Transport and infrastructure in Namibia

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Namibia 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, Namibia ranks 6th in the world with 1.03 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 2,628 kilometers long.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 48,875 km. For each of the country's 2.54 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 19.24 meters. This puts Namibia in 27th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 3 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 755 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Namibia is considered very dangerous. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 32.0 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 worldwide.

In Namibia, 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
	Namibia
Roadways	48,900 km	19,235.19 km	59.29 m
Railroads	2,600 km	1,034.27 km	3.19 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	14	5.51	0.000
Airports	112	44.08	0.136

	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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