Bolivia Transportation 1997

Railways
total : 3,691 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995)

Highways
total: 55,487 km
paved: 2,663 km (including 27 km of expressways)
unpaved : 52,824 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways

Pipelines crude oil 1,800 km; petroleum products 580 km; natural gas 1,495 km

Ports and harbors none; however, Bolivia has free port privileges in the maritime portsof Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay

Merchant marine
total : 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,214 GRT/6,390 DWT (1996est.)

Airports 941 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 693
over 3,047 m : 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
under 914 m: 683 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 248
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 68
914 to 1,523 m: 178 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Bolivia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bolivia Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bolivia Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.