Railways
total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1.000-m gauge
other gauge: 470 km various gauges (privately owned)

Highways
total: 29,500 km
paved: 2,803 km
unpaved: 26,697 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 3,100 km

Ports and harbors Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion

Merchant marine
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 26,442 GRT/32,510 DWT
ships by type: cargo 14, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1997 est.)

Airports 948 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 938
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 353
under 914 m: 555 (1997 est.)

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