Liberia Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

A8

Airports

19 (2024)

Pipelines

4 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 429 km (2008)

standard gauge: 345 km (2008) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 84 km (2008) 1.067-m gauge

note: most sections of the railways inoperable due to damage sustained during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt

Roadways

total: 10,600 km (2021)

paved: 657 km (2021)

unpaved: 9,943 km (2021)

Merchant marine

total: 4,821 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 1,895, container ship 1,013, general cargo 170, oil tanker 1,038, other 705

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Buchanan, Monrovia

NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.