Infrastructure — Venezuela
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Venezuela: 444
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Transportation
- Airports - total
444
- Airports with Paved Runways
127
- Heliports
3
- Railways
501 Miles 806 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
59,748 Miles 96,155 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
20,075 Miles 32,308 Kilometers
- Waterways
4,412 Miles 7,100 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon
Communications
- Telephones
6,857,000
- Cell Phones
23,820,000
- Internet Users
5,720,000
- Internet Country Code
.ve
- Internet Hosts
238,665
- Broadcast Media
- The government supervises a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media
- 1 state-run TV network, 4 privately owned TV networks, a privately owned news channel with limited national coverage, and a government-backed pan-American channel
- state-run radio network includes 65 news stations and roughly another 30 stations targeted at specific audiences
- state-sponsored community broadcasters include 244 radio stations and 36 TV stations
- the number of private broadcast radio stations has been declining, but many still remain in operation
- Telephone System
- modern and expanding Domestic: 2 domestic satellite systems with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; a substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; combined fixed and mobile-cellul
- ar telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons International: country code - 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Cuba and the Caribbean, Central, and South America, and the United States; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
83,020,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
540,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,651,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
110,700,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
27,110,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
2,110,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
25,280,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
5,524,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
571,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,645,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
3,081,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
297,600,000,000