COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Sudan
Population (million people) 40.2 2015
GDP (current million US$) 84,067 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 3,927 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.53 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index 18.41 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 565,811 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 4 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 22 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 14 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 11,900 2000
Paved roads (%) 36 2000
Paved roads (Km) 4,320 2000
Non-paved roads (Km) 7,580 2000
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 33 2000
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 0.30 2000
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.005 2000
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 8 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 9,221 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 24.3 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 4,313 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 182 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 107 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 7 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 13.2 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 496,178 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.012 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 60.9 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.34 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 68.63 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.06 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 28.00 2016