COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2017
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Senegal
Population (million people) 15.1 2015
GDP (current million US$) 13,780 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 2,288 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.74 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.33 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.82 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 4.03 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.17 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.43 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.06 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 12.77 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 4.15 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 450,008 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 2 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 2 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 31 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 15,609 2013
Paved roads (%) 36 2013
Paved roads (Km) 5,604 2013
Non-paved roads (Km) 10,005 2013
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 15 2013
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.03 2013
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.08 2013
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 28 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 3,844 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 27.2 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) 3.1 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 115,356 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.008 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 0.17 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 38.8 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2.01 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 99.95 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.67 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 21.69 2015