Nicaragua vs. Costa Rica

Transportation

	Nicaragua	Costa Rica
Roadways	total: 23,897 km (2014) paved: 3,346 km (2014) unpaved: 20,551 km (2014)	total: 5,035 km (2017)
Waterways	2,220 km (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country) (2011)	730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2011)
Pipelines	54 km oil (2013)	662 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminals	major seaport(s): Bluefields, Corinto	major seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Puerto Limon Pacific Ocean - Caldera
Merchant marine	total: 5 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2020)	total: 10 by type: other 10 (2020)
Airports	total: 147 (2013)	total: 161 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 12 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2017) under 914 m: 4 (2017)	total: 47 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 27 (2017) under 914 m: 16 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 135 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2013) under 914 m: 119 (2013)	total: 114 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 18 (2013) under 914 m: 96 (2013)
National air transport system	number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 7	number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,948,546 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11.13 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	YN	TI

Source: CIA Factbook