Transport and infrastructure in Algeria

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Algeria with the average of all countries in Africa. The main traffic and transport routes are in good condition, but do not reach the level of the leading industrial nations.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Algeria ranks 83rd in the world with 0.09 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 4,020 kilometers long. Freight traffic on the rails most recently totaled 1.03 billion tons and kilometers traveled. Passenger traffic reached 1.60 billion passenger-kilometers in 2018.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 104,000 km. For each of the country's 43.85 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.37 meters. This puts Algeria in 167th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 18 inhabitants per km². Like this, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.

With an average of 8568 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Algeria is considered rather mixed. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 21.1 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 worldwide.

In Algeria, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Algeria
Roadways	104,000 km	2,371.67 km	43.67 m
Railroads	4,000 km	91.67 km	1.69 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	114	2.60	0.000
Airports	149	3.40	0.063

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Africa
Roadways	3,002,100 km	2,239.70 km	99.00 m
Railroads	88,600 km	66.09 km	2.92 m
Waterways	50,100 km	37.35 km	1.65 m
Commercial harbors	7,829	5.84	0.000
Airports	3,159	2.36	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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