.5

Rail

3.4.3

16.0

8.6

15.2

2.3

8.9

15.8

7.0

8.2

19.3

3.9

37.2

12.9

26.6

38.2

9.7

13.8

8.3

9.6

Inland waterway

3.4.3

13.1

0.0

13.1

0.0

0.0

2.1

0.0

0.1

9.1

42.7

5.6

0.0

1.2

0.0

0.1

6.9

1.2

0.9

Pipeline

3.4.3

3.4

18.1

3.0

0.0

5.4

6.2

0.0

3.7

0.0

6.1

17.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.1

4.7

25.9

6.0

Total these modes

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0