Railways
total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)

Highways
total: 8,460 km
paved: 2,656 km
unpaved: 5,804 km (1995 est.)

Waterways navigable along small sections, important only locally

Ports and harbors Cotonou, Porto-Novo

Merchant marine none

Airports 5 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m : 2 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.