COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2017
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Bangladesh
Population (million people)
161.0
2015
GDP (current million US$)
195,079
2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $)
3,137
2015
Global Competitiveness Index
3.80
2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
2.66
2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
2.82
2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
2.92
2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
2.65
2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
3.54
2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
3.25
2016
Liner shipping connectivity index
12.62
2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
3.20
2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
1,655,365
2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships
73
2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage
1,497
2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita
10
2014
Motorways (Km)
0
2003
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
22,378
2003
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
81,670
2003
Other roads (Km)
135,178
2003
Total length of roads (Km)
239,226
2003
Paved roads (%)
10
2003
Paved roads (Km)
22,726
2003
Non-paved roads (Km)
216,500
2003
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$)
250
2003
Road network density (km/1,000 population)
1.49
2003
Density of roads (Km/Km2)
1.66
2003
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population)
13
2013
Estimated road deaths annually
21,316
2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population]
13.6
2013
Rail lines (total route-km)
2,835
2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area)
2,178
2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population)
18
2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
710
2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
7,305
2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
182.7
2015
Air transport, passengers carried
2,906,799
2015
Per capita air passengers
0.018
2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion)
13.8
2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
0.52
2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
83.36
2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
2.41
2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet
14.40
2015