Railways
total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways
total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km
unpaved: 3,352 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Ports and harbors Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen

Merchant marine
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,421 GRT/2,990 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, container 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 45 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 40
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 33 (1997 est.)

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