Railways
total: 584 km (336 km single track; 248 km privately owned)
standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways
total: 84,300 km
paved: 33,214 km
unpaved: 51,086 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 7,100 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels

Pipelines crude oil 6,370 km; petroleum products 480 km; natural gas 4,010 km

Ports and harbors Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon

Merchant marine
total: 28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 526,832 GRT/933,135 DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 5, combination bulk 1, container 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 9, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 1 (1997 est.)

Airports 377 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 126
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 35
914 to 1,523 m: 61
under 914 m: 15 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 251
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 96
under 914 m: 147 (1997 est.)

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