COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2017
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Benin
Population (million people) 10.9 2015
GDP (current million US$) 8,476 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 1,986 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.47 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.43 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.41 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.91 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 1.56 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.71 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.23 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 18.34 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.29 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 408,146 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 39 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 19,000 2004
Paved roads (%) 10 2004
Paved roads (Km) 1,805 2004
Non-paved roads (Km) 17,195 2004
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 37 2004
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.75 2004
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.17 2004
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 3 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 2,855 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 27.7 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) 0.8 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 112,392 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.010 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 69.7 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1.79 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 85.64 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.67 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 6.79 2015