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Transport and infrastructure in Angola

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Angola with the average of all countries in Africa. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in particularly good condition.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Angola ranks 85th in the world with 0.08 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 2,852 kilometers long.

The waterways listed refer to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of ports includes those located on the 1,600 km of coastline. In 2020, about 700,000 freight containers were transported.

Airports in Angola


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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 26,000 km. For each of the country's 34.50 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 0.75 meters. This puts Angola in 216th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note that the country's population density is very low at around 28 inhabitants per km². In this case, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.

With an average of 7405 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Angola is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to 24.5 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Angola, 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.


 

Angola

 totalper 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways26,000 km753.54 km20.86 m
Railroads2,900 km82.66 km2.29 m
Waterways1,300 km37.68 km1.04 m
Commercial harbors541.570.000
Airports130.380.010
 

Africa

 total per 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways2,997,800 km2,151.40 km98.86 m
Railroads88,600 km63.57 km2.92 m
Waterways68,400 km49.09 km2.26 m
Commercial harbors7,9495.700.000
Airports4130.300.000


Data sources used

Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
UNCTAD
Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
CIA Factbook
OECD Statistics
Wikipedia (german)
Angola: AirportsLargest airports and airlines in AngolaThe 13 biggest airports and in Angola with further information and data with further information on airlines and destinations
Angola: ClimateClimate and temperature development in AngolaA climate analysis for Angola incl. temperatures, humidity, rain days per month, hours of sunshine, water temperature, rainfalls
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