Infrastructure — Switzerland
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Switzerland: 63
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Transportation
- Airports - total
63
- Airports with Paved Runways
40
- Heliports
2
- Railways
3,030 Miles 4,876 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
44,406 Miles 71,464 Kilometers
- Waterways
803 Miles 1,292 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Basel
Communications
- Telephones
4,650,000
- Cell Phones
8,096,000
- Internet Users
4,610,000
- Internet Country Code
.ch
- Internet Hosts
4,816,000
- Broadcast Media
- the publicly owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 7 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 2 in Italian, and 2 in French
- private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally
- TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services
- SRG/SSR operates 18 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage
- Telephone System
- general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructur
- e with excellent domestic and international services domestic: ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 125 per 100 persons; ext
- ensive cable and microwave radio relay networks international: country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
57,500,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
54,200,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
52,000,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
64,560,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,200,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
8,494,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
11,770,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
258,200
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
258,200
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,950