Railways:
total: 1,508 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2002)
Highways:
total: 96,695 km
paved: 91,860 km
unpaved: 4,835 km (1999)
Waterways:
430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)
Pipelines:
crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)
Ports and harbors:
Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee
Merchant marine:
total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 62,157 GRT/84,898 DWT
ships by type: cargo 13, container 1, petroleum tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Germany 9, Hong Kong 1, UAE 1 (2002 est.)
Airports:
15 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2002)