Infrastructure — Senegal
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Senegal: 20
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Transportation
- Airports - total
20
- Airports with Paved Runways
9
- Railways
563 Miles 906 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
8,704 Miles 14,008 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
2,547 Miles 4,099 Kilometers
- Waterways
621 Miles 1,000 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Dakar, Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard Toll, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor
Communications
- Telephones
278,800
- Cell Phones
4,123,000
- Internet Users
820,000
- Internet Country Code
.sn
- Internet Hosts
241
- Broadcast Media
- state-run Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) operates 2 TV stations
- a few private TV subscription channels rebroadcast foreign channels without providing any local news or programs
- RTS operates a national radio network and a number of regional FM stations
- many community and private-broadcast radio stations are available
- transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar
- Telephone System
- general assessment: good system with microwave radio relay,
- coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system domestic: above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network; nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a call-center industry is emerging; expansion of fixed-line services in rural areas needed;
- mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly international: country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,384,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,880,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
20,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
20,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
40,600
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
15,500