Infrastructure — Paraguay
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Paraguay: 799
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Transportation
- Airports - total
799
- Airports with Paved Runways
15
- Railways
22 Miles 36 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
19,921 Miles 32,059 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
3,020 Miles 4,860 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,926 Miles 3,100 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Communications
- Telephones
387,300
- Cell Phones
4,330,000
- Internet Users
280,000
- Internet Country Code
.py
- Internet Hosts
167,281
- Broadcast Media
- 6 privately owned TV stations
- about 75 commercial and community radio stations
- 1 state-owned radio network
- Telephone System
- general assessment: the fixed-line market is a state monopoly and fixed-line telephone service is meager;
- principal switching center is in Asuncion domestic: deficiencies in provision of fixed-line service have resulted in a rapid expansion of mobile-cellular services f
- ostered by competition among multiple providers international: country code - 595; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
8,500,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
45,140,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
53,190,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
26,820