Infrastructure — Jordan
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Jordan: 18
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Transportation
- Airports - total
18
- Airports with Paved Runways
16
- Heliports
1
- Railways
315 Miles 507 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
4,476 Miles 7,203 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Al 'Aqabah
Communications
- Telephones
501,200
- Cell Phones
4,771,000
- Internet Users
1,127,000
- Internet Country Code
.jo
- Internet Hosts
42,412
- Broadcast Media
- radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel
- first independent TV broadcaster aired in 2007
- international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available
- roughly 30 radio stations with JRTV operating the main government-owned station
- transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment; microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban an
- d rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services domestic: 1995 telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; currently multiple mobile-cellular providers with subs
- cribership reaching 115 per 100 persons in 2011 international: country code - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) FEA and FLAG Falcon submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
10,400,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
176,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
200,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
12,210,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,400,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
830,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
230,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
6,031,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
107,000
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
68,320
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
40
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,000,000