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Zambia vs. Zimbabwe

Transportation

ZambiaZimbabwe
Railwaystotal: 3,126 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,126 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)
total: 3,427 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,427 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 67,671 km (2018)

paved: 14,888 km (2018)

unpaved: 52,783 km (2018)
total: 97,267 km (2019)

paved: 18,481 km (2019)

unpaved: 78,786 km (2019)
Waterways2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula Rivers) (2010)(some navigation possible on Lake Kariba) (2011)
Pipelines771 km oil (2013)270 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsriver port(s): Mpulungu (Zambezi)river port(s): Binga, Kariba (Zambezi)
Airportstotal: 88 (2013)total: 196 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 8 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
total: 17 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 80 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 53 (2013)

under 914 m: 21 (2013)
total: 179 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 104 (2013)

under 914 m: 72 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 8,904 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 75.08 million mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 285,539 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 670,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix9JZ

Source: CIA Factbook