Transport and infrastructure in Cape Verde
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Cape Verde with the average of all countries in Africa. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in a particularly good condition.› Airports in Cape Verde
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 1,350 km. For each of the country's 561,901 inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.40 meters. This puts Cape Verde in 162nd place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 139 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants on the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.With an average of 135 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Cape Verde is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 25.2 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.2 in the USA and 17.1 worldwide.
In Cape Verde, 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. This regulation was enforced on June 1st, 1928. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.
Cape Verde | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 1,400 km | 2,402.56 km | 334.99 m |
| Railroads | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Commercial harbors | 46 | 81.86 | 0.011 |
| Airports | 6 | 10.68 | 1.489 |
Africa | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 3,002,100 km | 2,186.19 km | 99.00 m |
| Railroads | 88,600 km | 64.51 km | 2.92 m |
| Waterways | 50,100 km | 36.46 km | 1.65 m |
| Commercial harbors | 7,829 | 5.70 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 413 | 0.30 | 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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