Infrastructure — Benin
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Benin: 6
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Transportation
- Airports - total
6
- Airports with Paved Runways
1
- Railways
272 Miles 438 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
9,942 Miles 16,000 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
870 Miles 1,400 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Cotonou, Porto-Novo
Communications
- Telephones
127,100
- Cell Phones
1,895,000
- Internet Users
150,000
- Internet Country Code
.bj
- Internet Hosts
1,286
- Broadcast Media
- State-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station with multiple channels giving it a wide broadcast reach
- several privately-owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou
- satellite TV subscription service is available
- state-owned radio, under ORTB control, includes a national station supplemented by a number of regional stations
- a substantial number of privately owned radio broadcast stations
- transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available on FM in Cotonou
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: an inadequate system of open-wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections; fixed-line network characterized by aging,
- deteriorating equipment Domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 2 per 100 persons; spurred by the presence of multiple mobile-cellular providers, cellular telep
- hone subscribership has been increasing rapidly International: country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; long-distance fiber-optic links with Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
597,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
588,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
124,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,133,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
29,170
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
400
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
8,000,000