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Country context

World Bank aggregate indicators

Africa Western and Central

AFW · historic national transport and trade context

Not an eligibility decision. These national aggregates cannot tell you whether a specific vehicle complies with destination rules, taxes, emissions standards, recalls or registration requirements. Confirm those with the official destination authority before shipping.
Merchandise exports$204.1BObservation year 2025
Exports less imports$40.8BSimple calculation where both series share their shown years
Container-port traffic8,917,517 TEUObservation year 2023

Transport services

39.77% of commercial service imports

World Bank observation for 2024. This describes the national service-import mix, not a vehicle-shipping quotation.

Road context

24.5 deaths per 100,000

Road-traffic injury mortality observation for 2019. It is population context, not a prediction for an individual driver or imported vehicle.

Source, dates and complete approved record

Source: World Development Indicators, The World Bank. Values use the latest non-null observation present in each approved R2 series; years can differ.

Id
AFW
Name
Africa Western and Central
Iso3
AFW
ContainerPortTraffic
8917517
ContainerPortTrafficYear
2023
MerchandiseExportsUsd
204102000000
MerchandiseExportsYear
2025
MerchandiseImportsUsd
163339000000
MerchandiseImportsYear
2025
RoadMortalityPer100k
24.5240409412402
RoadMortalityYear
2019
TransportServiceImportShare
39.7708218010059
TransportServiceImportShareYear
2024

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