Infrastructure — Papua New Guinea
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Papua New Guinea: 561
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Transportation
- Airports - total
561
- Airports with Paved Runways
21
- Heliports
2
- Roadways- total
5,809 Miles 9,349 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
1,864 Miles 3,000 Kilometers
- Waterways
6,835 Miles 11,000 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul
Communications
- Telephones
60,000
- Cell Phones
300,000
- Internet Users
110,000
- Internet Country Code
.pg
- Internet Hosts
4,285
- Broadcast Media
- 2 TV stations, 1 commercial station operating since the late 1980s and 1 state-run station launched in 2008
- satellite and cable TV services are available
- state-run National Broadcasting Corporation operates 3 radio networks with multiple repeaters and about 20 provincial stations
- several commercial radio stations with multiple transmission points as well as several community stations
- transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible
- Telephone System
- general assessment: services are minimal; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio,
- and international radio communication services domestic: access to telephone services is not widely available although combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledens
- ity has increased to roughly 40 per 100 persons international: country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); international radio communication service
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,683,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,885,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
110,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
100,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
155,300,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
36,320
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
28,400
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
14,880
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
50,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
154,300,000