Infrastructure — Guyana
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Guyana: 117
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Transportation
- Airports - total
117
- Airports with Paved Runways
11
- Roadways- total
4,952 Miles 7,970 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
367 Miles 590 Kilometers
- Waterways
205 Miles 330 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika
Communications
- Telephones
130,000
- Cell Phones
281,400
- Internet Users
190,000
- Internet Country Code
.gy
- Internet Hosts
8,840
- Broadcast Media
- Government-dominated broadcast media
- the National Communications Network (NCN) TV is state-owned
- a few private TV stations relay satellite services
- the state owns and operates 2 radio stations broadcasting on multiple frequencies capable of reaching the entire country
- government limits on licensing of new private radio stations continue to constrain competition in broadcast media
- Telephone System
- General assessment: Fair system for long-distance service; microwave radio relay network for trunk lines;
- many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services Domestic: Fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellul
- ar teledensity about 70 per 100 persons in 2011 International: Country code - 592; tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
667,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
821,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
10,910