Transport and infrastructure in Djibouti

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Djibouti 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.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Djibouti ranks 80th in the world with 0.10 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 97 kilometers long.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 2,893 km. For each of the country's 988,002 inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.93 meters. This puts Djibouti in 148th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 43 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 220 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Djibouti is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 23.7 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 worldwide.

In Djibouti, 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
	Djibouti
Roadways	2,900 km	2,928.13 km	124.70 m
Railroads	100 km	98.18 km	4.18 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	18	18.22	0.001
Airports	13	13.16	0.560

	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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