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National air transport system number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,135,999 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 640,000 (2018) mt-km Civil aircraft registration country code prefix ER Airports total: 7 (2021) country comparison to the world: 170 Airports - with paved runways total: 5

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2021) Airports - with unpaved runways total: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2021) Pipelines 2,026 km gas (2021) (2021) Railways total: 1,171 km (2014)

standard gauge: 14 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

broad gauge: 1,157 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge country comparison to the world: 87 Roadways total: 9,352 km (2012)

paved: 8,835 km (2012)

unpaved: 517 km (2012) country comparison to the world: 136 Waterways 558 km (2011) (in public use on Danube, Dniester and Prut Rivers) country comparison to the world: 90 Merchant marine total: 147

by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 5, general cargo 97, oil tanker 7, other 33 (2021) country comparison to the world: 76

major seaport(s): Nouadhibou, Nouakchott