Infrastructure — Netherlands
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Netherlands: 29
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Transportation
- Airports - total
29
- Airports with Paved Runways
23
- Heliports
1
- Railways
1,872 Miles 3,013 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
86,554 Miles 139,295 Kilometers
- Waterways
3,875 Miles 6,237 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen
Communications
- Telephones
7,320,000
- Cell Phones
17,300,000
- Internet Users
15,000,000
- Internet Country Code
.nl
- Internet Hosts
12,607,000
- Broadcast Media
- more than 90% of households are connected to cable or satellite TV systems that provide a wide range of domestic and foreign channels
- public service broadcast system includes multiple broadcasters, 3 with a national reach and the remainder operating in regional and local markets
- 2 major nationwide commercial television companies, each with 3 or more stations, and many commercial TV stations in regional and local markets
- nearly 600 radio stations with a mix of public and private stations providing national or regional coverage
- Telephone System
- highly developed and well maintained domestic: extensive fixed-line fiber-optic network; large cellular telephone system with 5 major operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology; one in five households now use V
- oice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) services international: country code - 31; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 5 (3 Intelsat - 1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
124,100,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
10,530,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
15,450,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
108,200,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
44,110,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
63,420,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
24,650,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
81,520,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
10,900,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,010,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
35,500
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,202,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
94,870
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
352,000,000