Railways
total: 965 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways
total : 43,106 km
paved: 7,932 km
unpaved: 35,174 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 1,500 km

Pipelines crude oil 800 km; petroleum products 1,358 km

Ports and harbors Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San Lorenzo

Merchant marine
total: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,401 GRT/179,142 DWT
ships by type: container 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 14, passenger 2, refrigeratedcargo 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 179 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 143
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m : 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 111 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 33 (1996 est.)

Heliports 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Ecuador 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 Ecuador Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ecuador Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.