Infrastructure — Belize
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Belize: 47
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Transportation
- Airports - total
47
- Airports with Paved Runways
6
- Roadways- total
1,783 Miles 2,870 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
303 Miles 488 Kilometers
- Waterways
513 Miles 825 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda
Communications
- Telephones
31,200
- Cell Phones
118,300
- Internet Users
32,000
- Internet Country Code
.bz
- Internet Hosts
2,880
- Broadcast Media
- 8 privately-owned TV stations
- multi-channel cable TV provides access to foreign stations
- about 25 radio stations broadcasting on roughly 50 different frequencies
- state-run radio was privatized in 1998
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: above-average system; trun
- k network depends primarily on microwave radio relay Domestic: fixed-line teledensity of slightly less than 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cell
- ular teledensity approaching 70 per 100 persons International: country code - 501; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
198,500,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
248,400,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
213,500,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
7,044
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
4,345
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
6,700,000