Infrastructure — Nicaragua
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Nicaragua: 147
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Transportation
- Airports - total
147
- Airports with Paved Runways
12
- Roadways- total
14,849 Miles 23,897 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
2,039 Miles 3,282 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,379 Miles 2,220 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur
Communications
- Telephones
255,000
- Cell Phones
2,123,000
- Internet Users
155,000
- Internet Country Code
.ni
- Internet Hosts
157,162
- Broadcast Media
- multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas
- of more than 100 radio stations, nearly all are privately owned
- Radio Nicaragua is government-owned and Radio Sandino is controlled by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
- Telephone System
- general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of
- the formerly state-owned telecommunications company domestic: since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved; fixed-line teledensity roughly 5 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribers
- hip has increased to roughly 85 per 100 persons international: country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,569,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
63,950,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,286,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
30,690
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
12,910
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
14,300