Railways
total: 2,102 km
standard gauge: 1,695 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 407 km 0.914-m gauge (2001)

Highways
total: 72,900 km
paved: 8,700 km
unpaved: 64,200 km (1999 est.)

Waterways 8,808 km
note: 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: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,470 GRT/45,451 DWT
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: United States 1 (2002 est.)
ships by type: cargo 4, petroleum tanker 1

Airports 239 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 47
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 1 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 192
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 65
under 914 m: 102 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Peru 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 Peru Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Peru Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.