Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 670 km (1996 est.)
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Waterways: small network of canals, totaling 5 km, in Line Islands

Ports and harbors: Banaba, Betio, English Harbor, Kanton

Merchant marine:
total: 1 passenger-cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,291 GRT/1,295 DWT (1998 est.)

Airports: 21 (1998 est.)

Airports—with paved runways:
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (1998 est.)

Airports—with unpaved runways:
total: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 5 (1998 est.)