Infrastructure — Botswana
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Botswana: 74
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Transportation
- Airports - total
74
- Airports with Paved Runways
10
- Railways
552 Miles 888 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
11,132 Miles 17,916 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
None
Communications
- Telephones
144,200
- Cell Phones
1,427,000
- Internet Users
80,000
- Internet Country Code
.bw
- Internet Hosts
2,739
- Broadcast Media
- 2 TV stations - 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned
- privately owned satellite TV subscription service is available
- 2 state-owned national radio stations
- 3 privately owned radio stations broadcast locally
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: Botswana is participating in regional development efforts; expanding a fully digital system with fiber-optic cables linking the major population centers in the east as well as a system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relays links,
- and radiotelephone communication stations Domestic: fixed-line teledensity has declined in recent years and now stands at roughly 7 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teleden
- sity now pushing 140 telephones per 100 persons International: country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,648,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,181,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,052,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
15,420
