Transportation in Nigeria

[Source of Information: CIA World Factbook]

Railroads:

• total: 3,567 km
• narrow gauge:3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
• standard gauge: 62 km

Highways:

• total: 107,990 km
• paved: mostly bituminous-surface treatment 30,019 km
• unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 25,411 km; unimproved earth 52,560 km.

Inland waterways: 8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks

Pipelines: crude oil 2,042 km; petroleum products 3,000 km; natural gas 500 km

• Ports: Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri
• total: 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 404,064 GRT/661,850 DWT
• ships by type:
  • bulk 1,
  • cargo 14,
  • chemical tanker 3,
  • liquefied gas tanker 1,
  • oil tanker 12
  • roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

Airports:

• with paved runways over 3,047 m: 6
• with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
• with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
• with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7
• with paved runways under 914 m: 25
• with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
• with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 21