COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Niger
Population (million people) 19.9 2015
GDP (current million US$) 7,143 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 897 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita Landlocked
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 19,710 2013
Paved roads (%) 21 2013
Paved roads (Km) 4,225 2013
Non-paved roads (Km) 15,485 2013
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 47 2013
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 0.99 2013
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.02 2013
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 18 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 4,706 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 26.4 2013
Rail lines (total route-km)
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area)
Rail network density (km/1 million population)
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 0.0 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 15,243 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.001 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 0.06 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 59.5 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.56 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 48.87 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.07 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 4.32 2016