Infrastructure — Mozambique
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Mozambique: 98
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Transportation
- Airports - total
98
- Airports with Paved Runways
21
- Railways
2,975 Miles 4,787 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
18,847 Miles 30,331 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
3,917 Miles 6,303 Kilometers
- Waterways
286 Miles 460 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala, Pemba, Quelimane
Communications
- Telephones
82,400
- Cell Phones
3,300,000
- Internet Users
200,000
- Internet Country Code
.mz
- Internet Hosts
21,172
- Broadcast Media
- 1 state-run TV station supplemented by private TV station
- Portuguese state TV's African service, RTP Africa, and Brazilian-owned TV Miramar are available
- state-run radio provides nearly 100% territorial coverage and broadcasts in multiple languages
- a number of privately owned and community-operated stations
- transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: a fair telecommunications system that is shackled with a heavy state presence, lack of competition,
- and high operating costs and charges domestic: stagnation in the fixed-line network contrasts with rapid growth in the mobile-cellular network; mobile-cellular coverage now includes all the main cities and key roads, including those from Maputo to the South African and Swaziland borders, the national highway through Gaza and Inhambane provinces, the Beira corridor, and from Nampula to Nacala; extremely low fixed-line teledensity; despite significant growth in mobile-cellular services, tele
- density remains low at about 35 per 100 persons international: country code - 258; landing point for the EASSy and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
10,160,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
11,820,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
8,278,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
15,910,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
80,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
3,300,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
3,820,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
127,400,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
19,580