COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2016
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Libya
Population (million people) 6.3 2015
GDP (current million US$) 29,153 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 13,321 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.26 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index 4.86 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 456,773 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 32 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 244 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 73 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 83,200 2000
Paved roads (%) 57 2000
Paved roads (Km) 47,590 2000
Non-paved roads (Km) 35,610 2000
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 13 2000
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 13.25 2000
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.05 2000
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 573 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 4,554 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 73.4 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) 3.8 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 2,566,466 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.409 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 4.06 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 50.5 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 10 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 157 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.97 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 19.02 2015