Infrastructure — Libya
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Libya: 146
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Transportation
- Airports - total
146
- Airports with Paved Runways
68
- Heliports
2
- Roadways- total
62,152 Miles 100,024 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
35,551 Miles 57,214 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah
Communications
- Telephones
1,101,000
- Cell Phones
4,500,000
- Internet Users
260,000
- Internet Country Code
.ly
- Internet Hosts
12,432
- Broadcast Media
- state-funded and private TV stations
- some provinces operate local TV stations
- pan-Arab satellite TV stations are available
- state-funded radio
- Telephone System
- general assessment: telecommunications system is state-owned and service is poor, but investment is being made to upgrade; state retains monopoly in fixed-line services; mobile-
- cellular telephone system became operational in 1996 domestic: multiple providers for a mobile telephone system that is growing rapidly; combined fixed-
- line and mobile-cellular teledensity has soared international: country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cable to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
22,170,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
104,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
77,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
23,980,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
6,844,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
3,666,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
7,855,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,547,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
314,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,378,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,643,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
48,010,000,000