Infrastructure — Somalia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Somalia: 61
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Transportation
- Airports - total
61
- Airports with Paved Runways
6
- Roadways- total
13,732 Miles 22,100 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
1,621 Miles 2,608 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Boosaaso, Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo), Merca, Mogadishu
Communications
- Telephones
100,000
- Cell Phones
600,000
- Internet Users
98,000
- Internet Country Code
.so
- Internet Hosts
3
- Broadcast Media
- 2 private TV stations rebroadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN
- Somaliland has 1 government-operated TV station and Puntland has 1 private TV station
- the transitional government operates Radio Mogadishu
- 1 SW and roughly 10 private FM radio stations broadcast in Mogadishu
- several radio stations operate in central and southern regions
- Somaliland has 1 government-operated radio station
- Puntland has roughly a half dozen private radio stations
- transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line service and private wireless companies offer service in most major cities while char
- ging the lowest international rates on the continent domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers with one compan
- y beginning to provide 3G services in late 2012 international: country code - 252; Mogadishu is a landing point for the EASSy fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa with Europe and North America
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
260,400,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
280,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
5,663,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
5,659