Liberia Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

A8

Airports

total: 29 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 2 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 27 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2013)

under 914 m: 14 (2013)

Pipelines

4 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 429 km (2008)

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

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

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 (2018)

paved: 657 km (2018)

unpaved: 9,943 km (2018)

Merchant marine

total: 3,716

by type: bulk carrier 1,325, container ship 858, general cargo 141, oil tanker 820, other 572 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Buchanan, Monrovia

NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.