South Africa's air transport, passengers carried rose from 5.8M in 1994 to 15.5M in 2023.
South Africa · Infrastructure & transportation
Transport networks, passengers, freight and access.
10 indicators · 10 with data
Air
South Africa's air transport, freight fell from 276.5 in 1994 to 59.7 in 2023.
Rail
South Africa's rail lines (total route-km) was 20,953 km in 2015 and 20,953 km in 2021.
South Africa's railways, passengers carried fell from 10,243 in 1995 to 3,502 in 2020.
South Africa's railways, goods transported rose from 99,850 in 1995 to 113,342 in 2008.
Shipping
South Africa's container port traffic rose from 3.99M in 2010 to 4.3M in 2024.
Liner shipping connectivity index
index (maximum value in 2004 = 100)
40th of 165 · 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa's liner shipping connectivity index rose from 28.4 in 2006 to 39.1 in 2021.
Logistics
Logistics performance index, overall
score (1 = low, 5 = high)
18th of 138 · 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa's logistics performance index, overall rose from 3.5 in 2007 to 3.7 in 2022.
Access
South Africa's access to electricity (% of population) rose from 57.6 % in 1996 to 90.2 % in 2024.
Mortality
South Africa's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 44.0 /100k in 2000 to 22.2 /100k in 2019.