Railways
total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 248 km of the existing system are privately owned; passenger services are nonexistent; however, a National Railways Plan, intended to provide a significant railway system, has been initiated (2001)

Highways
total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.)

Waterways 7,100 km
note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels

Pipelines crude oil 6,370 km; petroleum products 480 km; natural gas 4,010 km

Ports and harbors Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon

Merchant marine
total: 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 716,361 GRT/1,267,095 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 1, Greece 1, Italy 1, United Kingdom 1, United States 2 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 7, cargo 9, liquefied gas 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 14, roll on/roll off 10, short-sea passenger 1

Airports 372 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 124
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 59
under 914 m: 17 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 248
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 97
under 914 m: 140 (2001)

Heliports 1 (2001)

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