Railways:
total:
2,041 km
standard gauge:
1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:
315 km 0.914-m gauge (1997)
Highways:
total:
72,146 km
paved:
7,353 km
unpaved:
64,793 km (1998 est.)
Waterways:
8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago
Titicaca
Pipelines:
crude oil 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids 64 km
Ports and harbors:
Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado, Salaverry, San
Martin, Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note:
Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches of the
Amazon and its tributaries
Merchant marine:
total:
7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 51,518 GRT/75,018 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 6, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)
Airports:
244 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
44
over 3,047 m:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
15
1,524 to 2,437 m:
12
914 to 1,523 m:
8
under 914 m:
2 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
200
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
3
1,524 to 2,437 m:
24
914 to 1,523 m:
73
under 914 m:
99 (1998 est.)