Transport and infrastructure in Uruguay
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Uruguay with the average of all countries in America. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 77,732 km. Theoretically, this is 22.38 meter for each of the 3.5 millions inhabitants of the country. Uruguay hereby ranks 19th in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.48 meters of railway tracks per person Uruguay come 37th worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 660 km long coastline.
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Uruguay | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 77,700 km | 22,377.12 km | 441.11 m |
| Railroads | 1,700 km | 481.62 km | 9.49 m |
| Waterways | 1,600 km | 460.60 km | 9.08 m |
| Commercial harbors | 60 | 17.27 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 133 | 38.29 | 0.755 |
South America | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 3,097,400 km | 7,189.46 km | 173.93 m |
| Railroads | 85,100 km | 197.57 km | 4.78 m |
| Waterways | 119,400 km | 277.06 km | 6.70 m |
| Commercial harbors | 2,231 | 5.18 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 9,359 | 21.72 | 0.001 |
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