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Liner Shipping Connectivity by African country

2021

UNCTAD index of how well a country is connected to global container shipping networks (2004 maximum = 100).

Africa, 202138 of 54 countries
24.5population-weighted average
Highest in 2021Morocco · 69.3Lowest in 2021Eritrea · 3.5Reported in 202138 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 15.8Democratic Republic of the Congo — 4.8Somalia — 9.7Kenya — 16.5Sudan — 8.4Chad — no dataSouth Africa — 39.1Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — 22.2Senegal — 17.5Mali — no dataMauritania — 6.0Benin — 19.1Niger — no dataNigeria — 20.8Cameroon — 18.5Togo — 36.2Ghana — 37.2Cote d'Ivoire — 19.3Guinea — 9.2Guinea-Bissau — 4.9Liberia — 6.6Sierra Leone — 7.3Burkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — 24.0Gabon — 12.9Equatorial Guinea — 11.8Zambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — 14.1Eswatini — no dataAngola — 23.4Burundi — no dataMadagascar — 7.5Gambia — 6.6Tunisia — 5.6Algeria — 12.2Eritrea — 3.5Morocco — 69.3Egypt — 66.7Libya — 12.4Ethiopia — no dataDjibouti — 34.1Uganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 20.8Nigeria 20.8EthiopiaEthiopiaKenya 16.5Kenya 16.5South Africa 39.1South Africa 39.12021HIGHEST IN 2021Morocco69.3Egypt66.7South Africa39.1Ghana37.2Togo36.2LOWEST IN 2021Eritrea3.5Cabo Verdenot drawn4.2Democratic Republic of the Congo4.8Sao Tome and Principenot drawn4.9Guinea-Bissau4.9PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenya16.516 of 38Nigeria20.811 of 38OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawn4.9Mauritiusnot drawn24.6Seychellesnot drawn8.5index · quintiles of the observed range3.569.216.523.469.3no record
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries42.6
Southern Africa2 of 5 countries38.3
Western Africa13 of 16 countries20.9
Eastern Africa10 of 18 countries13.9
Middle Africa7 of 9 countries11.6
Africaall 54 countries · 38 with a 2021 figure24.5

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Liner Shipping ConnectivityUNCTAD index of how well a country is connected to global container shipping networks (2004 maximum = 100).
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unitindex
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range2006–2021
Coverage38 of 54 countries · 38 reported, 0 modelled, 16 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 38 countries did so for 2021 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2021 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Liner Shipping Connectivity". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/shipping-connectivity
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=liner_shipping_connectivity_index&year=2021&limit=100

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Liner Shipping Connectivity, country by country

38 countries carry a figure

Each country has its own page for this indicator, with the full history, the source and the API request.

AlgeriaAngolaBeninCabo VerdeCameroonComorosCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaRepublic of the CongoSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisia

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