COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Mauritania
Population (million people) 4.1 2015
GDP (current million US$) 5,442 2014
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $)
Global Competitiveness Index 2.94 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 1.87 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 1.56 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.28 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 1.97 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.87 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.38 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 6.26 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.10 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 84,665 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 1 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 9 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 21 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 11,790 2012
Paved roads (%) 36 2012
Paved roads (Km) 4,258 2012
Non-paved roads (Km) 7,532 2012
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 11 2012
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 2.90 2012
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.01 2012
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 107 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 952 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 24.5 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 728 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 71 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 179 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 7,536 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 0.0 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 248,159 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.061 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion)
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1.27 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 86.52 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.25 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 18.00 2016