Costa Rica vs. Nicaragua

Transportation

	Costa Rica	Nicaragua
Roadways	total: 5,035 km (2017)	total: 23,897 km (2014) paved: 3,346 km (2014) unpaved: 20,551 km (2014)
Waterways	730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2011)	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)
Pipelines	662 km refined products (2013)	54 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminals	major seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Puerto Limon Pacific Ocean - Caldera	major seaport(s): Bluefields, Corinto
Merchant marine	total: 10 by type: other 10 (2020)	total: 5 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2020)
Airports	total: 161 (2013)	total: 147 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	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)	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)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 114 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 18 (2013) under 914 m: 96 (2013)	total: 135 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2013) under 914 m: 119 (2013)
National air transport system	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)	number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 7
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	TI	YN

Source: CIA Factbook