Infrastructure — Israel
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Israel: 47
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Transportation
- Airports - total
47
- Airports with Paved Runways
29
- Heliports
3
- Railways
606 Miles 975 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
11,536 Miles 18,566 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
11,536 Miles 18,566 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Communications
- Telephones
3,250,000
- Cell Phones
8,902,000
- Internet Users
2,000,000
- Internet Country Code
.il
- Internet Hosts
1,689,000
- Broadcast Media
- state broadcasting network, operated by the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), broadcasts on 2 channels, one in Hebrew and the other in Arabic
- 5 commercial channels including a channel broadcasting in Russian, a channel broadcasting Knesset proceedings, and a music channel supervised by a public body
- multi-channel satellite and cable TV packages provide access to foreign channels
- IBA broadcasts on 8 radio networks with multiple repeaters and Israel Defense Forces Radio broadcasts over multiple stations
- about 15 privately owned radio stations
- overall more than 100 stations and repeater stations
- Telephone System
- most highly developed system in the Middle East domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital; four privately owned mobile-cellu
- lar service providers with countrywide coverage international: country code - 972; submarine cables provide links to Europe, Cyprus, and parts of the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
46,380,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,081,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
54,500,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
6,860,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
720,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
6,860,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
268,500,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
238,400
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
260,600
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,740
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
11,500,000