Transport and infrastructure in Equatorial Guinea

Our listing of the primary kinds 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 a particularly good condition.

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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 1.40 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.05 meters. This puts Equatorial Guinea in 172nd place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 50 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 296 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Equatorial Guinea is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 24.4 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 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.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Equatorial Guinea
Roadways	2,900 km	2,052.77 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	29.94	0.001
Airports	7	4.99	0.250

	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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