_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 1,020 km 1.000-meter gauge
_#_Highways: 40,000 km total; 4,694 km paved, 811 km crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized soil, 34,495 km improved and unimproved earth (est.)
_#_Inland waterways: of local importance only; isolated streams and small portions of Canal des Pangalanes
_#_Ports: Toamasina, Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toliara
_#_Merchant marine: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 59,416 GRT/82,869 DWT; includes 9 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas
_#_Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 148 total, 115 usable; 30 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 42 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: above average system includes open-wire lines, coaxial cables, radio relay, and troposcatter links; submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations—1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT; over 38,200 telephones; stations—14 AM, 1 FM, 7 (30 repeaters) TV
_*Defense Forces
#_Branches: Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces,
Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces—includes Navy and Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment