Facts and Figures, Geography/Environment, Counties/People

Transport

a. Airports 47 (2002) (per $ GDP) 1.50 per $ 100 million (per capita) 14.16 per 1

million people

b. Airports paved runways (1,524 to 2,437m) 1 (2002) (per $ GDP) 0.03 per $ 100

million (per capita) 0.30 per 1 million people

c. Airports - with paved runways (total) 2 (per $ GDP) 0.06 per $ 100 million

(per capita) 0.60 per 1 million people

d. Airports - with unpaved runways (total) 45 (per $ GDP) 1.44 per $ 100 million

(per capita) 13.56 per 1 million people

e. Highway (note) There is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains

and lack of maintenance (1996 est.)

f. Highways - paved 657 km (per $ GDP) 0.21 km per $ 1 million (per capita) 0.19

km per 1000 people

g. Highways (total) 10,600 km (per $ GDP) 3.40 km per $ 1 million (per capita)3.19

km per 1000 people

h. Highways – (unpaved) 9,943 km per $ 1 million (per $ GDP) 3.19 km per $ 1

million (per capita) 2.99 km per 1000 people

j. Motor vehicles 13 per 1000 people per & GDP 0.00 motor vehicles per 100

people per $ 1 million

k. Ports and harbors Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia, Robertsport

l. Railways (note) In 1989, Liberia had three rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests in Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap (2001)