Infrastructure — Argentina
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Argentina: 1,138
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Transportation
- Airports - total
1,138
- Airports with Paved Runways
161
- Heliports
2
- Railways
22,970 Miles 36,966 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
143,769 Miles 231,374 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
43,131 Miles 69,412 Kilometers
- Waterways
6,835 Miles 11,000 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin, Ushuaia
Communications
- Telephones
10,140,000
- Cell Phones
55,000,000
- Internet Users
13,694,000
- Internet Country Code
.ar
- Internet Hosts
11,232,000
- Broadcast Media
- The government owns a TV station and a radio network
- more than 2 dozen TV stations and hundreds of privately owned radio stations
- high rate of cable TV subscription usage
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: In 1998 Argentina opened its telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment encouraging the growth of modern telecommunications technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; major networks are entirely digital an
- d the availability of telephone service is improving Domestic: Microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; fixed-line teledensity is increasing gradually and mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly;
- broadband Internet services are gaining ground International: Country code - 54; landing point for the Atlantis-2, UNISUR, South America-1, and South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilus submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and US; satellite earth stations - 112; 2 international gateways near Buenos Aires
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
104,200,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,701,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
10,300,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
116,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
43,290,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
420,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
3,610,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
401,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
378,800,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
6,781
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
936
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
734,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,820,000
