Infrastructure — El Salvador
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for El Salvador: 68
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Transportation
- Airports - total
68
- Airports with Paved Runways
5
- Heliports
2
- Railways
176 Miles 283 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
4,299 Miles 6,918 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
2,018 Miles 3,247 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo
Communications
- Telephones
1,099,000
- Cell Phones
6,137,000
- Internet Users
700,000
- Internet Country Code
.sv
- Internet Hosts
13,849
- Broadcast Media
multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station
- Telephone System
- general assessment: multiple mobile-cellular providers are expanding services rapidly and in 2011 teledensity exceeded 135 per 100 persons; growth in fixed-line services h
- nationwide microwave radio relay system international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
4,524,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
78,700,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
208,400,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,445,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
44,040
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
16,160