Infrastructure — Kiribati
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Kiribati: 19
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Transportation
- Airports - total
19
- Airports with Paved Runways
4
- Roadways- total
416 Miles 670 Kilometers
- Waterways
3 Miles 5 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Banaba, Betio, English Harbour, Kanton
Communications
- Telephones
4,000
- Cell Phones
700
- Internet Users
2,000
- Internet Country Code
.ki
- Internet Hosts
31
- Broadcast Media
- 1 TV broadcast station that provides about 1 hour of local programming Monday-Friday
- multi-channel TV packages provide access to Australian and US stations
- 1 government-operated radio station broadcasts on AM, FM, and shortwave
- Telephone System
- general assessment: gener
- ally good quality national and international service domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone;
- wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999 international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
13,020,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
14,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
300
