Mauritania's air transport, passengers carried rose from 215,600 in 1994 to 328,992 in 2023.
Mauritania · Infrastructure & transportation
Transport networks, passengers, freight and access.
10 indicators · 10 with data
Air
Mauritania's air transport, freight fell from 16.6 in 1986 to 0 in 2019.
Rail
Mauritania's rail lines (total route-km) rose from 717 km in 2002 to 728 km in 2021.
Mauritania's railways, passengers carried fell from 47.5 in 2007 to 47 in 2008.
Mauritania's railways, goods transported fell from 9,554 in 2002 to 7,536 in 2010.
Shipping
Mauritania's container port traffic rose from 57,478 in 2008 to 84,458 in 2019.
Liner shipping connectivity index
index (maximum value in 2004 = 100)
135th of 165 · 26th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mauritania's liner shipping connectivity index fell from 8.6 in 2006 to 6.0 in 2021.
Logistics
Logistics performance index, overall
score (1 = low, 5 = high)
122nd of 138 · 20th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mauritania's logistics performance index, overall fell from 2.6 in 2007 to 2.3 in 2022.
Access
Mauritania's access to electricity (% of population) rose from 19.1 % in 2000 to 52.2 % in 2024.
Mortality
Mauritania's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 26.1 /100k in 2000 to 25.6 /100k in 2019.