Railways:
total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km
unpaved: 3,352 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Ports and harbors: Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen

Airports: 46 (1998 est.)

Airports—with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (1998 est.)

Airports—with unpaved runways:
total: 41
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 34 (1998 est.)