My World Factbook
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Transportation
61 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
79
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
total: 44
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 7 (2010)
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
country comparison to the world: 106
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)
total: 36,469 km
country comparison to the world: 94
paved: 6,980 km
unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
total: 9
country comparison to the world: 118
by type: cargo 8, roll on/roll off 1 (2010)
Ethiopia is landlocked and uses ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia
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