Transport and infrastructure in Equatorial Guinea
Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Equatorial Guinea 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.› Airports in Equatorial Guinea
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 2,880 km. For each of the country's 1.63 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 1.76 meters. This puts Equatorial Guinea in 182nd place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note that the country's population density is very low at around 58 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 347 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Equatorial Guinea is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to 24.7 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.
In Equatorial Guinea, 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.
Equatorial Guinea | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
---|---|---|---|
Roadways | 2,900 km | 1,762.04 km | 102.67 m |
Railroads | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
Commercial harbors | 42 | 25.70 | 0.001 |
Airports | 3 | 1.84 | 0.107 |
Africa | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
---|---|---|---|
Roadways | 2,997,800 km | 2,151.40 km | 98.86 m |
Railroads | 88,600 km | 63.57 km | 2.92 m |
Waterways | 68,400 km | 49.09 km | 2.26 m |
Commercial harbors | 7,949 | 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)