Highways (2001) | Highways (2005) | ||
Afghanistan | total:
21,000 km paved: 2,793 km unpaved: 18,207 km (1998 est.) |
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km unpaved: 18,207 km (1999 est.) |
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Albania | total:
18,000 km paved: 5,400 km unpaved: 12,600 km (1998 est.) |
total: 18,000 km
paved: 5,400 km unpaved: 12,600 km (2002) |
|
Algeria | total:
104,000 km paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,344 km (1996 est.) |
total: 104,000 km
paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,344 km (1999) |
|
American Samoa | total:
350 km paved: 150 km unpaved: 200 km |
total: 185 km
paved: 185 km unpaved: 0 km (2004) |
|
Andorra | total:
269 km paved: 198 km unpaved: 71 km (1994 est.) |
total: 269 km
paved: 198 km unpaved: 71 km |
|
Angola | total:
76,626 km paved: 19,156 km unpaved: 57,470 km (1997) |
total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,328 km unpaved: 46,101 km (2001) |
|
Anguilla | total:
279 km paved: 253 km unpaved: 26 km (1998 est.) |
total: 105 km
paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1997) |
|
Antigua and Barbuda | total:
1,165 km paved: 384 km unpaved: 781 km (1999 est.) |
total: 250 km (1999 est.) | |
Argentina | total:
215,434 km paved: 63,553 km (including 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 151,881 km (1998 est.) |
total: 215,471 km
paved: 63,348 km (including 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 152,123 km (1999) |
|
Armenia | total:
8,431 km () paved: NA unpaved: NA (1997) |
total: 8,431 km
paved: 8,161 km (includes 7,567 km of expressways) unpaved: 270 km (2002) |
|
Aruba | total:
800 km paved: 513 km unpaved: 287 km note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior (1995) |
total: 800 km
paved: 513 km unpaved: 287 km note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior (1995) |
|
Australia | total:
913,000 km paved: 353,331 km (including 1,363 km of expressways) unpaved: 559,669 km (1996) |
total: 811,603 km
paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways) unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.) |
|
Austria | total:
133,361 km paved: 133,361 km (including 1,613 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998) |
total: 200,000 km
paved: 200,000 km (including 1,645 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Azerbaijan | total:
24,981 km paved: 23,057 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 1,924 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998) |
total: 28,030 km
paved: 25,890 km unpaved: 2,130 km (2002) |
|
Bahamas, The | total:
2,693 km paved: 1,546 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1997) |
total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.) |
|
Bahrain | total:
3,164 km paved: 2,433 km unpaved: 731 km note: there is a paved causeway connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia (1997) |
total: 3,459 km
paved: 2,653 km unpaved: 806 km (2002) |
|
Bangladesh | total:
201,182 km paved: 19,112 km unpaved: 182,070 km (1997) |
total: 207,486 km
paved: 19,773 km unpaved: 187,713 km (1999) |
|
Barbados | total:
1,600 km paved: 1,578 km unpaved: 22 km (1998) |
total: 1,600 km
paved: 1,578 km unpaved: 22 km (2002) |
|
Belarus | total:
63,355 km paved: 60,567 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 2,788 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998) |
total: 79,990 km
paved: 69,351 km unpaved: 10,639 km (2002) |
|
Belgium | total:
145,774 km paved: 116,182 km (including 1,674 km of expressways) unpaved: 29,592 km (1999) |
total: 149,028 km
paved: 116,540 km (including 1,729 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,488 km (2002) |
|
Belize | total:
2,872 km paved: 488 km unpaved: 2,384 km (1998 est.) |
total: 2,872 km
paved: 488 km unpaved: 2,384 km (1999 est.) |
|
Benin | total:
6,787 km paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.) |
total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,430 km (1999 est.) |
|
Bermuda | total:
225 km paved: 225 km unpaved: 0 km note: in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that are privately owned (1997) |
total: 450 km
paved: 450 km unpaved: 0 km note: public roads - 209 km; private roads - 241 km (2002) |
|
Bhutan | total:
3,285 km paved: 1,994 km unpaved: 1,291 km (1996) |
total: 4,007 km
paved: 24 km unpaved: 3,983 km (2002) |
|
Bolivia | total:
49,400 km paved: 2,500 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 46,900 km (1996) |
total: 60,282 km
paved: 3,979 km unpaved: 56,303 km (2002) |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total:
21,846 km paved: 14,020 km unpaved: 7,826 km note: road system is in need of maintenance and repair (2001) |
total: 21,846 km
paved: 11,424 km unpaved: 10,422 km (1999 est.) |
|
Botswana | total:
18,482 km paved: 4,343 km unpaved: 14,139 km (1996) |
total: 10,217 km
paved: 5,619 km unpaved: 4,598 km (1999) |
|
Brazil | total:
1.98 million km paved: 184,140 km unpaved: 1,795,860 km (1996) |
total: 1,724,929 km
paved: 94,871 km unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000) |
|
British Indian Ocean Territory | total:
NA km paved: short stretch of paved road of NA km between port and airfield on Diego Garcia unpaved: NA km |
total: NA km
paved: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia unpaved: NA km |
|
British Virgin Islands | total:
132 km paved: 132 km unpaved: 0 km (1997) |
total: 177 km
paved: 177 km unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
|
Brunei | total:
1,712 km paved: 1,284 km unpaved: 428 km (1996) |
total: 2,525 km
paved: 2,525 km unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
|
Bulgaria | total:
36,724 km paved: 33,786 km (including 314 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,938 km (1999) |
total: 37,077 km
paved: 34,111 km (including 328 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,966 km (2002) |
|
Burkina Faso | total:
12,506 km paved: 2,001 km unpaved: 10,505 km (1996) |
total: 12,506 km
paved: 2,001 km unpaved: 10,505 km (1999) |
|
Burma | total:
28,200 km paved: 3,440 km unpaved: 24,760 km (1996) |
total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.) |
|
Burundi | total:
14,480 km paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1996) |
total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1999 est.) |
|
Cambodia | total:
35,769 km paved: 4,165 km unpaved: 31,604 km (1997) |
total: 12,323 km
paved: 1,996 km unpaved: 10,327 km (2000 est) |
|
Cameroon | total:
34,300 km paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (1995) |
total: 34,300 km
paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.) |
|
Canada | total:
901,902 km paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways) unpaved: 583,531 km (1999) |
total: 1,408,800 km
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways) unpaved: 911,494 km (2002) |
|
Cape Verde | total:
1,100 km paved: 858 km unpaved: 242 km (1996) |
total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km unpaved: 418 km (2000) |
|
Cayman Islands | total:
406 km paved: 304 km unpaved: 102 km |
total: 785 km
paved: 785 km (2000) |
|
Central African Republic | total:
23,810 km paved: 429 km unpaved: 23,381 km (2000) |
total: 23,810 km
paved: 643 km unpaved: 23,167 km (1999 est.) |
|
Chad | total:
33,400 km paved: 267 km unpaved: 33,133 km (1996) |
total: 33,400 km
paved: 267 km unpaved: 33,133 km (1999 est.) |
|
Chile | total:
79,800 km paved: 11,012 km unpaved: 68,788 km (1996) |
total: 79,605 km
paved: 16,080 km (including 407 km of expressways) unpaved: 63,525 km (2001) |
|
China | total:
1.4 million km paved: 271,300 km (with at least 16,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,128,700 km (1999) |
total: 1,765,222 km
paved: 395,410 km (with at least 25,130 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,369,812 km (2002 est.) |
|
Christmas Island | total:
140 km (not including 100 km that is maintained by private industry) paved: 30 km unpaved: 110 km (1999) |
total: 240 km
paved: 30 km unpaved: 210 km (2000) |
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total:
15 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2001) |
total: 15 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2003) |
|
Colombia | total:
110,000 km paved: 26,000 km unpaved: 84,000 km (2000) |
total: 112,998 km
paved: 26,000 km unpaved: 84,000 km (2000) |
|
Comoros | total:
880 km paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1996) |
total: 880 km
paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1999 est) |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total:
157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways)(1996) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways)
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.) |
|
Congo, Republic of the | total:
12,800 km paved: 1,242 km unpaved: 11,558 km (1996) |
total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km unpaved: 11,558 km (1999 est.) |
|
Cook Islands | total:
320 km (1992) paved: NA unpaved: NA |
total: 320 km
paved: 33 km unpaved: 287 km (2000) |
|
Costa Rica | total:
37,273 km paved: 7,827 km unpaved: 29,446 km (1998 est.) |
total: 35,303 km
paved: 4,236 km unpaved: 31,067 km (2002) |
|
Cote d'Ivoire | total:
50,400 km paved: 4,889 km unpaved: 45,511 km (1996) |
total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km unpaved: 45,511 km (1999 est.) |
|
Croatia | total:
27,840 km paved: 23,497 km (including 330 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,343 km (1998) |
total: 28,344 km
paved: 23,979 km (including 455 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,365 km (2002) |
|
Cuba | total:
60,858 km paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1997) |
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.) |
|
Cyprus | total:
Greek Cypriot area: 10,663 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 2,350 km (1996 est.) paved: Greek Cypriot area: 6,249 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 1,370 km (1996 est.) unpaved: Greek Cypriot area: 4,414 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 980 km (1996 est.) |
total: 13,943 km (Republic of Cyprus: 11,593 km; north Cyprus: 2,350 km)
paved: Republic of Cyprus: 7,211 km; north Cyprus: 1,370 km unpaved: Republic of Cyprus: 4,382 km; north Cyprus: 980 km (2002/1996 est.) |
|
Czech Republic | total:
55,432 km paved: 55,432 km (including 499 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 127,204 km
paved: 127,204 km (including 518 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Denmark | total:
71,474 km paved: 71,474 km (including 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 71,847 km
paved: 71,847 km (including 918 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Djibouti | total:
2,890 km paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1996) |
total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1999 est.) |
|
Dominica | total:
750 km paved: 375 km unpaved: 375 km (2001) |
total: 780 km
paved: 393 km unpaved: 387 km (1999 est.) |
|
Dominican Republic | total:
12,600 km paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1996) |
total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1999) |
|
East Timor | - | total: 3,800 km
paved: 428 km unpaved: 3,372 km (1995) |
|
Ecuador | total:
43,197 km paved: 8,165 km unpaved: 35,032 km (1999 est.) |
total: 43,197 km
paved: 8,164 km unpaved: 35,033 km (2002) |
|
Egypt | total:
64,000 km paved: 50,000 km unpaved: 14,000 km (1996) |
total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.) |
|
El Salvador | total:
10,029 km paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1997) |
total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.) |
|
Equatorial Guinea | total:
2,880 km paved: 0 km unpaved: 2,880 km (1996) |
total: 2,880 km (1999 est.) | |
Eritrea | total:
3,850 km paved: 810 km unpaved: 3,040 km (2000) |
total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km unpaved: 3,136 km (1999 est.) |
|
Estonia | total:
30,300 km paved: 29,200 km (including 75 km of expressways); note - these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather unpaved: 1,100 km (2000) |
total: 55,944 km
paved: 13,874 km (including 99 km of expressways) unpaved: 42,070 km (2002) |
|
Ethiopia | total:
24,145 km paved: 3,290 km unpaved: 20,855 km (1998) |
total: 33,297 km
paved: 3,996 km unpaved: 29,301 km (2002) |
|
European Union | - | total: 4,634,810 km (including 56,704 km of expressways)
paved: 4,161,318 km unpaved: 473,492 km (1999-2000) |
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total:
440 km paved: 50 km unpaved: 390 km |
total: 440 km
paved: 50 km unpaved: 390 km (2002) |
|
Faroe Islands | total:
463 km paved: 454 km unpaved: 9 km (1999) |
total: 463 km
paved: 454 km unpaved: 9 km (1999) |
|
Fiji | total:
3,440 km paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (1996) |
total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (1999 est.) |
|
Finland | total:
77,796 km paved: 49,789 km (including 444 km of expressways) unpaved: 28,042 km (1999) |
total: 78,197 km
paved: 50,539 km (including 794 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,658 km (2004) |
|
France | total:
892,900 km paved: 892,900 km (including 9,900 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 893,100 km
paved: 893,100 km (including 12,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
French Guiana | total:
1,817 km paved: 817 km unpaved: 1,000 km (1998) |
total: 817 km (1998) | |
French Polynesia | total:
792 km paved: 264 km unpaved: 528 km (2000) |
total: 2,590 km
paved: 1,735 km unpaved: 855 km (1999) |
|
Gabon | total:
7,670 km paved: 629 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,041 km (1996) |
total: 8,464 km
paved: 838 km unpaved: 7,626 km (2000 est.) |
|
Gambia, The | total:
2,700 km paved: 956 km unpaved: 1,744 km (1996) |
total: 2,700 km
paved: 956 km unpaved: 1,744 km (1999) |
|
Gaza Strip | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: small, poorly developed road network |
total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: small, poorly developed road network |
|
Georgia | total:
33,900 km paved: 29,500 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 4,400 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
total: 20,229 km
paved: 18,914 km unpaved: 1,315 km (2002) |
|
Germany | total:
656,140 km paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.) |
total: 230,735 km
paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
|
Ghana | total:
39,409 km paved: 11,653 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,756 km (1997) |
total: 46,176 km
paved: 8,496 km unpaved: 37,679 km (1999 est.) |
|
Gibraltar | total:
46.25 km paved: 46.25 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
total: 29 km
paved: 29 km unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Greece | total:
117,000 km paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,594 km (1996) |
total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.) |
|
Greenland | total:
150 km paved: 60 km unpaved: 90 km |
total: NA (there are no roads between towns) (2003) | |
Grenada | total:
1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1996) |
total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.) |
|
Guadeloupe | total:
2,560 km paved: 965 km unpaved: 1,595 km (1996) |
total: 947 km (2002) | |
Guam | total:
885 km paved: 675 km unpaved: 210 km note: there are also 685 km of roads classified non-public, including roads located on federal government installations |
total: 977 km
paved: 962 km unpaved: 15 km (2004) |
|
Guatemala | total:
13,856 km paved: 4,370 km (including 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,486 km (1998) |
total: 14,118 km
paved: 4,871 km (including 74 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,247 km (1999) |
|
Guernsey | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
|
Guinea | total:
30,500 km paved: 5,033 km unpaved: 25,467 km (1996) |
total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.) |
|
Guinea-Bissau | total:
4,400 km paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1996) |
total: 4,400 km
paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1999 est.) |
|
Guyana | total:
7,970 km paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (1996) |
total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (1999 est.) |
|
Haiti | total:
4,160 km paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1996) |
total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1999 est.) |
|
Holy See (Vatican City) | none; all city streets | none; all city streets | |
Honduras | total:
15,400 km paved: 3,126 km unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.) |
total: 13,603 km
paved: 2,775 km unpaved: 10,828 km (1999 est.) |
|
Hong Kong | total:
1,831 km paved: 1,831 km unpaved: 0 km (1997) |
total: 1,831 km
paved: 1,831 km unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
|
Hungary | total:
188,203 km paved: 81,680 km (including 448 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,523 km (1998 est.) |
total: 159,568 km
paved: 70,050 km (including 533 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2002) |
|
Iceland | total:
12,691 km paved: 3,262 km unpaved: 9,429 km (1999) |
total: 13,004 km
paved/oiled gravel: 4,331 km unpaved: 8,673 km (2004) |
|
India | total:
3,319,644 km paved: 1,517,077 km unpaved: 1,802,567 km (1996) |
total: 2,525,989 km
paved: 1,448,655 km unpaved: 1,077,334 km (1999) |
|
Indonesia | total:
342,700 km paved: 158,670 km unpaved: 184,030 km (1997) |
total: 342,700 km
paved: 158,670 km unpaved: 184,030 km (1999 est.) |
|
Iran | total:
140,200 km paved: 49,440 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 90,760 km (1998 est.) |
total: 167,157 km
paved: 94,109 km (including 890 km of expressways) unpaved: 73,048 km (1998) |
|
Iraq | total:
45,550 km paved: 38,400 km unpaved: 7,150 km (1996 est.) |
total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (1999) |
|
Ireland | total:
92,500 km paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,457 km (1999 est.) |
total: 95,736 km
paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Isle of Man | total:
800 km paved: 800 km unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 800 km
paved: 800 km unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
|
Israel | total:
15,965 km paved: 15,965 km (including 56 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
total: 16,903 km
paved: 16,903 km (including 56 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Italy | total:
654,676 km paved: 654,676 km (including 6460 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1997) |
total: 479,688 km
paved: 479,688 km (including 6,621 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
|
Jamaica | total:
19,000 km paved: 13,433 km unpaved: 5,567 km (1997) |
total: 18,700 km
paved: 13,109 km unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.) |
|
Japan | total:
1,152,207 km paved: 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways) unpaved: 289,204 km (1997 est.) |
total: 1,171,647 km
paved: 903,340 km (including 6,851 km of expressways) unpaved: 268,307 km (2001) |
|
Jersey | total:
577 km (1995) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 577 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
|
Jordan | total:
8,000 km paved: 8,000 km unpaved: 0 km (2000 est.) |
total: 7,301 km
paved: 7,301 km unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Kazakhstan | total:
NA km paved: 150,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) (2000) unpaved: NA km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) |
total: 82,980 km
paved: 77,918 km unpaved: 5,062 km (2002) |
|
Kenya | total:
63,800 km paved: 8,868 km unpaved: 54,932 km (1996) |
total: 63,942 km
paved: 7,737 km unpaved: 56,205 km (2000) |
|
Kiribati | total:
670 km (1996) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 670 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.) |
|
Korea, North | total:
31,200 km paved: 1,997 km unpaved: 29,203 km (1996) |
total: 31,200 km
paved: 1,997 km unpaved: 29,203 km (1999 est.) |
|
Korea, South | total:
87,534 km paved: 65,388 km (including 1,996 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,146 km (1999) |
total: 86,990 km
paved: 66,721 km (including 1,996 km of expressways) unpaved: 20,269 km (2001) |
|
Kuwait | total:
4,450 km paved: 3,590 km unpaved: 860 km (1999 est.) |
total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,587 km unpaved: 863 km (1999 est.) |
|
Kyrgyzstan | total:
18,500 km (including 140 km of expressways) paved: 16,854 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 1,646 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996) |
total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,646 km (1999 est.) |
|
Laos | total:
14,000 km paved: 3,360 km unpaved: 10,640 km (1991) |
total: 21,716 km
paved: 9,664 km unpaved: 12,052 km (1999 est.) |
|
Latvia | total:
59,178 km paved: 22,843 km unpaved: 36,335 km (1998 est.) |
total: 60,472 km
paved: 57,206 km unpaved: 3,265 km (2002) |
|
Lebanon | total:
7,300 km paved: 6,350 km unpaved: 950 km (1999 est.) |
total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,198 km unpaved: 1,102 km (1999 est.) |
|
Lesotho | total:
4,955 km paved: 887 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1996) |
total: 5,940 km
paved: 1,087 km unpaved: 4,853 km (1999) |
|
Liberia | total:
10,600 km paved: 657 km unpaved: 9,943 km note: (there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains and lack of maintenance) (1996 est.) |
total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km unpaved: 9,943 km (1999 est.) |
|
Libya | total:
24,484 km paved: 6,800 km unpaved: 17,684 km (1996) |
total: 83,200 km
paved: 47,590 km unpaved: 35,610 km (1999 est.) |
|
Liechtenstein | total:
250 km paved: 250 km unpaved: 0 km |
total: 250 km
paved: 250 km unpaved: 0 km |
|
Lithuania | total:
44,000 km paved: 35,500 km unpaved: 8,500 km (2000) |
total: 77,148 km
paved: 69,202 km (including 417 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,946 km (2002) |
|
Luxembourg | total:
5,166 km paved: 5,166 km (including 118 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 5,210 km
paved: 5,210 km (including 126 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Macau | total:
50 km paved: 50 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
total: 341 km
paved: 341 km unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Macedonia | - | total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,144 km (1999 est.) |
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | total:
8,684 km paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,144 km (1997) |
- | |
Madagascar | total:
49,837 km paved: 5,781 km unpaved: 44,056 km (1996) |
total: 49,827 km
paved: 5,780 km unpaved: 44,047 km (1999 est.) |
|
Malawi | total:
16,451 km paved: 3,126 km unpaved: 13,325 km (1997) |
total: 28,400 km
paved: 5,254 km unpaved: 23,146 km (1999 est.) |
|
Malaysia | total:
64,672 km paved: 48,707 km (including 1,192 km of expressways) unpaved: 15,965 km note: in addition to these national and main regional roads, Malaysia has thousands of kilometers of local roads that are maintained by local jurisdictions (1999) |
total: 65,877 km
paved: 51,318 km unpaved: 14,559 km (2001) |
|
Maldives | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km; note - Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city (1988 est.) |
total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
|
Mali | total:
15,100 km paved: 1,827 km unpaved: 13,273 km (1996) |
total: 15,100 km
paved: 1,827 km unpaved: 13,273 km (1999 est.) |
|
Malta | total:
1,742 km paved: 1,677 km unpaved: 65 km (1997) |
total: 2,222 km
paved: 2,000 km unpaved: 222 km (2002) |
|
Marshall Islands | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks |
total: 64.5 km
paved: 64.5 km unpaved: NA km note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks (2002) |
|
Martinique | total:
2,105 km (2000) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 2,105 km (2000) | |
Mauritania | total:
7,660 km paved: 866 km unpaved: 6,794 km (1996) |
total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km unpaved: 6,794 km (1999 est.) |
|
Mauritius | total:
1,910 km paved: 1,834 km (including 36 km of expressways) unpaved: 76 km (1998) |
total: 2,000 km
paved: 1,960 km (including 60 km of expressways) unpaved: 40 km (2002) |
|
Mayotte | total:
93 km paved: 72 km unpaved: 21 km |
total: 93 km
paved: 72 km unpaved: 21 km |
|
Mexico | total:
323,977 km paved: 96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways) unpaved: 227,756 km (1997) |
total: 329,532 km
paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways) unpaved: 221,445 km (1999 est.) |
|
Micronesia, Federated States of | total:
240 km paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (1996) |
total: 240 km
paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (1999 est.) |
|
Midway Islands | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
|
Moldova | total:
20,000 km paved: 13,900 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 6,100 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
total: 12,719 km
paved: 10,977 km unpaved: 1,742 km (2002) |
|
Monaco | total:
50 km paved: 50 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
total: 50 km
paved: 50 km unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
|
Mongolia | total:
3,387 km paved: 1,563 km unpaved: 1,824 km note: there are also 45,862 km of rural roads that consist of rough, unimproved, cross-country tracks (2000) |
total: 49,256 km
paved: 8,874 km unpaved: 40,376 km (2002) |
|
Montserrat | total:
269 km paved: 203 km unpaved: 66 km (1995) |
total: 227 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: volcanic eruptions beginning in 1995 destroyed most of the road system (2003) |
|
Morocco | total:
57,847 km paved: 30,254 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,593 km (1998) |
total: 57,694 km
paved: 32,551 km (including 481 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,143 km (2002) |
|
Mozambique | total:
30,400 km paved: 5,685 km unpaved: 24,715 km (1996) |
total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km unpaved: 24,715 km (1999 est.) |
|
Namibia | total:
63,258 km paved: 5,250 km unpaved: 58,008 km (1997 est.) |
total: 42,237 km
paved: 5,406 km unpaved: 36,831 km (2002) |
|
Nauru | total:
30 km paved: 24 km unpaved: 6 km (1998 est.) |
total: 30 km
paved: 24 km unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.) |
|
Nepal | total:
13,223 km paved: 4,073 km unpaved: 9,150 km (April 1999) |
total: 13,223 km
paved: 4,073 km unpaved: 9,150 km (1999 est.) |
|
Netherlands | total:
125,575 km paved: 113,018 km (including 2,235 km of expressways) unpaved: 12,557 km (1998) |
total: 116,500 km
paved: 104,850 km (including 2,235 km of expressways) unpaved: 11,650 km (1999) |
|
Netherlands Antilles | total:
600 km paved: 300 km unpaved: 300 km (1992) |
total: 600 km
paved: 300 km unpaved: 300 km |
|
New Caledonia | total:
4,825 km paved: 2,287 km unpaved: 2,538 km (1999) |
total: 5,432 km (2000) | |
New Zealand | total:
92,200 km paved: 53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways) unpaved: 38,632 km (1996) |
total: 92,382 km
paved: 59,124 km (including at least 169 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,258 km (2002) |
|
Nicaragua | total:
16,382 km paved: 1,818 km unpaved: 14,564 km (1998) |
total: 18,712 km
paved: 2,126 km unpaved: 16,586 km (2002) |
|
Niger | total:
10,100 km paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1996) |
total: 10,100 km
paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1999 est.) |
|
Nigeria | total:
194,394 km paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways) unpaved: 134,326 km note: many of the roads reported as paved may be graveled; because of poor maintenance and years of heavy freight traffic - in part the result of the failure of the railroad system - much of the road system is barely usable (1997) |
total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways) unpaved: 134,326 km (1999 est.) |
|
Niue | total:
234 km paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001) |
total: 234 km
paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (2001) |
|
Norfolk Island | total:
80 km paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2001) |
total: 80 km
paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2001) |
|
Northern Mariana Islands | total:
362 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1991) |
total: 362 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1991) |
|
Norway | total:
91,180 km paved: 67,838 km (including 109 km of expressways) unpaved: 23,342 km (1999) |
total: 91,852 km
paved: 71,185 km (including 178 km of expressways) unpaved: 20,667 km (2002) |
|
Oman | total:
32,800 km paved: 9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,960 km (1996) |
total: 34,965 km
paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,292 km (2001) |
|
Pakistan | total:
247,811 km paved: 141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,559 km (1998) |
total: 257,683 km
paved: 152,033 km (including 339 km of expressways) unpaved: 105,650 km (2001) |
|
Palau | total:
61 km paved: 36 km unpaved: 25 km |
total: 61 km
paved: 36 km unpaved: 25 km |
|
Palmyra Atoll | much of the road and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001) | most of the roads and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001) | |
Panama | total:
11,592 km paved: 4,079 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,513 km (2000) |
total: 11,643 km
paved: 4,028 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,615 km (2000 est.) |
|
Papua New Guinea | total:
19,600 km paved: 686 km unpaved: 18,914 km (1996) |
total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km unpaved: 18,914 km (1999 est.) |
|
Paraguay | total:
25,901 km paved: 3,067 km unpaved: 22,834 km (2001) |
total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km unpaved: 14,514 km (1999 est) |
|
Peru | total:
72,900 km paved: 8,700 km unpaved: 64,200 km (1999 est.) |
total: 78,230 km
paved: 10,452 km unpaved: 67,778 km (2001) |
|
Philippines | total:
199,950 km paved: 39,590 km unpaved: 160,360 km (1998 est.) |
total: 202,124 km
paved: 19,202 km unpaved: 182,922 km (2002) |
|
Pitcairn Islands | total:
6.4 km paved: 0 km unpaved: 6.4 km |
total: 6.4 km
paved: 0 km unpaved: 6.4 km |
|
Poland | total:
381,046 km paved: 249,966 km (including 268 km of expressways) unpaved: 131,080 km (1998) |
total: 364,697 km
paved: 249,088 km (including 399 km of expressways) unpaved: 115,609 km (2001) |
|
Portugal | total:
68,732 km paved: 59,110 km (including 797 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,622 km (1999) |
total: 17,135 km
paved: 14,736 km (including 1,659 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,399 km (2002) |
|
Puerto Rico | total:
14,400 km paved: 14,400 km unpaved: 0 km (1996) |
total: 25,328 km
paved: 23,665 km (including 426 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,363 km (2004) |
|
Qatar | total:
1,230 km paved: 1,107 km unpaved: 123 km (1996) |
total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km unpaved: 123 km (1999 est.) |
|
Reunion | total:
2,724 km paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of four-lane road) unpaved: 1,424 km note: 370 km of road are maintained by national authorities, 754 km by departmental authorities and 1600 km by local authorities (1994) |
total: 1,214 km (including 88 km of four-lane roads) (2001) | |
Romania | total:
153,359 km paved: 103,671 km (including 133 km of expressways) unpaved: 49,688 km (1998 est.) |
total: 198,755 km
paved: 100,173 km (including 113 km of expressways) unpaved: 98,582 km (2002) |
|
Russia | total:
952,000 km paved: 752,000 km (including, in addition to about 336,000 km of conventionally paved roads, about 416,000 km of roads, the surfaces of which have been stabilized with gravel or other coarse aggregates, making them trafficable in wet weather) unpaved: 200,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998) |
total: 537,289 km
paved: 362,133 km unpaved: 175,156 km (2001) |
|
Rwanda | total:
12,000 km paved: 1,000 km unpaved: 11,000 km (1997 est.) |
total: 12,000 km
paved: 996 km unpaved: 11,004 km (1999 est.) |
|
Saint Helena | total:
158 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km) paved: 138 km (Saint Helena 98km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km) unpaved: NA km 20 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km) |
total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)
paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2000) |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total:
320 km paved: 136 km unpaved: 184 km (2000) |
total: 320 km
paved: 136 km unpaved: 184 km (1999 est) |
|
Saint Lucia | total:
1,210 km paved: 63 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1996) |
total: 1,210 km
paved: 63 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.) |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total:
114 km paved: 69 km unpaved: 45 km (1994 est.) |
total: 114 km
paved: 69 km unpaved: 45 km |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total:
1,040 km paved: 320 km unpaved: 720 km (1996) |
total: 829 km
paved: 580 km unpaved: 249 km (2002) |
|
Samoa | total:
835 km paved: 267 km unpaved: 569 km (1983) |
total: 790 km
paved: 332 km unpaved: 458 km (1999 est.) |
|
San Marino | total:
220 km paved: 220 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
total: 220 km
paved: 220 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
|
Sao Tome and Principe | total:
320 km paved: 218 km unpaved: 102 km (1996) |
total: 320 km
paved: 218 km unpaved: 102 km (1999 est.) |
|
Saudi Arabia | total:
146,524 km paved: 44,104 km unpaved: 102,420 km (1997 est.) |
total: 152,044 km
paved: 45,461 km unpaved: 106,583 km (2000) |
|
Senegal | total:
14,576 km paved: 4,271 km unpaved: 10,305 km (1996) |
total: 14,576 km
paved: 4,271 km including 7 km of expressways unpaved: 10,305 km (2000) |
|
Serbia and Montenegro | - | total: 45,290 km
paved: 28,261 km (including 374 km of expressways) unpaved: 17,029 km (2002) |
|
Seychelles | total:
373 km paved: 315 km unpaved: 58 km (1997) |
total: 373 km
paved: 315 km unpaved: 58 km (1997 est.) |
|
Sierra Leone | total:
11,300 km paved: 904 km unpaved: 10,396 km (1997) |
total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km unpaved: 10,396 km (2002) |
|
Singapore | total:
3,150 km paved: 3,066 km (including 150 km of expressways) unpaved: 84 km (2000) |
total: 3,130 km
paved: 3,130 km (including 150 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Slovakia | total:
17,710 km paved: 17,533 km (including 288 km of expressways) unpaved: 177 km (1998 est.) |
total: 42,970 km
paved: 37,698 km (including 302 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,272 km (2002) |
|
Slovenia | total:
19,586 km paved: 17,745 km (including 249 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,841 km (1998 est.) |
total: 20,250 km
paved: 20,250 km (including 456 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Solomon Islands | total:
1,360 km paved: 34 km unpaved: 1,326 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (1996 est.) |
total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km unpaved: 1,326 km (1999 est.) |
|
Somalia | total:
22,100 km paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1996) |
total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1999 est.) |
|
South Africa | total:
358,596 km paved: 59,753 km (including 1927 km of expressways) unpaved: 298,843 km (1996) |
total: 275,971 km
paved: 57,568 km (including 2,032 km of expressways) unpaved: 218,403 km (2002) |
|
Spain | total:
346,858 km paved: 343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,469 km (1997) |
total: 664,852 km
paved: 658,203 km (including 11,152 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,649 km (2001) |
|
Sri Lanka | total:
11,285 km paved: 10,721 km unpaved: 564 km (1998 est.) |
total: 11,650 km
paved: 11,068 km unpaved: 582 km (2002) |
|
Sudan | total:
11,900 km paved: 4,320 km unpaved: 7,580 km (1996) |
total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km unpaved: 7,580 km (1999 est.) |
|
Suriname | total:
4,530 km paved: 1,178 km unpaved: 3,352 km (1996) |
total: 4,492 km
paved: 1,168 km unpaved: 3,324 km (2002) |
|
Svalbard | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
|
Swaziland | total:
3,000 km paved: 850 km unpaved: 2,150 km (1997) |
total: 3,107 km
paved: NA unpaved: NA (2000) |
|
Sweden | total:
210,760 km paved: 162,707 km (including 1,428 km of expressways) unpaved: 48,053 km (1999) |
total: 213,237 km
paved: 167,604 km (including 1,542 km of expressways) unpaved: 45,633 km (2002) |
|
Switzerland | total:
71,059 km (including 1,638 km of expressways) paved: 71,059 km unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 71,212 km
paved: 71,212 km (including 1,706 of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
|
Syria | total:
41,451 km paved: 9,575 km (including 877 km of expressways) unpaved: 31,876 km (1997) |
total: 45,697 km
paved: 6,489 km (including 1,001 km of expressways) unpaved: 39,208 km (2002) |
|
Taiwan | total:
34,901 km paved: 31,271 km (including 538 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,630 km (1998 est.) |
total: 37,299 km
paved: 35,621 km (including 608 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,678 km (2002) |
|
Tajikistan | total:
29,900 km paved: 21,400 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 8,500 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
total: 27,767 km
paved: NA unpaved: NA (2000) |
|
Tanzania | total:
88,200 km paved: 3,704 km unpaved: 84,496 km (1996) |
total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.) |
|
Thailand | total:
64,600 km paved: 62,985 km unpaved: 1,615 km (1996) |
total: 57,403 km
paved: 56,542 km unpaved: 861 km (2000 est.) |
|
Togo | total:
7,520 km paved: 2,376 km unpaved: 5,144 km (1996) |
total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km unpaved: 5,144 km (1999 est.) |
|
Tokelau | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: NA
paved: NA unpaved: NA |
|
Tonga | total:
680 km paved: 184 km unpaved: 496 km (1996) |
total: 680 km
paved: 184 km unpaved: 496 km (1999 est.) |
|
Trinidad and Tobago | total:
8,320 km paved: 4,252 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1996) |
total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1999 est.) |
|
Tunisia | total:
23,100 km paved: 18,226 km unpaved: 4,874 km (1996) |
total: 18,997 km
paved: 12,424 km (including 142 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,573 km (2001) |
|
Turkey | total:
382,059 km paved: 106,976 km (including 1,726 km of expressways) unpaved: 275,083 km (1999 est.) |
total: 354,421 km
paved: 147,404 km (including 1,851 km of expressways) unpaved: 207,017 km (2002) |
|
Turkmenistan | total:
22,000 km paved: 18,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 4,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996) |
total: 24,000 km
paved: 19,488 km unpaved: 4,512 km (1999 est.) |
|
Turks and Caicos Islands | total:
121 km paved: 24 km unpaved: 97 km (2000) |
total: 121 km
paved: 24 km unpaved: 97 km (2000) |
|
Tuvalu | total:
8 km paved: 0 km unpaved: 8 km (1996) |
total: 8 km
paved: 0 km unpaved: 8 km (1999 est.) |
|
Uganda | total:
27,000 km paved: 1,800 km unpaved: 25,200 km (of which about 4200 km are all-weather roads) (1990) |
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,809 km unpaved: 25,191 km (1999 est.) |
|
Ukraine | total:
273,700 km paved: 236,400 km (including 1,770 km of expressways); note - (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 37,300 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
total: 169,679 km
paved: 164,249 km unpaved: 5,430 km (2002) |
|
United Arab Emirates | total:
4,835 km paved: 4,835 km unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
total: 1,088 km
paved: 1,088 km (including 253 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
|
United Kingdom | total:
371,603 km paved: 371,603 km (including 3,303 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
total: 392,931 km
paved: 392,931 km (including 3,431 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2003) |
|
United States | total:
6,370,031 km paved: 5,733,028 km (including 74,091 km of expressways) unpaved: 637,003 km (1997) |
total: 6,393,603 km
paved: 4,180,053 km (including 74,406 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,213,550 km (2003) |
|
Uruguay | total:
8,983 km paved: 8,085 km unpaved: 898 km (1999) |
total: 8,983 km
paved: 8,081 km unpaved: 902 km (1999 est.) |
|
Uzbekistan | total:
81,600 km paved: 71,237 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 10,363 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996) |
total: 81,600 km
paved: 71,237 km unpaved: 10,363 km (1999 est.) |
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Vanuatu | total:
1,070 km paved: 256 km unpaved: 814 km (1996) |
total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km unpaved: 814 km (1999 est.) |
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Venezuela | total:
96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.) |
total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1999 est.) |
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Vietnam | total:
93,300 km paved: 23,418 km unpaved: 69,882 km (1996) |
total: 93,300 km
paved: 23,418 km unpaved: 69,882 km (1999 est.) |
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Virgin Islands | total:
856 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2000) |
total: 1,257 km
paved: 1,192 km unpaved: 65 km note: the only US possession where driving on the left side of the road is practiced (2003) |
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Wallis and Futuna | total:
120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km) paved: 16 km (all on Ile Uvea) unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km) |
total: 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
paved: 16 km (all on Ile Uvea) unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km) |
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West Bank | total:
4,500 km paved: 2,700 km unpaved: 1,800 km (1997 est.) note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements |
total: 4,500 km
paved: 2,700 km unpaved: 1,800 km note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements (1997 est.) |
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Western Sahara | total:
6,200 km paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est.) |
total: 6,200 km
paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est) |
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World | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 32,345,165 km
paved: 19,403,061 km unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002) |
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Yemen | total:
69,263 km paved: 9,963 km unpaved: 59,300 km (1999) |
total: 67,000 km
paved: 7,705 km unpaved: 59,295 km (1999 est.) |
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Yugoslavia | total:
48,603 km paved: 28,822 km (including 560 km of expressways) unpaved: 19,781 km (1998 est.) note: because of the 1999 Kosovo conflict, many road bridges were destroyed; since the end of the conflict in June 1999, there has been an intensive program to either rebuild bridges or build by-pass routes |
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Zambia | total:
66,781 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1997 est.) |
total: 91,440 km
paved: 20,117 km unpaved: 71,323 km (2001) |
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Zimbabwe | total:
18,338 km paved: 8,692 km unpaved: 9,646 km (1996 est.) |
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.) |