Railways
total: 1,501 km
broad gauge: 1,442 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 99,200 km
paved: 39,680 km
unpaved: 59,520 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

Pipelines crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports and harbors Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Merchant marine
total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 204,542 GRT/317,253 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 13, container 1, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 6 (1997 est.)

Airports 13 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1997 est.)

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