Railways:
total:
971 km
standard gauge:
441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:
60 km 1.000-m gauge
note:
there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned
Highways:
total:
29,500 km
paved:
2,803 km
unpaved:
26,697 km (1996 est.)
Waterways:
3,100 km
Ports and harbors:
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Merchant marine:
total:
21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,287 GRT/32,510 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 15, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 4, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1998 est.)
Airports:
941 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
10
over 3,047 m:
3
1,524 to 2,437 m:
3
914 to 1,523 m:
4 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
931
over 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
29
914 to 1,523 m:
349
under 914 m:
552 (1998 est.)