Transport and infrastructure in Panama
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Panama with the average of all countries in America. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 15,137 km. Theoretically, this is 3.56 meter for each of the 4.2 millions inhabitants of the country. Panama hereby ranks 133rd in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.02 meters of railway tracks per person Panama come 129th worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 2,490 km long coastline.
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Panama | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
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Roadways | 15,100 km | 3,564.63 km | 200.70 m |
Railroads | 100 km | 18.13 km | 1.02 m |
Waterways | 800 km | 188.39 km | 10.61 m |
Commercial harbors | 7,860 | 1,850.96 | 0.104 |
Airports | 117 | 27.55 | 1.551 |
Central America | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
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Roadways | 644,200 km | 2,924.69 km | 236.78 m |
Railroads | 31,600 km | 143.48 km | 11.62 m |
Waterways | 9,200 km | 41.63 km | 3.37 m |
Commercial harbors | 15,677 | 71.17 | 0.006 |
Airports | 2,993 | 13.59 | 0.001 |