Railways:
total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000)

Highways:
total: 37,273 km
paved: 7,827 km
unpaved: 29,446 km (1998 est.)

Waterways: 730 km (seasonally navigable)

Pipelines: petroleum products 176 km

Ports and harbors: Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,716 GRT/NA DWT
ships by type: passenger 1 (2000 est.)

Airports: 152 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 29
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 123
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 95 (2000 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Costa Rica on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Costa Rica Transportation 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Costa Rica Transportation 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.