Transport and infrastructure in Venezuela
Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Venezuela with the average of all countries in America. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in particularly good condition.In terms of the length of its rail network, Venezuela ranks 131st in the world with 0.02 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 447 kilometers long.
The waterways listed refer to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of ports includes those located on the 2,800 km of coastline. In 2020, about 168,757 freight containers were transported.
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 96,189 km. For each of the country's 28.20 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 3.41 meters. This puts Venezuela in 138th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note that the country's population density is very low at around 31 inhabitants per km². In this case, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.With an average of 10830 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Venezuela is considered very dangerous. This corresponds to 36.5 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.
In Venezuela, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.
Venezuela | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 96,200 km | 3,410.97 km | 105.46 m |
| Railroads | 400 km | 15.85 km | 0.49 m |
| Waterways | 7,100 km | 251.77 km | 7.78 m |
| Commercial harbors | 281 | 9.96 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 25 | 0.89 | 0.027 |
South America | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 3,101,100 km | 7,134.46 km | 174.14 m |
| Railroads | 85,100 km | 195.82 km | 4.78 m |
| Waterways | 119,400 km | 274.61 km | 6.70 m |
| Commercial harbors | 2,227 | 5.12 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 330 | 0.76 | 0.000 |
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)
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