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Logistics infrastructure profile

South Africa — Logistics Infrastructure

South Africa'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.

332,965 km
Road network
20,953 route-km
Rail network
4,053,350 TEU
Container throughput
1,072,679 km²
Maritime territory (EEZ)

Profiled infrastructure

Logistics performance

LPI score
3.7 / 5
World Bank LPI · 2023
Global rank
19 / 139
World Bank LPI · 2023
Customs 3.3Infra. 3.6Shipments 3.6Competence 3.8Tracking 3.8Timeliness 3.8

Transport network & freight

Road network
332,965 km
GRIP4
Rail network
20,953 route-km
World Bank WDI · 2021
Container throughput
4,053,350 TEU
World Bank WDI · 2022
Air freight
59.7 M ton-km
World Bank WDI · 2023
Air passengers
15,454,596
World Bank WDI · 2023
Carrier departures
169,154
World Bank WDI · 2023

Stations & facilities

Railway stations
994
GeoNames
Warehouses
72
OpenStreetMap
Container facilities
4
OpenStreetMap
Customs posts
1
OpenStreetMap

Maritime & EU network

Maritime territory (EEZ)
1,072,679 km²
Marine Regions
Container terminals
11
SMDG
Liner shipping connectivity
107.21
UNCTAD LSCI · 2024-Q1
Best-connected port
Durban
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
LocationsGeoNamesGeoNames
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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