| Highways: | total: 45,550 km paved: 38,400 km unpaved: 7,150 km (1996 est.) |
| Waterways: | 1,015 km note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war |
| Pipelines: | crude oil 4,350 km; petroleum products 725 km; natural gas 1,360 km |
| Ports and harbors: | Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality |
| Merchant marine: | total: 30 ships
(1,000 GRT or over) totaling 453,273 GRT/779,662 DWT ships by type: cargo 14, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 12, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1 (2000 est.) |
| Airports: | 110 (2000 est.) |
| Airports - with paved runways: | total: 76 over 3,047 m: 20 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 34 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 12 (2000 est.) |
| Heliports: | 4 (2000 est.) |
