Infrastructure — Bolivia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Bolivia: 855
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Transportation
- Airports - total
855
- Airports with Paved Runways
21
- Railways
2,275 Miles 3,662 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
49,988 Miles 80,448 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
7,452 Miles 11,993 Kilometers
- Waterways
6,214 Miles 10,000 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Communications
- Telephones
810,200
- Cell Phones
3,254,000
- Internet Users
1,000,000
- Internet Country Code
.bo
- Internet Hosts
125,462
- Broadcast Media
A large number of radio and TV stations broadcast with private media outlets dominating; state-owned and private radio and TV stations generally operate freely, although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: Bolivian National Telecommunications Company was privatized in 1995 but re-nationalized in 2007; the primary trunk system is being expanded and employs a digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; system operations, reliability,
- and coverage have steadily improved. Domestic: most telephones are concentrated in La Paz, Santa Cruz, and other capital cities; mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly, and, in 2011,
- teledensity reached about 80 per 100 persons International: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,814,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
6,085,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
9,432,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
44,940,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
54,370,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
281,500,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
55,560
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
60.71
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
42,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
209,800,000