Malawi vs. Zambia
Transportation
| Malawi | Zambia |
|---|
| Railways | total: 767 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 767 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) | total: 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) |
| Roadways | total: 15,452 km (2015)
paved: 4,074 km (2015)
unpaved: 11,378 km (2015) | total: 67,671 km (2018)
paved: 14,888 km (2018)
unpaved: 52,783 km (2018) |
| Waterways | 700 km (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River) (2010) | 2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula Rivers) (2010) |
| Ports and terminals | lake port(s): Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba (Lake Nyasa) | river port(s): Mpulungu (Zambezi) |
| Airports | total: 32 (2013) | total: 88 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 7 (2019)
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4 | total: 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) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 25 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 11 (2013)
under 914 m: 13 (2013) | total: 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) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 9
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 10,545 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,000 mt-km (2018) | number 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) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | 7Q | 9J |
Source: CIA Factbook
