Transport and infrastructure in Tanzania

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Tanzania 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, Tanzania ranks 89th in the world with 0.07 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 4,567 kilometers long.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 87,581 km. For each of the country's 61.50 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 1.42 meters. This puts Tanzania in 188th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 65 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 16585 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Tanzania is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 30.7 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.2 in the USA and 17.1 worldwide.

In Tanzania, left-hand traffic is the rule on the roads, i.e. you drive in the left lane and overtake on the right. Oncoming traffic comes to meet you on the right side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Tanzania
Roadways	87,600 km	1,424.12 km	92.45 m
Railroads	4,600 km	74.26 km	4.82 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	314	5.11	0.000
Airports	14	0.23	0.015

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Africa
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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