Infrastructure — Brazil
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Brazil: 4,093
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Transportation
- Airports - total
4,093
- Airports with Paved Runways
698
- Heliports
13
- Railways
17,733 Miles 28,538 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
982,365 Miles 1,580,964 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
132,227 Miles 212,798 Kilometers
- Waterways
31,069 Miles 50,000 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
- Cargo Ports: Ilha Grande (Gebig), Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao,
- Tubarao Container Ports (TEUs): Santos (2,677,839), Itajai (693,580)
- Oil Terminals: DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal
Communications
- Telephones
43,026,000
- Cell Phones
244,358,000
- Internet Users
75,982,000
- Internet Country Code
.br
- Internet Hosts
26,577,000
- Broadcast Media
- State-run Radiobras operates a radio and a TV network
- more than 1,000 radio stations and more than 100 TV channels operating - mostly privately owned
- private media ownership is highly concentrated
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: good working system including an extensive microwave radio relay system an
- d a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations Domestic: fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major driver in expanding telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-c
- ellular teledensity roughly 120 per 100 persons International: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Americas-1, Americas-2, Atlantis-2, GlobeNet, South America-1, South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilus, and UNISUR that provide direct connectivity to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
438,300,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,257,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
36,630,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
489,500,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
25,200,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
400,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
13,300,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
17,030,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
395,500,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,594,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
619,100
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
343,600
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,633,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
13,150,000,000