Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals: Transportation - note:
4,072 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 726
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
28
1,524 to 2,437 m:
176
914 to 1,523 m:
460
under 914 m:
55 (2010)
total: 3,346
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m:
87
914 to 1,523 m:
1,617
under 914 m:
1,642 (2010)
13 (2010)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
condensate/gas 62 km; gas 9,989 km; liquid petroleum gas 353 km; oil 4,517 km; refined products 4,465 km (2009)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]
total: 28,857 km
country comparison to the world: 10
broad gauge:
5,709 km 1.600-m gauge (459 km electrified)
standard gauge:
194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge:
22,954 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]
total: 1,751,868 km
country comparison to the world: 4
paved:
96,353 km
unpaved:
1,655,515 km (2004)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 126
country comparison to the world: 45
by type:
bulk carrier 19, cargo 18, chemical tanker 6, container 12, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 42, roll on/roll off 7
foreign-owned:
26 (Chile 1, Denmark 3, Germany 6, Greece 1, Norway 3, Spain 12)
registered in other countries:
27 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 1, Ghana 1, Liberia 20, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 3) (2010)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]
cargo ports (tonnage): Ilha Grande (Gebig), Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
container ports (TEUs):
Santos (2,677,839), Itajai (693,580)
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a significant risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen