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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.

Airports in Venezuela


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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

 totalper 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways96,200 km3,410.97 km105.46 m
Railroads400 km15.85 km0.49 m
Waterways7,100 km251.77 km7.78 m
Commercial harbors2819.960.000
Airports250.890.027
 

South America

 total per 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways3,101,100 km7,134.46 km174.14 m
Railroads85,100 km195.82 km4.78 m
Waterways119,400 km274.61 km6.70 m
Commercial harbors2,2605.200.000
Airports3300.760.000


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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Venezuela: ClimateClimate details in VenezuelaA climate analysis for Venezuela incl. temperatures, humidity, rain days per month, hours of sunshine, water temperature, rainfalls
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