Infrastructure — Gabon
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Gabon: 44
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Transportation
- Airports - total
44
- Airports with Paved Runways
14
- Railways
403 Miles 649 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
5,698 Miles 9,170 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
682 Miles 1,097 Kilometers
- Waterways
994 Miles 1,600 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo, Port-Gentil
Communications
- Telephones
26,500
- Cell Phones
1,169,000
- Internet Users
145,000
- Internet Country Code
.ga
- Internet Hosts
90
- Broadcast Media
- State owns and operates 2 TV stations and 2 radio broadcast stations
- a few private radio and TV stations
- transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible
- satellite service subscriptions are available
- Telephone System
- General assessment: Adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, an
- d a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations Domestic: A growing mobile-cellular network with multiple providers is making telephone service more widely available with mobile-cel
- lular teledensity exceeding 100 per 100 persons International: Country code - 241; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,446,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,774,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
80,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
70,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
28,320,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
15,800
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
225,300
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
268,900
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,000,000,000