Railways
total: 2,412 km
broad gauge: 2,379 km 1.520-m gauge (271 km electrified) (1992)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (1994)

Highways
total: 60,046 km
paved: 22,998 km
unpaved: 37,048 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 300 km perennially navigable

Pipelines crude oil 750 km; refined products 780 km; natural gas 560 km (1992)

Ports and harbors Daugavpils, Liepaja, Riga, Ventspils

Merchant marine
total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 491,582 GRT/639,414 DWT
ships by type: cargo 7, oil tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo7 (1996 est.)

Airports 50 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 36
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 27 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m : 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 10 (1994 est.)

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