Infrastructure — Saudi Arabia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Saudi Arabia: 214
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Transportation
- Airports - total
214
- Airports with Paved Runways
82
- Heliports
10
- Railways
856 Miles 1,378 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
137,554 Miles 221,372 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
29,533 Miles 47,529 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Communications
- Telephones
4,171,000
- Cell Phones
28,381,000
- Internet Users
6,200,000
- Internet Country Code
.sa
- Internet Hosts
488,598
- Broadcast Media
- broadcast media are state-controlled
- state-run TV operates 4 networks
- Saudi Arabia is a major market for pan-Arab satellite TV broadcasters
- state-run radio operates several networks
- multiple international broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: modern system including a combination of extensive microwave radio relays, coaxial cables,
- and fiber-optic cables domestic: mobile-cell
- ular subscribership has been increasing rapidly international: country code - 966; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks providing connectivity to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
165,100,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
179,100,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
99,230,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
103,200,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
8,150,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,817,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
6,880,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
9,475,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
267,900,000,000