Infrastructure — Iceland
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Iceland: 96
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Transportation
- Airports - total
96
- Airports with Paved Runways
7
- Roadways- total
8,009 Miles 12,890 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
2,971 Miles 4,782 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Akureyri, Hornafjordhur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vesttmannaeyjar
Communications
- Telephones
185,200
- Cell Phones
347,500
- Internet Users
202,300
- Internet Country Code
.is
- Internet Hosts
344,748
- Broadcast Media
- State-owned public TV broadcaster operates 1 TV channel nationally
- several privately owned TV stations broadcast nationally and roughly another half-dozen operate locally
- about one-half the households utilize multi-channel cable or satellite TV services
- state-owned public radio broadcaster operates 2 national networks and 4 regional stations
- 2 privately owned radio stations operate nationally and another 15 provide more limited coverage
- Telephone System
- General assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables,
- and an extensive broadband network Domestic: liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especial
- ly in the mobile services segment of the market international: country code - 354; the CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, UK, Denmark, and Germany; a planned new section of the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable will provide additional connectivity to Canada, US, and Ireland; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
16,480,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
16,840,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
20,770
