Railways
total: 3,422 km
standard gauge: 3,422 km 1.435-m gauge (2,517 km electrified; 2,563 km double-tracked) (2001)

Highways
total: 145,774 km
paved: 116,182 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)
unpaved: 29,592 km (1999)

Waterways 1,570 km (route length in regular commercial use) (2001)

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: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 31,362 GRT/54,058 DWT
ships by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 9, petroleum tanker 5, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Finland 1, Netherlands 3 (2002 est.)

Airports 42 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 24
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 6 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 16 (2001)

Heliports 1 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.