Railways
total: 88 km
standard gauge: 40 km 1.435-m gauge (dedicated to ore transport)
narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge (dedicated to ore transport)

Highways
total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km
unpaved: 7,380 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 6,000 km total of navigable waterways; Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

Ports and harbors Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika

Merchant marine
total: 2 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,340 GRT/4,530 DWT (1997 est.)

Airports 50 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 34 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Guyana on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guyana Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.