Railways
total: 953 km (undergoing major renovation)
narrow gauge : 953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track) (1995 est.)

Highways
total: 37,561 km
paved: 9,353 km (including 21 km of expressways)
unpaved: 28,208 km (1995 est.)

Waterways Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigationfor launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feederwaterways

Pipelines 0 km

Ports and harbors Takoradi, Tema

Merchant marine
total : 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,900 GRT/37,240 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 2 (1996 est.)

Airports 12 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Ghana 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 Ghana Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ghana Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.