Infrastructure — Peru
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Peru: 191
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Transportation
- Airports - total
191
- Airports with Paved Runways
59
- Heliports
5
- Railways
1,185 Miles 1,907 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
87,410 Miles 140,672 Kilometers
- Waterways
5,473 Miles 8,808 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries oil terminals: Conchan oil terminal, La Pampilla oil terminal
Communications
- Telephones
3,688,000
- Cell Phones
32,461,000
- Internet Users
9,158,000
- Internet Country Code
.pe
- Internet Hosts
234,102
- Broadcast Media
- 10 major TV networks of which only one, Television Nacional de Peru, is state-owned
- multi-channel cable TV services are available
- an excess of 2,000 radio stations including a substantial number of indigenous language stations
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: adequate for most requirements; nationwide microwave radio relay system an
- d a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations Domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 12 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers,
- exceeds 100 telephones per 100 persons International: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) and Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
34,250,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
6,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
38,700,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,490,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
8,730,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
32,400,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
359,600,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
206,900
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
15,610
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
99,590
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
152,600
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
579,200,000