Infrastructure — Laos
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Laos: 41
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Transportation
- Airports - total
41
- Airports with Paved Runways
8
- Roadways- total
24,586 Miles 39,568 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
329 Miles 530 Kilometers
- Waterways
2,858 Miles 4,600 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
none
Communications
- Telephones
132,200
- Cell Phones
1,478,000
- Internet Users
100,000
- Internet Country Code
.la
- Internet Hosts
1,468
- Broadcast Media
- 6 TV stations operating out of Vientiane - 3 government-operated and the others commercial
- 17 provincial stations operating with nearly all programming relayed via satellite from the government-operated stations in Vientiane
- Chinese and Vietnamese programming relayed via satellite from Lao National TV
- broadcasts available from stations in Thailand and Vietnam in border areas
- multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems provide access to a wide range of foreign stations
- state-controlled radio with state-operated Lao National Radio (LNR) broadcasting on 5 frequencies - 1 AM, 1 SW, and 3 FM
- LNR's AM and FM programs are relayed via satellite constituting a large part of the programming schedules of the provincial radio stations
- Thai radio broadcasts available in border areas and transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are also accessible
- Telephone System
- general assessment: service to general public is improving; the government relies on a rad
- iotelephone network to communicate with remote areas domestic: 4 service providers
- with mobile cellular usage growing very rapidly international: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,230,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
341,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
999,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,553,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
3,391
