Railways
total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways
total: 4,470 km
paved : 1,162 km
unpaved: 3,308 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels withdrafts 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: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,421 GRT/2,990 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, container 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 38 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 32
over 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 31 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 6
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1996 est.)

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