Railways
total: 2,339 km
standard gauge: 2,339 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)

Highways
total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,400 km
unpaved: 7,150 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 1,015 km
note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war

Pipelines crude oil 4,350 km; petroleum products 725 km; natural gas 1,360 km

Ports and harbors Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality

Merchant marine
total: 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,709 GRT/278,575 DWT
ships by type: cargo 14, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 108 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 73
over 3,047 m: 20
2,438 to 3,047 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 7 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 35
under 914 m: 12 (2001)
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

Heliports 4 (2001)

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