Infrastructure — Burundi
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Burundi: 7
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Transportation
- Airports - total
7
- Airports with Paved Runways
1
- Heliports
1
- Roadways- total
7,657 Miles 12,322 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
799 Miles 1,286 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bujumbura
Communications
- Telephones
31,500
- Cell Phones
250,000
- Internet Users
60,000
- Internet Country Code
.bi
- Internet Hosts
201
- Broadcast Media
- State-controlled La Radiodiffusion et Television Nationale de Burundi (RTNB) operates the lone TV station and the only national radio network
- about 10 privately owned radio stations
- transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in Bujumbura
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: a sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications,
- and low-capacity microwave radio relays Domestic: telephone density is one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is incre
- asing but remains at roughly 20 per 100 persons International: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
125,600,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
40,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
92,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,290