Transport infrastructure quantity trends
| Region | Income | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | SSA | SA | MENA | LAC | EAP | LIC | LMC | UMC | |
| Transport | |||||||||
| Road density km of road per sq km of land area (median) | 1990 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.27 |
| 2011 | 0.09 | 0.48 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 1.04 | |
| Railroad density km of road per sq km of land area (median) | 1990 | 0.004 | 0.021 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.010 |
| 2014 | 0.002 | 0.016 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.010 | |
| Region | Income | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | SSA | SA | MENA | LAC | EAP | LIC | LMC | UMC | |
| Road density km of road per sq km of land area (median) | 1990 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.27 |
| 2011 | 0.09 | 0.48 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 1.04 | |
| Railroad density km of road per sq km of land area (median) | 1990 | 0.004 | 0.021 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.010 |
| 2014 | 0.002 | 0.016 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.010 | |
Note(s): EAP = East Asia and Pacific; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; SA = South Asia; SSA = Sub-Saharan Africa; LIC = low-income countries; LMC = lower-middle-income countries; UMC = upper-middle-income countries
Source(s): World Bank, World Development Indicators. International Energy Agency; World Energy Outlook; International Road Federation, World road statistics
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