Page last updated on February 20, 2013

Airports:
541 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 322
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 48
1,524 to 2,437 m: 60
914 to 1,523 m: 70
under 914 m: 130 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 219
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 32
under 914 m: 185 (2012)

Heliports:
22 (2012)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 24,688 km; oil 3,687 km; refined products 4,875 km (2010)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 41,981 km
country comparison to the world: 6
standard gauge: 41,722 km 1.435-m gauge (20,053 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (75 km electrified); 39 km 0.750-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 644,480 km
country comparison to the world: 11
paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)
note: includes local roads (2008)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Waterways:
7,467 km (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 427
country comparison to the world: 24
by type: barge carrier 2, bulk carrier 6, cargo 51, carrier 1, chemical tanker 15, container 298, liquefied gas 6, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 24, petroleum tanker 10, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 6, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 6 (Finland 3, Netherlands 1, Switzerland 2)
registered in other countries: 3,420 (Antigua and Barbuda 1094, Australia 2, Bahamas 30, Bermuda 14, Brazil 6, Bulgaria 12, Burma 1, Cayman Islands 3, Cook Islands 1, Curacao 25, Cyprus 192, Denmark 9, Dominica 5, Estonia 1, France 1, Gibraltar 123, Hong Kong 10, Isle of Man 56, Jamaica 10, Liberia 1185, Luxembourg 9, Malta 135, Marshall Islands 248, Morocco 1, Netherlands 86, NZ 2, Panama 24, Papua New Guinea 1, Philippines 2, Portugal 14, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Singapore 32, Slovakia 3, Spain 4, Sri Lanka 8, Sweden 3, UK 59, US 5, Venezuela 1) (2010)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Neuss-Dusseldorf, Rostock, Wilhemshaven
oil terminals: Brunsbuttel Canal terminals