Infrastructure — Algeria
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Algeria: 157
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Transportation
- Airports - total
157
- Airports with Paved Runways
64
- Heliports
3
- Railways
2,469 Miles 3,973 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
70,622 Miles 113,655 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
54,435 Miles 87,605 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys, Djendjene, Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes
Communications
- Telephones
2,576,000
- Cell Phones
32,730,000
- Internet Users
3,500,000
- Internet Country Code
.dz
- Internet Hosts
572
- Broadcast Media
- State-run Radio-Television Algerienne operates the broadcast media and carries programming in Arabic, Berber dialects, and French
- the use of satellite dishes is widespread, providing easy access to European and Arab satellite stations
- state-run radio operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: privatization of Algeria's telecommunications sector began in 2000; three mobile cellular licenses have been issued and, in 2005, a consortium led by Egypt's Orascom Telecom won a 15-year license to build and operate a fixed-line network in Algeria; the license will allow Orascom to develop high-speed data and other specialized services and contribute to meeting the large unfulfilled demand for basic residential telephony;
- Internet broadband services began in 2003 Domestic: a limited network of fixed lines with a teledensity of fewer than 10 telephones per 100 persons has been offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; in 2011, mobile-cellular teleden
- sity was roughly 100 telephones per 100 persons International: country code - 213; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 51 (Intelsat, Intersputnik, and Arabsat)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
28,340,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
273,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
279,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
34,980,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
28,820,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
52,020,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
82,760,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
4,504,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
316,400
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,097,000
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
6,400
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,373,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
12,200,000,000