COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2017
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Gabon
Population (million people) 1.7 2015
GDP (current million US$) 14,340 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 18,832 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.79 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.19 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.92 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.80 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.80 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.23 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.62 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 9.38 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.53 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 197,998 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 2 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 1 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 117 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 9,170 2007
Paved roads (%) 12 2007
Paved roads (Km) 1,098 2007
Non-paved roads (Km) 8,072 2007
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 1.1 2007
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 5.32 2007
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.03 2007
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 117 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 383 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 22.9 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 810 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 314 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 469 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 2,447 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 109 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 0.0 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 137,331 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.080 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 0.32 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 19.8 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1.07 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 168.92 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.63 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 23.50 2015