Transport and Communications

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

1. TRANSPORT

Number of vehicles (licensed at the end of year)

No.

316.437

387.559

394.667

402.586

419.446

430.974

444.183

459.106

Passengers Cars

No.

178.602

219.749

226.832

234.976

249.225

256.989

267.589

280.069

Private saloon cars (incl. learners and invalid)

No.

171.425

212.152

219.432

227.695

241.800

249.752

260.026

270.348

Taxis

No.

1.732

1.589

1.569

1.586

1.607

1.611

1.648

1.641

For rental (self-drive)

No.

5.445

6.008

5.831

5.695

5.818

5.626

5.915

8.080

Buses

No.

2.308

2.670

2.801

2.800

2.754

2.835

2.949

3.003

Goods conveyance vehicles

No.

74.325

101.182

104.043

105.652

109.294

111.125

114.666

117.942

Mechanised cycles

No.

50.953

50.393

46.855

45.226

44.337

44.756

43.315

41.985

Tractors

No.

8.517

11.244

11.740

11.913

11.733

13.013

13.291

13.594

Other vehicles, n.e.c.

No.

1.732

2.321

2.396

2.019

2.103

2.256

2.373

2.513

Persons per private saloon car

%

3.4

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5*

Registration of motor vehicles (new and used)

No.

38.768

34.475

34.768

31.857

38.798

33.973

32.165

38.075

Roads infrastructure in Cyprus (total)

No.

10.043

10.150

10.415

10.654

10.820

11.009

11.141

11.408

Public Works Department

No.

2.195

2.218

2.258

2.272

2.307

2.347

2.359

2.435

(Motorways)

No.

(120)

(161)

(173)

(195)

(204)

(216)

(240)

(257)

District Offices

No.

2.430

2.456

2.448

2.493

2.502

2.520

2.532

2.538

Municipalities

No.

2.787

2.839

3.015

3.103

3.155

3.221

3.271

3.352

Forestry Department

No.

2.631

2.637

2.694

2.784

2.856

2.921

2.979

3.083

Person killed in road accidents

No.

101

118

128

115

111

113

111

98

Deaths in road accidents per 100.000 population

%

17.4

18.4

19.8

17.6

16.7

17.0

16.5

14.2

Aircraft landings

No.

18.713

22.134

21.756

22.840

23.590

24.860

26.540

29.195

Ship arrivals at Cyprus Ports

No.

5.638

4.743

5.088

4.593

4.476

4.858

5.289

5.251

Passenger movements

Arrivals (total)

No.

1.933.583

2.685.321

2.512.270

2.646.363

2.871.042

3.142.293

3.534.880

3.564.998

By Air

No.

1.607.397

2.289.706

2.168.619

2.288.729

2.503.359

2.730.557

3.016.832

3.203.815

By Sea

No.

326.186

395.615

343.651

357.634

367.683

411.736

518.048

361.183

Departures (total)

No.

1.906.165

2.583.707

2.509.473

2.647.289

2.870.465

3.145.956

3.528.983

3.569.557

By Air

No.

1.604.352

2.164.421

2.168.027

2.288.523

2.501.290

2.734.117

3.012.411

3.211.410

By Sea

No.

301.813

419.286

341.446

358.766

369.175

411.839

516.572

358.147

Freight movements

M/T

Loaded (total)

"

2.774.180

2.255.126

2.441.953

2.264.567

1.439.210

1.467.142

1.647.096

1.421.032

By Air

"

17.439

26.409

19.650

16.377

20.738

16.679

16.018

14.986

By Sea

"

2.756.741

2.228.717

2.422.303

2.248.190

1.418.472

1.450.463

1.631.078

1.406.046

Unloaded (total)

"

4.422.793

5.036.837

5.395.489

4.691.987

5.095.342

4.721.653

5.300.924

5.254.945

By Air

"

9.351

13.715

13.303

14.443

15.470

16.160

30.914

17.460

By Sea

"

4.413.442

5.023.122

5.382.186

4.677.544

5.079.872

4.705.493

5.270.010

5.237.485

Ships on the Cyprus Register

No.

2.075

2.778

2.733

2.798

2.673

2.686

2.669

2.240

2. COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications

Telephone lines per 1000 persons

No.

424

538

562

586

610

636

656

632

Mobile Services (subscribers)

No.

3.156

44.453

70.781

91.968

116.429

151.649

218.324

314.355

Postal Services

Parcels (total)

000's

72.6

72.4

69.3

60.2

58.7

59.6

58.0

57,2

Inland Posted

"

0.4

5.0

3.0

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.2

0,1

Dispatched Abroad

"

12.3

14.4

15.3

11.8

10.1

10.3

10.8

11,1

Received from Abroad

"

59.9

53.0

51.0

48.0

48.0

49.0

47.0

46,0

Datapost (total)

"

61.1

73.7

76.6

76.4

83.5

84.8

80.9

83,3

Dispatched Abroad

"

27.2

37.8

41.8

46.2

46.7

47.5

45.6

47,6

Received from Abroad

"

33.9

35.9

34.8

34.2

36.8

37.3

35.3

35,7

Registred Articles (total)

"

1.048

1.040

1.121

1.127

1.039

1.064

1.116

1.073

Inland Posted

"

411

467

567

551

528

562

630

598

Dispatched Abroad

"

330

326

318

344

286

280

273

274

Received from Abroad

"

307

247

236

232

225

222

213

201

Letters, Postcards and Printed Paper (total)

"

36.715

46.916

48.243

49.776

51.875

52.898

60.941

64.014

Inland

"

26.195

35.966

36.821

37.737

39.593

41.362

48.971

53.070

Abroad

"

10.520

10.950

11.422

12.039

12.282

11.536

11.970

10.944

(Last Updated 29/4/2002)

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