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Table 13.1 International comparisons

				Scottish figure on the same (or a similar) basis ( # )	Austria	Belgium	Bulgaria	Cyprus	Czech Republic	Germany	Denmark	Estonia	Greece	Spain	Finland	France	Hungary	Ireland	Italy	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Latvia	Malta	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Sweden	Slovenia	Slovak Republic	UK	GB (in these cases, the EU publication's figures relate to GB)	EU-27 ( + )	EU-15 ( + )	Scotland	GB (same basis)	UK (same basis)
Year of data for all (or most) countries	Other year(s) - for some countries		EU publication table	Scottish figure on the same (or a similar) basis ( # )	EU countries from EU Energy and Transport in Figures (2007/08 edition)																														Scottish figures ^{( # )}
				SCOT	AT	BE	BG	CY	CZ	DE	DK	EE	EL	ES	FI	FR	HU	IE	IT	LT	LU	LV	MT	NL	PL	PT	RO	SE	SI	SK	UK	GB	EU-27	EU-15	SCOT	GB	UK
General data
Population (at 1 Jan) million	2007		1.1	5.14	8.30	10.58	7.68	0.78	10.29	82.31	5.45	1.34	11.17	44.47	5.28	61.54	10.07	4.31	59.13	3.38	0.48	2.28	0.41	16.36	38.13	10.60	21.57	9.11	2.01	5.39	60.85		493.27	389.95	5.14	58.846	60.975
Area
'000 sq km			1.1	77.9	83.9	30.5	110.9	9.3	78.9	357.0	43.1	45.2	132.0	506.0	338.1	544.0	93.0	70.3	301.3	65.2	2.6	64.6	0.3	41.5	312.7	91.9	237.5	450.0	20.3	48.8	244.1		4323	3236.3	77.9	228.919	242.495
Population density (at 1 Jan) people per sq km	2007		calc'd	66	99	347	69	84	130	231	126	30	85	88	16	113	108	61	196	52	183	35	1291	394	122	115	91	20	99	110	249		114	120	66	257	251
Infrastructure and vehicles
Motorways
km	2005		3.5.1	386	1,677	1,747	331	276	564	12,363	1,032	99	880	11,432	693	10,804	636	247	6,542	417	147	0	0	2,342	552	2,341	228	1,684	569	328	3,634		61,565	57,565	386	3,520
km per '000 sq km	2005		calc'd	5.0	20.0	57.3	3.0	29.8	7.2	34.6	23.9	2.2	6.7	22.6	2.0	19.9	6.8	3.5	21.7	6.4	56.5	0.0	0.0	56.4	1.8	25.5	1.0	3.7	28.1	6.7	14.9		14.2	17.8	5.0	15.4
All roads ( @ )
'000 km	2005	2004 for italics	3.5.2	56.9	107.0	152.2	19.3	7.8	127.8	644.4	72.3	57.0	117.5	165.6	103.9	1005.9	189.4	96.5	668.7	79.5	2.9	69.8	2.2	134.2	377.7	78.9	79.9	425.4	38.5	43.7	412.9		5,281	4,188.4	56.9	388.0
km per '000 sq km	2005	2004 for italics	calc'd	730	1,275	4,991	174	848	1,621	1,805	1,676	1,261	890	327	307	1,849	2,036	1,373	2,219	1,219	1,106	1,081	7,047	3,234	1,208	858	336	945	1,900	896	1,692		1,222	1,294	730	1,695
Railways
km	2005		3.5.3	2736	5,691	3,544	4,154	0	9,513	34,221	2,644	959	2,576	14,452	5,732	29,286	7,950	1,919	16,545	1,771	275	2,270	0	2,811	19,507	2,844	10,948	11,017	1,228	3,626	19,956		215,439	153,513	2,736	15,810
km per '000 sq km	2005		calc'd	35.1	67.8	116.2	37.5	0.0	120.6	95.9	61.3	21.2	19.5	28.6	17.0	53.8	85.5	27.3	54.9	27.2	105.8	35.1	0.0	67.7	62.4	30.9	46.1	24.5	60.6	74.2	81.8		49.8	47.4	35.1	69.1
Passenger cars
million	2006		3.6.2	2.17	4.20	4.98	1.77	0.37	4.11	46.57	2.02	0.55	4.54	20.64	2.51	31.00	2.95	1.80	35.30	1.59	0.31	0.82	0.22	7.23	13.38	4.29	3.60	4.20	0.98	1.33	28.67		229.95	198.26	2.17	27.8300
per 1,000 pop'n	2006		3.6.1	425	507	470	230	479	399	566	371	413	407	464	475	504	293	418	597	470	661	360	535	442	351	405	167	461	488	247	471		466	508	424.7	473
New registrations of passenger cars ( $ )
thousands	2006		3.6.6	196	309	526	36	19	124	3468	157	26	268	1635	146	2001	188	178	2326	14	51	26	7	484	239	195	248	283	58	59	2345		15,412.5	14,370.0	196	2,340
per 1,000 pop'n	2006		calc'd	38	37	50	5	24	12	42	29	19	24	37	28	33	19	41	39	4	107	11	16	30	6	18	11	31	29	11	39		31	37	38	40
Powered two wheelers ( $ )
thousands	2006	02 & '04	3.6.5	60	645	360	76	40	823	5,781	184	13	1,206	4,385	338	2,500	130	35	10,239	25	39	37	12	568	784	559	194	498	53	58	1,254		30,837	28,591	59.9	1,094.5
Goods vehicles
thousands	2006		3.6.4	256	364	670	226	116	491	2,804	509	93	1,220	5,033	376	5,345	444	319	4,332	136	31	121	46	996	2,393	1,320	545	480	70	189	3,582		32,249.0	27,379.4	256	3,583
per 1,000 pop'n	2006		calc'd	50	44	63	29	149	48	34	93	69	109	113	71	87	44	74	73	40	65	53	112	61	63	125	25	53	35	35	59		65	70	50	61
Passenger transport
Distance travelled (kilometres per person per year)
Passenger cars	2006	Scotland and GB figures have not been updated since previous publication - data not available	3.3.4 *	8,838	8,662	10,385	4,037	6,421	6,769	10,557	9,912	8,567	8,056	7,666	11,835	11,762	4,654	6,490	11,714	11,661	13,650	6,794	4,904	9,048	5,750	6,793	2,782	10,644	11,444	4,884		11,273	9,329	10,391	8,838	9,304
Powered two-wheelers	2002		prev. **	27	198	100	n-a	0	0	217	144	0	2,013	334	171	201	0	93	1,188	0	130	0	0	55	0	754	n-a	111	0	0		85	n-a	405	27	59
Buses and coaches	2006		3.3.5 *	996	1,125	1,707	1,450	1,618	1,557	805	1,377	2,146	1,951	1,110	1,429	730	1,781	1,599	1,737	1,092	1,722	1,219	1,226	734	738	1,047	544	955	448	1,607		822	1,059	1,069	996	769
Tram / metro	2006		3.3.6 *	0	466	90	60	0	758	189	30	74	134	139	99	207	227	26	104	0	0	122	0	92	115	93	315	238	0	56		149	170	158	0	109
Railways (excl. t/m)	2006		3.3.7 *	676	1,120	910	315	0	673	960	1,114	191	163	497	683	1,280	959	434	785	127	624	435	0	897	475	366	375	1,058	394	410		773	779	857	676	719
Cycling	2001		prev. **	42	136	322	n-a	n-a	n-a	291	936	n-a	76	20	251	75	n-a	184	154	n-a	23	n-a	n-a	848	n-a	29	n-a	271	n-a	n-a	75		n-a	186	42	60
Walking	2001		prev. **	315	419	380	n-a	n-a	n-a	372	431	n-a	389	368	386	404	n-a	368	410	n-a	457	n-a	n-a	377	n-a	342	n-a	383	n-a	n-a	355		n-a	382	315	322
Total these modes	c. 2003		calc'd	10,895	12,126	13,893	n-a	n-a	n-a	13,390	13,943	n-a	12,784	10,134	14,855	14,659	n-a	9,193	16,092	n-a	16,606	n-a	n-a	12,050	n-a	9,424	n-a	13,659	n-a	n-a	==>	13,532	n-a	13,448	10,895	11,342
Modal shares (% of total pass-kms for specified modes)
Passenger cars	2006	As distance travelled	3.3.3	84.1	76.2	79.3	68.9	79.9	69.4	84.4	79.7	78.0	78.2	81.4	84.3	84.1	61.1	75.9	81.7	90.5	85.3	79.3	80.0	84.0	81.2	81.9	69.3	82.5	93.1	70.2		86.6	82.3	83.3	84.1	85.3
Bus and coach	2006		3.3.3	9.5	9.9	13.0	24.7	20.1	16.0	6.4	11.1	19.5	18.9	11.8	10.2	5.2	23.4	18.7	12.1	8.5	10.8	14.2	20.0	6.8	10.4	12.6	13.5	7.4	3.6	23.1		6.3	9.3	8.6	9.5	7.1
Railways (excl. t/m)	2006		3.3.3	6.4	9.8	6.9	5.4	0.0	6.9	7.7	9.0	1.7	1.6	5.3	4.9	9.2	12.6	5.1	5.5	1.0	3.9	5.1	0.0	8.3	6.7	4.4	9.3	8.2	3.2	5.9		5.9	6.9	6.9	6.4	6.6
Tram / metro	2006		3.3.3	0.0	4.1	0.7	1.0	0.0	7.8	1.5	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.5	0.7	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.1	7.8	1.8	0.0	0.8		1.1	1.5	1.3	0.0	1.0
Total these modes	calc'd		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	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
International air passenger traffic between EU countries (arrivals plus departures)
million	2006		3.4.1	7.90	13.59	14.16	4.53	5.57	8.68	80.96	14.91	1.18	22.31	92.65	8.35	47.73	6.33	23.67	52.18	1.40	1.36	1.89	2.42	28.61	10.85	15.06	3.94	14.89	0.86	1.72	120.11		599.92	550.6	7.90		120.704
per head of pop'n	2006		calc'd	1.54	1.64	1.34	0.59	7.16	0.84	0.98	2.74	0.88	2.00	2.08	1.58	0.78	0.63	5.49	0.88	0.41	2.86	0.83	5.92	1.75	0.28	1.42	0.18	1.63	0.43	0.32	1.97		1.22	1.41	1.54		1.98
Road fatalities
number	2006		3.7.1	314	730	1,069	1,043	86	1,063	5,091	306	204	1,657	4,104	336	4,709	1,303	368	5,669	759	36	407	10	730	5,243	969	2,478	445	262	579	3,297		42,953	29,516	314	3,172
per million pop'n	2006		calc'd	61	88	101	136	110	103	62	56	152	148	92	64	77	129	85	96	224	76	178	25	45	138	91	115	49	130	107	54		87	76	61	54
Freight transport: modal shares (% of total tonne-kms)
Road	2006		3.2.4c *	59.9	56.3	69.3	67.8	100.0	73.6	63.9	75.9	34.7	97.8	91.7	72.8	74.7	67.4	98.8	86.1	53.8	91.5	34.5	100.0	60.9	61.7	94.9	68.8	64.5	78.2	58.6		83.5	72.7	75.6	59.9	84.2
Rail	2006		3.2.5 *	15.1	30.1	13.8	26.6	0.0	23.0	20.7	6.8	65.3	1.9	4.4	27.1	14.5	22.5	1.2	9.4	38.3	4.6	53.9	0.0	3.9	25.8	5.1	19.0	35.5	21.8	26.3		11.2	16.7	13.8	15.1	4.3
Inland waterway	2006		3.2.6 *	1.0	2.6	14.4	3.9	0.0	0.1	12.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	3.2	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	31.0	0.1	0.0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.3		0.1	5.3	6.2	1.0	5.3
Pipeline	2006		3.2.7 *	23.9	11.0	2.5	1.8	0.0	3.3	3.1	17.4	0.0	0.3	3.8	0.0	7.7	5.9	0.0	4.4	7.9	0.0	11.6	0.0	4.3	12.3	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	14.8		5.2	5.2	4.4	23.9	6.2
Total these modes	2006		calc'd	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	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

( # ) ( + ) ( $ ) ( @ ) ( * ) ( ** ) ( TSGB ) - see footnotes

( # )	These are the nearest available figures for Scotland, and comparable figures for GB or UK as a whole. The text describes the basis of these figures. These may be on a different basis from those for the European countries, and for the UK as a whole, that are given in the other columns.
( + )	Not necessarily as shown in the EU publication, which may give totals only for years for which figures are available for all countries.
( @ )	The definitions of road types vary from country to country. Some countries' figures may include the lengths of some roads which do not have a hard surface.
( $ )	The notes on the sources of the statistics explain why there appears to be a large inconsistency between the EU publication's figure for the UK and the (DfT) figure for GB
( * )	Actually calculated from the figures in that table, which gives the total number of passenger/tonne-kilometres for the country as a whole (in 100/1000 millions)
( ** )	As shown in (or as calculated from figures in) a previous edition - the 2006 edition does not provide any figures for powered two-wheelers, cycling or walking
n/a or 0	In general, n-a is used where a figure is not available, and 0 is used where a figure is nil. However, n-a may be treated as if it were 0 for the purpose of some calculations.
( TSGB )	Not shown in the EU publication: obtained from Table 10.4 of Transport Statistics Great Britain. In cases where that table shows the volume of one of the smaller"types of traffic (goods vehicles, motorcycles etc, and buses and coaches) as n-a for the latest year, the Scottish Government has calculated the overall total volume of traffic by assuming that the volume of that type of traffic is zero - or is the same as in the previous year shown in the TSGB table (in those cases for which the TSGB table shows estimates of the volume of that type of traffic for that country for an earlier year, but not for the latest year). In the case of countries for which there are no figures for cars and taxis for the latest year shown in the latest edition of TSGB, the estimated volume of traffic has been left as it appeared in the previous edition of Scottish Transport Statistics - so the figures relate to an earlier year than those of the other countries.

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