Infrastructure — Cuba
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Cuba: 133
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Transportation
- Airports - total
133
- Airports with Paved Runways
64
- Railways
5,097 Miles 8,203 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
37,815 Miles 60,858 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
18,529 Miles 29,820 Kilometers
- Waterways
149 Miles 240 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Antilla, Cienfuegos, Guantanamo, Havana, Matanzas, Mariel, Nuevitas Bay, Santiago de Cuba, Tanamo
Communications
- Telephones
1,193,000
- Cell Phones
1,315,000
- Internet Users
1,606,000
- Internet Country Code
.cu
- Internet Hosts
3,244
- Broadcast Media
- The government owns and controls all broadcast media with private ownership of electronic media prohibited
- the government operates 4 national TV networks and many local TV stations
- the government operates 6 national radio networks, an international station, and many local radio stations
- Radio-TV Marti is beamed from the United States
- Telephone System
- General assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; national fiber-optic system under development; 95% of switches digitized by the end of 2006; mobile-cellular telephone service is expensive and must be paid in convertible pesos; cell phones in Cuba number around 2 million; state communications started service of email to cell phones through nauta.cu accounts; the Cuban Government has opened Internet cafes around the island,
- which are expensive and offer slow-speed connections Domestic: fixed-line density remains low at 10 per 100 inhabitants; mobile-cellular service expa
- nding but remains only about 10 per 100 persons International: country code - 53; the ALBA-1 fiber-optic submarine cable links Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to United States network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
- Internet Note
- Note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization
- foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls
- some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet"
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
16,380,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
17,800,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,030,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,030,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
70,790,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
150,200
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
83,000
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
165,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
53,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
124,000,000