Infrastructure — Croatia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Croatia: 69
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Transportation
- Airports - total
69
- Airports with Paved Runways
24
- Heliports
1
- Railways
1,691 Miles 2,722 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
18,275 Miles 29,410 Kilometers
- Waterways
488 Miles 785 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split, Vukovar (inland waterway port on Danube), Zadar
Communications
- Telephones
1,859,000
- Cell Phones
5,035,000
- Internet Users
1,995,000
- Internet Country Code
.hr
- Internet Hosts
1,287,000
- Broadcast Media
- The national state-owned public broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), operates 4 terrestrial TV networks, a satellite channel that rebroadcasts programs for Croatians living abroad, and 6 regional TV centers
- 2 private broadcasters operate national terrestrial networks
- roughly 25 privately owned regional TV stations
- multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available
- state-owned public broadcaster operates 3 national radio networks and 9 regional radio stations
- 2 privately owned national radio networks and more than 170 regional, county, city, and community radio stations.
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: The telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s, covering much of what were once inaccessible areas;
- local lines are digital Domestic: Fixed-line teledensity holding steady at about 40 per 100 persons; mobile-cellula
- r telephone subscriptions exceed the population International: Country code - 385; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece.
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
18,000,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,668,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
12,240,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
11,490,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,755,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
392,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,137,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,863,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
24,920,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
74,410
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
51,470
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
20,500
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
71,000,000