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Transport

Query historical transport and connectivity indicators, plus airport and port observations for South Africa and port observations for Kenya.

Transport And Connectivity In Africa API

Transport and connectivity data is exposed through the shared indicator, data, and signals endpoints.

Sources include World Bank WDI, South Africa's ACSA airport statistics and TNPA port statistics, and Kenya Ports Authority port statistics.

  • GET /v1/indicators?category=infrastructure
  • GET /v1/data?category=infrastructure
  • GET /v1/sources/world_bank_wdi
  • GET /v1/sources/acsa_za_airport_signals
  • GET /v1/sources/acsa_za_on_time_performance_signals
  • GET /v1/sources/kpa_ke_port_signals
  • GET /v1/countries/{country_code}/signals
  • GET /v1/sources/tnpa_za_port_signals

Historical Transport Metrics

  • air_transport_passengers
  • air_transport_departures
  • liner_shipping_connectivity_index
  • rail_lines_km
  • road_network_total_km
  • paved_roads_pct
  • mobile_subscriptions_per_100
  • fixed_broadband_subscriptions_per_100
  • secure_internet_servers_per_million

These are annual country-level observations. Check the indicator catalog for available countries and years.

Current Airport And Port Operations

South Africa's ACSA airport traffic, ACSA network on-time performance, and TNPA port observations are available through /v1/countries/za/signals.

Kenya's KPA port observations are available through /v1/countries/ke/signals.

  • airport_passengers_ytd_total

  • airport_aircraft_movements_ytd_total

  • airport_on_time_performance_ytd_pct

  • airport_on_time_performance_latest_month_pct

  • port_throughput_latest_tonnes

  • port_container_throughput_latest_teu

  • port_transit_cargo_latest_tonnes

  • port_vessel_calls_latest_total

The sources cover different locations and reporting periods:

SourceGeographic scopeReporting period
ACSA airport trafficACSA airport networkYear-to-date totals through the latest published month
ACSA on-time performanceACSA airport networkLatest published monthly and year-to-date percentages
TNPA port operationsSouth Africa's national port systemPublished monthly totals
KPA port operationsPort of MombasaAnnual performance totals from the Kenya Ports Authority cargo-growth article

Read each observation's as_of_period for the period represented. These publications may describe different months or years.

Example Queries

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/indicators?category=infrastructure&has_data=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_codes=eg,ke,za&metric_key=air_transport_passengers&year=2023" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=ng&metric_key=mobile_subscriptions_per_100&start_year=2018&end_year=2024" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/countries/za/signals" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Indicators

Inspect available transport and connectivity metrics.

Data

Query latest values or full time series.

Countries

Read selected transport and connectivity indicators in country profiles.

Signals

See how current airport and port operations appear in the country snapshot payload.

Humanitarian

Use UNHCR displacement signals in country snapshots and latest-value queries for refugee, asylum seeker, IDP, and stateless-population context.

Sources

Inspect source metadata, licensing context, citations, and the latest successful refresh for a dataset.

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