COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Yemen, Republic of
Population (million people) 26.8 2015
GDP (current million US$)
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $)
Global Competitiveness Index 2.74 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.09 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.52 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) N/A 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.59 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.22 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 5.76 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 862,079 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 20 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 562 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 33 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 71,300 2005
Paved roads (%) 9 2005
Paved roads (Km) 6,203 2005
Non-paved roads (Km) 65,097 2005
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 86 2005
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 2.66 2005
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.14 2005
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 49 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 5,248 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 21.5 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 1,388,000 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.052 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 34.7 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 4.65 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 67.17 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1.65 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 24.58 2016