COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2016
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Saudi Arabia
Population (million people) 31.5 2015
GDP (current million US$) 646,002 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 50,284 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 4.84 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 3.16 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.89 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 4.87 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.99 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.64 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.88 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 61.79 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 4.44 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 6,326,861 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 246 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 13,989 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 205 2014
Motorways (Km) 3891 2005
Highways, main or national roads (Km) 9,705 2005
Secondary or regional roads (Km) 33,924 2005
Other roads (Km) 173,852 2005
Total length of roads (Km) 221,372 2005
Paved roads (%) 21 2005
Paved roads (Km) 47,529 2005
Non-paved roads (Km) 173,843 2005
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 17 2005
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 7.02 2005
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.1 2005
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 229 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 7,898 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 27.4 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 1,412 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 66 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 45 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 1,852 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 297 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 1783.1 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 32,778,828 2015
Per capita air passengers 1.039 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 4.35 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 26.4 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 12.53 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 176.59 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 12.01 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 69.62 2015