COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Cameroon
Population (million people) 23.3 2015
GDP (current million US$) 29,198 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 2,939 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.58 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.15 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.20 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.50 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.36 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.96 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.66 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 15.01 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.41 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 367,332 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 3 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 428 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 16 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 49,751 2010
Paved roads (%) 10 2010
Paved roads (Km) 5,011 2010
Non-paved roads (Km) 44,740 2010
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 43 2010
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 2.13 2010
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.1 2010
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population)
Estimated road deaths annually 6,136 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 27.6 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 976 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 206 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 42 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 1,056 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 494 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 0.0 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 267,209 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.011 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 0.15 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 52.0 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 4.38 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 68.11 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.19 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 25.00 2016