COMCEC Transport and Communications
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Iraq
Population (million people) 36.4 2015
GDP (current million US$) 168,607 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 14,018 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.15 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index 4.88 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 29 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 307 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 59,623 2012
Paved roads (%) 86 2012
Paved roads (Km) 40,764 2012
Non-paved roads (Km) 6,636 2012
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 9 2012
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.64 2012
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.14 2012
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 134 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 6,826 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 20.2 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 2,138 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 492 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 59 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 249 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 99 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 10.8 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 484,804 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.013 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 25.7 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 5.53 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 82.18 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.01 2010
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 21.23 2016