Railways 0 km

Highways
total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,587 km
unpaved: 863 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines crude oil 877 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas 165 km

Ports and harbors Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud

Merchant marine
total: 42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,965,633 GRT/3,109,720 DWT
ships by type: cargo 10, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 7, livestock carrier 3, oil tanker 19 (1997 est.)

Airports 8 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Kuwait 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 Kuwait Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.