Transport and infrastructure in Azerbaijan

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Azerbaijan with the average of all countries in Asia. The main traffic and transport routes are in good condition, but do not reach the level of the leading industrial nations.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Azerbaijan ranks 64th in the world with 0.21 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 2,140 kilometers long. Freight traffic on the rails most recently totaled 5.32 billion tons and kilometers traveled. Passenger traffic reached 104.00 million passenger-kilometers in 2021.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 24,981 km. For each of the country's 10.14 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.46 meters. This puts Azerbaijan in 161st place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 117 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 972 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Azerbaijan is considered relatively safe. This corresponds to 9.9 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Azerbaijan, 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
	Azerbaijan
Roadways	25,000 km	2,464.16 km	288.46 m
Railroads	2,100 km	211.09 km	24.71 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	305	30.09	0.004
Airports	6	0.59	0.069

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Asia
Roadways	16,613,000 km	3,524.24 km	519.50 m
Railroads	280,000 km	59.41 km	8.76 m
Waterways	260,300 km	55.21 km	8.14 m
Commercial harbors	45,998	9.76	0.001
Airports	1,012	0.21	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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