Railways
total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 37,273 km
paved: 7,827 km
unpaved: 29,446 km (1998 est.)

Waterways 730 km (seasonally navigable)

Pipelines petroleum products 176 km

Ports and harbors Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas

Merchant marine
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,716 GRT/NA DWT
ships by type: passenger 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 152 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 29
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 7 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 123
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 95 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Costa Rica on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Costa Rica Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Costa Rica Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.