COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2019
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Pakistan
Population (million people) 188.9 2015
GDP (current million US$) 269,971 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 4,745 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.49 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.92 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.45 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 3.83 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.08 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.73 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.99 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 36.58 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.36 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 2,597,395 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 14 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 706 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 14 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 263,415 2013
Paved roads (%) 69 2013
Paved roads (Km) 182,900 2013
Non-paved roads (Km) 80,515 2013
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 207 2013
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.39 2013
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.33 2013
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 50 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 25,781 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 14.2 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 7,791 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 1,011 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 41 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 1,757 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 20,619 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 183.2 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 8,467,828 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.045 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 0.22 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 28.5 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1.59 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 66.92 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.95 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 18.00 2015