total: 1,989 km country comparison to the world: 73 standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2008)

Roadways:

total: 78,829 km country comparison to the world: 61 paved: 11,351 km (includes 276 km of expressways)

unpaved: 67,478 km (2004)

Waterways:

8,808 km country comparison to the world: 14 note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2008)

Merchant marine:

total: 8 country comparison to the world: 123 by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 4

foreign-owned: 1 (Bahamas 1)