Transportation in Egypt- statistics & facts
Egypt ranked the second highest in the African infrastructure development index (AIDI), following only Seychelles. As of 2022, the country registered around 89.9 points in the AIDI. In recent years, the transportation sector infrastructure has undergone significant changes, including but not limited to roads, rail transportation, and the development of the Suez Canal. The government embarked on these projects in an attempt to modernize an outdated transportation network. For instance, the country scored 5.1 points in the road quality infrastructure index in 2019, up from 2.7 in 2013. Furthermore, Egyptian ports had the second largest container throughput on the African continent, with 7.32 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), following only Morocco.
