Infrastructure — Spain
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Spain: 150
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Transportation
- Airports - total
150
- Airports with Paved Runways
99
- Heliports
10
- Railways
9,503 Miles 15,293 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
424,505 Miles 683,175 Kilometers
- Waterways
621 Miles 1,000 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia (Spain); Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Communications
- Telephones
19,867,000
- Cell Phones
52,598,000
- Internet Users
28,119,000
- Internet Country Code
.es
- Internet Hosts
4,228,000
- Broadcast Media
- a mixture of both publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations
- overall, hundreds of TV channels are available including national, regional, local, public, and international channels
- satellite and cable TV systems available
- multiple national radio networks, a large number of regional radio networks, and a larger number of local radio stations
- overall, hundreds of radio stations
- Telephone System
- general assessment: well-developed, modern facilities;
- fixed-line teledensity exceeds 40 per 100 persons domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular tel
- edensity exceeds 150 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 34; submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, Middle East, Asia, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
249,700,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
13,520,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,169,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
279,600,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
35,820,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
4,414,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
36,750,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
61,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
2,548,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,384,000
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,061,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
12,090
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
150,000,000