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Logistics infrastructure profile

United Arab Emirates — Logistics Infrastructure

United Arab Emirates'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.

19,215 km
Road network
279 route-km
Rail network
20,300,000 TEU
Container throughput
51,674 km²
Maritime territory (EEZ)

Profiled infrastructure

Logistics performance

LPI score
4 / 5
World Bank LPI · 2023
Global rank
7 / 139
World Bank LPI · 2023
Customs 3.7Infra. 4.1Shipments 3.8Competence 4.0Tracking 4.1Timeliness 4.2

Transport network & freight

Road network
19,215 km
GRIP4
Rail network
279 route-km
World Bank WDI · 2021
Container throughput
20,300,000 TEU
World Bank WDI · 2022
Air freight
13,566.2 M ton-km
World Bank WDI · 2023
Air passengers
91,062,293
World Bank WDI · 2023
Carrier departures
435,257
World Bank WDI · 2023

Stations & facilities

Railway stations
4
GeoNames
Metro stations
1
GeoNames
Warehouses
456
OpenStreetMap
Container facilities
32
OpenStreetMap
Customs posts
8
OpenStreetMap

Maritime & EU network

Maritime territory (EEZ)
51,674 km²
Marine Regions
Container terminals
13
SMDG
Liner shipping connectivity
307.9
UNCTAD LSCI · 2024-Q1
Best-connected port
Jebel Ali
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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