Railways
total: 166 km (single-track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
note: Suriname railroads are not in operation (2001)
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge

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

Waterways 1,200 km
note: 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: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,432 GRT/4,525 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 46 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 41
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 35 (2001)

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