Railways
total: 4,807 km
standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge, in public use (147 km electrified)
note: in addition to the 4,807 km of standard-gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (1997)

Waterways 240 km

Ports and harbors Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine
total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 44,187 GRT/63,416 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 6, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 3 (2002 est.)

Airports 172 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 78
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 36 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 94
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 63 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Cuba 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 Cuba Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cuba Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.