Railways:
total: 187 km (all dedicated to ore transport)
standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge
Highways:
total:
7,970 km
paved:
590 km
unpaved:
7,380 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 5,900 km total of navigable waterways; Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively
Seaports and harbors: Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika
Merchant marine:
total:
1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,023 GRT/1,972 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 51 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
5
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
2 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
46
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
7
under 914 m:
37 (1999 est.)
- See also : Guyana
