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Logistics infrastructure profile

Mauritania — Logistics Infrastructure

Mauritania's logistics infrastructure profile brings together its road and rail network scale, container and air-freight throughput, railway and metro stations, logistics facilities and maritime territory — each figure from a named public source.

Network and freight scale come from the World Bank and the GRIP4 global road inventory; railway and metro stations from GeoNames; warehouses, container and customs facilities from OpenStreetMap; maritime territory from Marine Regions; and the trans-European core network from the EU TEN-T.

48,589 km
Road network
728 route-km
Rail network
84,458 TEU
Container throughput
173,180 km²
Maritime territory (EEZ)

Profiled infrastructure

Logistics performance

LPI score
2.3 / 5
World Bank LPI · 2023
Global rank
123 / 139
World Bank LPI · 2023
Customs 2.1Infra. 2.0Shipments 2.2Competence 2.5Tracking 2.5Timeliness 2.8

Transport network & freight

Road network
48,589 km
GRIP4
Rail network
728 route-km
World Bank WDI · 2021
Container throughput
84,458 TEU
World Bank WDI · 2019
Air freight
0 M ton-km
World Bank WDI · 2019
Air passengers
328,992
World Bank WDI · 2023
Carrier departures
4,365
World Bank WDI · 2023

Stations & facilities

Warehouses
12
OpenStreetMap
Customs posts
1
OpenStreetMap

Maritime & EU network

Maritime territory (EEZ)
173,180 km²
Marine Regions
Container terminals
2
SMDG
Liner shipping connectivity
26.44
UNCTAD LSCI · 2024-Q1
Best-connected port
Nouakchott
UNCTAD PLSCI · Q1 2026

All Sources

InfrastructureGRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)GRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)
CC0
Infrastructurethe World Bank's World Development Indicatorsthe World Bank's World Development Indicators
CC BY 4.0
InfrastructureOpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap
ODbL 1.0
InfrastructureMarine RegionsMarine Regions
CC BY 4.0
Portsthe SMDG Terminal Code Listthe SMDG Terminal Code List
UN/LOCODE — free, attribution
Logistics performancethe World Bank Logistics Performance Indexthe World Bank Logistics Performance Index
CC BY 4.0
Logistics performanceUNCTADUNCTAD
CC BY 3.0 IGO
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