COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2019
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Afghanistan
Population (million people) 32.5 2015
GDP (current million US$) 19,199 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 1,820 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.14 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita Landlocked
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km) 16,388 2010
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km) 6,745 2010
Total length of roads (Km) 23,133 2010
Paved roads (%) 36 2010
Paved roads (Km) 8,419 2010
Non-paved roads (Km) 14,714 2010
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 41 2010
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 0.71 2010
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.04 2010
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 21 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 4,734 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 15.5 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) 33.1 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 1,929,908 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.059 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion)
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.34 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 61.58 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 8.26 2015