Railways
total: 3,368 km (2,386 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)
standard gauge: 3,368 km 1.435-m gauge (1996)

Highways
total: 143,175 km
paved: 143,175 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

Pipelines crude oil 161 km; petroleum products 1,167 km; natural gas 3,300 km

Ports and harbors Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge

Merchant marine
total: 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,082 GRT/93,973 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 7, chemical tanker 5, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 10 (1997 est.)

Airports 42 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 24
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 6 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 15 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.