Infrastructure — Mexico
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Mexico: 1,714
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Transportation
- Airports - total
1,714
- Airports with Paved Runways
243
- Heliports
1
- Railways
10,666 Miles 17,166 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
234,667 Miles 377,660 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
85,466 Miles 137,544 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,802 Miles 2,900 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Salina Cruz, Veracruz Oil Terminals: Cayo Arcas terminal, Dos Bocas terminal
Communications
- Telephones
19,684,000
- Cell Phones
94,565,000
- Internet Users
31,020,000
- Internet Country Code
.mx
- Internet Hosts
16,233,000
- Broadcast Media
Many TV stations and more than 1,400 radio stations with most privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; consi
- derable use of fiber-optic cables and coaxial cables Domestic: despite the opening to competition in January 1997, Telmex remains dominant; Fixed-line teledensity is less than 20 per 100 persons; mobile-c
- ellular teledensity is about 80 per 100 persons International: country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 PanAmSat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
203,800,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,320,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
624,500,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
254,400,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
59,150,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
11,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
17,240,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
53,960,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
487,700,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,133,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
146,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,934,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
10,260,000,000