Infrastructure — Angola
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Angola: 176
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Transportation
- Airports - total
176
- Airports with Paved Runways
31
- Heliports
1
- Roadways- total
31,956 Miles 51,429 Kilometers
- Waterways
808 Miles 1,300 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Namibe (Mocamedes), Porto Amboim, Soyo
Communications
- Telephones
303,200
- Cell Phones
8,109,000
- Internet Users
100,000
- Internet Country Code
.ao
- Internet Hosts
3,717
- Broadcast Media
- The state controls all broadcast media with nationwide reach
- state-owned Televisao Popular de Angola (TPA) provides terrestrial TV service on 2 channels
- a third TPA channel is available via cable and satellite
- TV subscription services are available
- state-owned Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) broadcasts on 5 stations
- about a half dozen private radio stations broadcast locally
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: limited system; state-owned telecom had a monopoly for fixed-lines until 2005; demand outstripped capacity, prices were high, and services poor; Telecom Namibia, through an Angolan company, became the first private licensed operator in Angola's fixed-line telephone network; by 2010, the number of fixed-line providers had expanded to 5; Angola Telecom established mobile-cellular service in Luanda in 1993 and the network has been extended to larger towns; a privately owned, mobil
- e-cellular service provider began operations in 2001 Domestic: only about two fixed-lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledens
- ity about 50 telephones per 100 persons in 2011 International: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,173,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,722,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
733,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
752,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
366,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
79,430
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,928,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,600,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
10,470,000,000