COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Sierra Leone
Population (million people) 6.5 2015
GDP (current million US$) 4,475 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 1,497 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.16 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.03 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.40 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.79 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) N/A 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.01 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.69 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 7.61 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.21 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 2 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 5 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita
Motorways (Km) 0 2002
Highways, main or national roads (Km) 2,138 2002
Secondary or regional roads (Km) 1,950 2002
Other roads (Km) 7,212 2002
Total length of roads (Km) 11,300 2002
Paved roads (%) 8 2002
Paved roads (Km) 904 2002
Non-paved roads (Km) 10,396 2002
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 41 2002
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.75 2002
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.16 2002
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 11 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 1,661 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 27.2 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)
Air transport, passengers carried
Per capita air passengers
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion)
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.26 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 97.62 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants N/A 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 11.77 2016