Infrastructure — Dominican Republic
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Dominican Republic: 36
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Transportation
- Airports - total
36
- Airports with Paved Runways
16
- Heliports
1
- Railways
88 Miles 142 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
12,244 Miles 19,705 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
6,134 Miles 9,872 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Barahona, La Romana, Manzanillo, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo
Communications
- Telephones
965,400
- Cell Phones
5,513,000
- Internet Users
1,677,000
- Internet Country Code
.do
- Internet Hosts
283,298
- Broadcast Media
- Combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media
- 1 state-owned TV network and a number of private TV networks
- networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country
- combination of state-owned and privately owned radio stations with more than 300 radio stations operating
- Telephone System
- General assessment: Relatively efficient syste
- m based on island-wide microwave radio relay network Domestic: Fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service wit
- h a subscribership of nearly 90 per 100 persons International: Country code - 1-809; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, and the Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
12,700,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
14,020,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
820,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
930,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
122,300
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
27,260
