Infrastructure — Burkina Faso
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Burkina Faso: 23
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Transportation
- Airports - total
23
- Airports with Paved Runways
2
- Railways
386 Miles 622 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
9,490 Miles 15,272 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
None
Communications
- Telephones
167,000
- Cell Phones
1,610,000
- Internet Users
80,000
- Internet Country Code
.bf
- Internet Hosts
1,877
- Broadcast Media
- 2 TV stations - 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned
- state-owned radio runs a national and regional network
- a substantial number of privately owned radio stations
- transmissions of several international broadcasters available in Ouagadougou
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: system includes microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communication stations; in 2006 the government sold a 51 percent stake in the national telephone company and ultimately pl
- ans to retain only a 23 percent stake in the company Domestic: fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, fostered by multiple providers,
- is increasing rapidly from a low base International: country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
568,800,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
611,600,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
9,960