Infrastructure — Zambia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Zambia: 88
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Transportation
- Airports - total
88
- Airports with Paved Runways
8
- Railways
1,816 Miles 2,922 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
42,049 Miles 67,671 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
5,843 Miles 9,403 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,398 Miles 2,250 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Mpulungu
Communications
- Telephones
90,300
- Cell Phones
2,639,000
- Internet Users
500,000
- Internet Country Code
.zm
- Internet Hosts
14,771
- Broadcast Media
- state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) operates 1 TV station and is the principal local-content provider
- several private TV stations
- multi-channel subscription TV services are available
- ZNBC operates 3 radio networks
- about 2 dozen private radio stations
- relays of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible in Lusaka and Kitwe
- Telephone System
- among the best in sub-Saharan Africa domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation and network coverage is improving; domestic satellite system being installed to improve telephone service in rural areas; Internet service is widely available; very small aperture termina
- l (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 3 owned by Zamtel
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
8,838,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
268,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
222,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
9,290,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
19,260
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
12,500
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
130