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Afghanistan | total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km unpaved: 18,207 km (1999 est.) |
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km unpaved: 18,207 km (1998 est.) |
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Albania | total: 18,000 km
paved: 5,400 km unpaved: 12,600 km (2000) |
total: 18,000 km
paved: 5,400 km unpaved: 12,600 km (1998 est.) |
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Algeria | total: 104,000 km
paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,344 km (1999) |
total: 104,000 km
paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,344 km (1996 est.) |
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Andorra | total: 269 km
paved: 198 km unpaved: 71 km (1994) |
total: 269 km
paved: 198 km unpaved: 71 km (1994 est.) |
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Angola | total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,349 km unpaved: 46,080 km (1999) |
total: 76,626 km
paved: 19,156 km unpaved: 57,470 km (1997) |
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Anguilla | total: 105 km
paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1997) |
total: 105 km
paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1998 est.) |
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Antigua and Barbuda | total: 250 km (1999 est.) | total: 1,165 km
paved: 384 km unpaved: 781 km note: it is assumed that the main roads are paved; the secondary roads are assumed to be unpaved (1995) |
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Argentina | total: 215,471 km
paved: 63,348 km (including 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 152,123 km (1999) |
total: 215,434 km
paved: 63,553 km (including 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 151,881 km (1998 est.) |
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Armenia | total: 15,918 km
paved: 15,329 km (includes 7,527 km of expressways) unpaved: 589 km (2000) |
total: 11,300 km
paved: 10,500 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 800 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Australia | total: 811,603 km
paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways) unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.) |
total: 913,000 km
paved: 353,331 km (including 1,363 km of expressways) unpaved: 559,669 km (1996) |
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Austria | total: 200,000 km
paved: 200,000 km (including 1,633 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 133,361 km
paved: 133,361 km (including 1,613 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998) |
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Azerbaijan | total: 24,981 km
paved: 23,057 km unpaved: 1,924 km (2000) |
total: 36,700 km
paved: 31,800 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 4,900 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Bahamas, The | total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.) |
total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1997) |
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Bahrain | total: 3,261 km
paved: 2,531 km unpaved: 730 km (2000) |
total: 3,164 km
paved: 2,433 km unpaved: 731 km note: a paved causeway links Bahrain and Saudi Arabia |
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Bangladesh | total: 207,486 km
paved: 19,773 km unpaved: 187,713 km (1999) |
total: 201,182 km
paved: 19,112 km unpaved: 182,070 km (1997) |
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Barbados | total: 1,793 km
paved: 1,719 km unpaved: 74 km (1999) |
total: 1,650 km
paved: 1,628 km unpaved: 22 km (1998) |
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Belarus | total: 74,385 km
paved: 66,203 km unpaved: 8,182 km (2000) |
total: 98,200 km
paved: 66,100 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 32,100 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Belgium | total: 148,216 km
paved: 116,687 km (including 1,727 km of expressways) unpaved: 31,529 km (2000) |
total: 145,774 km
paved: 116,182 km (including 1,674 km of expressways) unpaved: 29,592 km (1999) |
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Belize | total: 2,872 km
paved: 488 km unpaved: 2,384 km (1999 est.) |
total: 2,880 km
paved: 490 km unpaved: 2,390 km (1998 est.) |
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Benin | total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,430 km (1999 est.) |
total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.) |
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Bhutan | total: 3,690 km
paved: 2,240 km unpaved: 1,450 km (1999 est.) |
total: 3,285 km
paved: 1,994 km unpaved: 1,291 km (1996) |
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Bolivia | total: 53,790 km
paved: 3,496 km (including 13 km of expressways) unpaved: 50,294 km (2000 est.) |
total: 49,400 km
paved: 2,500 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 46,900 km (1996) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 21,846 km
paved: 11,424 km unpaved: 10,422 km (1999 est) |
total: 21,846 km
paved: 14,020 km unpaved: 7,826 km note: road system is in need of maintenance and repair (2001) |
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Botswana | total: 10,217 km
paved: 5,619 km unpaved: 4,598 km (1999) |
total: 10,217 km
paved: 5,620 km unpaved: 4,597 km (1999) |
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Brazil | total: 1,724,929 km
paved: 94,871 km unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000) |
total: 1.98 million km
paved: 184,140 km unpaved: 1,795,860 km (1996) |
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British Indian Ocean Territory | total: NA km
paved: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia unpaved: NA km |
total: NA km
paved: short stretch of paved road of NA km between port and airfield on Diego Garcia unpaved: NA km |
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Brunei | total: 2,525 km
paved: 2,525 km unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 1,712 km
paved: 1,284 km unpaved: 428 km (1996) |
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Bulgaria | total: 37,286 km
paved: 35,049 km (including 324 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,237 km (2000) |
total: 37,288 km
paved: 33,786 km (including 324 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,502 km (2001) |
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Burma | total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.) |
total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km unpaved: 24,760 km (1996) |
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Burundi | total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1999 est.) |
total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1996) |
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Cambodia | total: 12,323 km
paved: 1,996 km unpaved: 10,327 km (2000 est) |
total: 35,769 km
paved: 4,165 km unpaved: 31,604 km (1997) |
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Cameroon | total: 34,300 km
paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.) |
total: 34,300 km
paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (2000) |
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Canada | total: 1.408 million km
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways) unpaved: 911,494 km (2002) |
total: 901,902 km
paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways) unpaved: 583,531 km (1999) |
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Cape Verde | total: 1,100 km
paved: 858 km unpaved: 242 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,100 km
paved: 858 km unpaved: 242 km (1996) |
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Cayman Islands | total: 785 km
paved: 785 km (2000) |
total: 406 km
paved: 304 km unpaved: 102 km |
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Central African Republic | total: 23,810 km
paved: 643 km unpaved: 23,167 km (1999 est.) |
total: 23,810 km
paved: 429 km unpaved: 23,381 km (2000) |
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Chad | total: 33,400 km
paved: 267 km unpaved: 33,133 km (1999 est.) |
total: 33,400 km
paved: 450 km unpaved: 32,950 km note: probably no more than 8,000 km of the total receive maintenance, the remainder being desert tracks (2000) |
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Chile | total: 79,814 km
paved: 15,484 km (including 294 km of expressways) unpaved: 64,330 km (2000) |
total: 79,800 km
paved: 11,012 km unpaved: 68,788 km (1996) |
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China | total: 1,402,698 km
paved: 314,204 km (with at least 16,314 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,088,494 km (2000) |
total: 1.4 million km
paved: 271,300 km (with at least 16,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,128,700 km (1999) |
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Christmas Island | total: 240 km
paved: 30 km unpaved: 210 km (2000) |
total: 140 km (not including 100 km that is maintained by private industry)
paved: 30 km unpaved: 110 km (1999) |
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total: 15 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2003) |
total: 15 km (2001)
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
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Comoros | total: 880 km
paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1999 est) |
total: 880 km
paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1996) |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways)
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.) |
total: 157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways)(1996)
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
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Congo, Republic of the | total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km unpaved: 11,558 km (1999 est.) |
total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km unpaved: 11,558 km (1996) |
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Cook Islands | total: 320 km
paved: 33 km unpaved: 287 km (2000) |
total: 320 km (1992)
paved: NA unpaved: NA |
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Costa Rica | total: 35,892 km
paved: 7,896 km unpaved: 27,996 km (2000) |
total: 37,273 km
paved: 7,827 km unpaved: 29,446 km (1998 est.) |
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Cote d'Ivoire | total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km unpaved: 45,511 km (1999 est.) |
total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km unpaved: 45,511 km (1996) |
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Croatia | total: 28,123 km
paved: 23,792 km (including 410 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,331 km (2000) |
total: 28,009 km
paved: 23,695 km (including 330 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,314 km (2001) |
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Cuba | total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.) |
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1997) |
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Cyprus | total: 13,491 km
note: Greek Cypriot area: 11,141 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 2,350 km paved: Greek Cypriot area: 6,428 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 1,370 km unpaved: Greek Cypriot area: 4,713 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 980 km (2000/1996) |
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.) |
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Czech Republic | total: 55,408 km
paved: 55,408 km (including 499 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 55,432 km
paved: 55,432 km (including 499 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
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Denmark | total: 71,591 km
paved: 71,591 km (including 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 71,474 km
paved: 71,474 km (including 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
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Djibouti | total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1999 est.) |
total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1996) |
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Dominica | total: 780 km
paved: 393 km unpaved: 387 km (1999 est.) |
total: 780 km
paved: 390 km unpaved: 390 km (2001) |
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Dominican Republic | total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1999) |
total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1996) |
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Ecuador | total: 43,197 km
paved: 8,164 km unpaved: 35,033 km (2000) |
total: 43,197 km
paved: 8,165 km unpaved: 35,032 km (2001) |
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Egypt | total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.) |
total: 64,000 km
paved: 50,000 km unpaved: 14,000 km (1996) |
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El Salvador | total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.) |
total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1997) |
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Equatorial Guinea | total: 2,880 km (1999 est.) | total: 2,880 km
paved: 0 km unpaved: 2,880 km (1996) |
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Eritrea | total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km unpaved: 3,136 km (1999 est.) |
total: 3,850 km
paved: 810 km unpaved: 3,040 km (2000) |
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Estonia | total: 51,411 km
paved: 10,334 km (including 94 km of expressways) unpaved: 41,077 km (2000) |
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) |
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Ethiopia | total: 31,571 km
paved: 3,789 km unpaved: 27,782 km (2000) |
total: 24,145 km
paved: 3,290 km unpaved: 20,855 km (1998) |
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total: 440 km
paved: 50 km unpaved: 390 km (2002) |
total: 550 km
paved: at least 50 km unpaved: NA (2002) |
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Fiji | total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (1999 est.) |
total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (1996) |
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Finland | total: 77,943 km
paved: 50,305 km (including 750 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,688 km (2001) |
total: 77,831 km
paved: 49,789 km (including 444 km of expressways) unpaved: 28,042 km (1999) |
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France | total: 894,000 km
paved: 894,000 km (including 11,500 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 892,900 km
paved: 892,900 km (including 9,900 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
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French Guiana | total: 722 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1996) |
total: 1,817 km
paved: 817 km unpaved: 1,000 km (1998) |
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French Polynesia | total: 2,590 km
paved: 1,735 km unpaved: 855 km (1999) |
total: 792 km
paved: 264 km unpaved: 528 km (2000) |
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Gabon | total: 8,464 km
paved: 838 km unpaved: 7,626 km (2000 est.) |
total: 8,454 km
paved: 838 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,616 km (2000) |
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Gambia, The | total: 2,700 km
paved: 956 km unpaved: 1,744 km (1999) |
total: 2,700 km
paved: 956 km unpaved: 1,744 km (1996) |
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Georgia | total: 20,362 km
paved: 19,038 km unpaved: 1,325 km (2000) |
total: 33,900 km
paved: 29,500 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 4,400 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Germany | total: 230,735 km
paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 656,140 km
paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.) |
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Ghana | total: 39,409 km
paved: 11,665 km unpaved: 27,744 km (1999 est.) |
total: 38,940 km
paved: 9,346 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 29,594 km (2001) |
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Gibraltar | total: 29 km
paved: 29 km unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
total: 46.25 km
paved: 46.25 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
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Greece | total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.) |
total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,594 km (1996) |
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Greenland | total: NA (there are no roads between towns) (2003) | total: 150 km
paved: 60 km unpaved: 90 km |
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Grenada | total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1996) |
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Guadeloupe | total: 2,467 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1998) |
total: 2,560 km
paved: 965 km unpaved: 1,595 km (1996) |
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Guatemala | total: 14,118 km
paved: 4,871 km (including 74 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,247 km (1999) |
total: 13,856 km
paved: 4,370 km (including 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,486 km (1998) |
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Guinea | total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.) |
total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km unpaved: 25,467 km (1996) |
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Guinea-Bissau | total: 4,400 km
paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1999 est.) |
total: 4,400 km
paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1996) |
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Guyana | total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (1999 est.) |
total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (1996) |
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Haiti | total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1999 est.) |
total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1996) |
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Honduras | total: 13,603 km
paved: 2,775 km unpaved: 10,828 km (1999 est.) |
total: 15,400 km
paved: 3,126 km unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.) |
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Hong Kong | total: 1,831 km
paved: 1,831 km unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,831 km
paved: 1,831 km unpaved: 0 km (1997) |
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Hungary | total: 188,203 km
paved: 81,680 km (including 438 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,523 km (1999) |
total: 188,203 km
paved: 81,680 km (including 448 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,523 km (1998 est.) |
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Iceland | total: 12,955 km
paved/oiled gravel: 3,863 km unpaved: 9,092 km (2003) |
total: 12,691 km
paved: 3,262 km unpaved: 9,429 km (1999) |
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India | total: 3,319,644 km
paved: 1,517,077 km unpaved: 1,802,567 km (1999 est.) |
total: 3,319,644 km
paved: 1,517,077 km unpaved: 1,802,567 km (1996) |
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Indonesia | total: 342,700 km
paved: 158,670 km unpaved: 184,030 km (1999 est.) |
total: 342,700 km
paved: 158,670 km unpaved: 184,030 km (1997) |
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Iran | total: 167,157 km
paved: 94,109 km (including 890 km of expressways) unpaved: 73,048 km (1998) |
total: 140,200 km
paved: 49,440 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 90,760 km (1998 est.) |
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Iraq | total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (2000 est.) |
total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,400 km unpaved: 7,150 km (1996 est.) |
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Ireland | total: 92,500 km
paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,457 km (2000 est.) |
total: 92,500 km
paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,457 km (1999 est.) |
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Israel | total: 16,281 km
paved: 16,281 km (including 56 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 15,965 km
paved: 15,965 km (including 56 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
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Italy | total: 479,688 km
paved: 479,688 km (including 6,621 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 668,669 km
paved: 668,669 km (including 6,460 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
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Jamaica | total: 18,700 km
paved: 13,109 km unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.) |
total: 19,000 km
paved: 13,433 km unpaved: 5,567 km (1997) |
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Japan | total: 1,161,894 km
paved: 534,471 km (including 6,455 km of expressways) unpaved: 627,423 km (1999) |
total: 1,152,207 km
paved: 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways) unpaved: 289,204 km (1997 est.) |
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Jersey | total: 577 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 577 km (1995)
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
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Jordan | total: 7,245 km
paved: 7,245 km unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 8,000 km
paved: 8,000 km unpaved: 0 km (2000 est.) |
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Kazakhstan | total: 81,331 km
paved: 77,020 km unpaved: 4,311 km (2000) |
total: 189,000 km
paved: 108,100 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 80,900 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Kenya | total: 63,942 km
paved: 7,737 km unpaved: 56,205 km (2000) |
total: 63,300 km
paved: 8,940 km unpaved: 54,360 km (2001) |
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Kiribati | total: 670 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.) |
total: 670 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: 27 km are paved in South Tarawa (2001) |
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Korea, North | total: 31,200 km
paved: 1,997 km unpaved: 29,203 km (1999 est.) |
total: 31,200 km
paved: 1,997 km unpaved: 29,203 km (1996) |
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Korea, South | total: 86,990 km
paved: 64,808 km (including 1,996 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,182 km (1999 est.) |
total: 87,534 km
paved: 65,388 km (including 1,996 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,146 km (1999) |
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Kuwait | total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,587 km unpaved: 863 km (1999 est.) |
total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,590 km unpaved: 860 km (1999 est.) |
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Kyrgyzstan | total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,646 km (1999 est.) |
total: 30,300 km (including 140 km of expressways)
paved: 22,600 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 7,700 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Laos | total: 21,716 km
paved: 9,664 km unpaved: 12,052 km (1999 est.) |
total: 14,000 km
paved: 3,360 km unpaved: 10,640 km (1991) |
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Latvia | total: 73,202 km
paved: 28,256 km unpaved: 44,946 km (2000) |
total: 59,178 km
paved: 22,843 km unpaved: 36,335 km (1998 est.) |
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Lebanon | total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,198 km unpaved: 1,102 km (1999 est.) |
total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,350 km unpaved: 950 km (1999 est.) |
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Lesotho | total: 5,940 km
paved: 1,087 km unpaved: 4,853 km (1999) |
total: 4,955 km
paved: 887 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1996) |
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Liberia | total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km unpaved: 9,943 km (1999 est.) |
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.) |
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Libya | total: 83,200 km
paved: 47,590 km unpaved: 35,610 km (1999 est.) |
total: 24,484 km
paved: 6,798 km unpaved: 17,686 km note: data for the length of unpaved roads include the assumption that because they were listed as secondary roads, they are unpaved; some may be paved and some part of the primary roads may not be paved (1996) |
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Lithuania | total: 75,243 km
paved: 68,697 km (including 417 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,546 km (2000) |
total: 44,000 km
paved: 35,500 km unpaved: 8,500 km (2001) |
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Luxembourg | total: 5,189 km
paved: 5,189 km (including 114 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 5,166 km
paved: 5,166 km (including 118 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
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Macau | total: 271 km
paved: 271 km unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 50 km
paved: 50 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,144 km (1999 est.) |
total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,144 km (1997) |
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Madagascar | total: 49,827 km
paved: 5,780 km unpaved: 44,047 km (1999 est.) |
total: 49,837 km
paved: 5,781 km unpaved: 44,056 km (1996) |
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Malawi | total: 28,400 km
paved: 5,254 km unpaved: 23,146 km (1999 est.) |
total: 14,594 km
paved: 2,773 km unpaved: 11,821 km (2001) |
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Malaysia | total: 65,877 km
paved: 49,935 km (including 1,192 km of expressways) unpaved: 15,942 km (1999) |
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) |
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Maldives | total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km; note - Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city (1988 est.) |
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Mali | total: 15,100 km
paved: 1,827 km unpaved: 13,273 km (1999 est.) |
total: 15,100 km
paved: 1,827 km unpaved: 13,273 km (1996) |
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Malta | total: 2,254 km
paved: 1,972 km unpaved: 282 km (2000) |
total: 1,742 km
paved: 1,677 km unpaved: 65 km (1997) |
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Martinique | total: 2,105 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2000) |
total: 2,105 km (2000)
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
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Mauritius | total: 1,926 km
paved: 1,868 km (including 44 km of expressways) unpaved: 58 km (2000) |
total: 1,860 km
paved: 1,786 km (including 36 km of expressways) unpaved: 74 km (2001) |
|
Mexico | total: 329,532 km
paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways) unpaved: 221,445 km (1999 est.) |
total: 323,977 km
paved: 96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways) unpaved: 227,756 km (1997) |
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Micronesia, Federated States of | total: 240 km
paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (1999 est.) |
total: 240 km
paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (1996) |
|
Moldova | total: 12,657 km
paved: 11,012 km unpaved: 1,645 km (1999) |
total: 20,000 km
paved: 13,900 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 6,100 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
|
Monaco | total: 50 km
paved: 50 km unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
total: 50 km
paved: 50 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
|
Mongolia | total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km unpaved: 47,526 km (2000) |
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) |
|
Montserrat | total: 227 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: volcanic eruptions beginning in 1995 destroyed most of the road system (2003) |
total: 269 km
paved: 203 km unpaved: 66 km (1995) |
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Morocco | total: 57,707 km
paved: 32,547 km (including 481 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,160 km (2000) |
total: 57,847 km
paved: 30,254 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,593 km (1998) |
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Mozambique | total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km unpaved: 24,715 km (1999 est.) |
total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km unpaved: 24,715 km (1996) |
|
Namibia | total: 66,467 km
paved: 9,172 km unpaved: 57,285 km (2000) |
total: 64,800 km
paved: 5,378 km unpaved: 59,430 km (2001) |
|
Nauru | total: 30 km
paved: 24 km unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.) |
total: 30 km
paved: 24 km unpaved: 6 km (1998 est.) |
|
Nepal | total: 13,223 km
paved: 4,073 km unpaved: 9,150 km (1999 est.) |
total: 13,223 km
paved: 4,073 km unpaved: 9,150 km (April 1999) |
|
Netherlands Antilles | total: 600 km
paved: 300 km unpaved: 300 km |
total: 600 km
paved: 300 km unpaved: 300 km (1992) |
|
New Zealand | total: 92,053 km
paved: 57,809 km (including at least 190 km of expressways) unpaved: 34,244 km (2000) |
total: 92,200 km
paved: 53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways) unpaved: 38,632 km (1996) |
|
Nicaragua | total: 19,032 km
paved: 2,094 km unpaved: 16,938 km (2000) |
total: 16,382 km
paved: 1,818 km unpaved: 14,564 km (1998) |
|
Niger | total: 10,100 km
paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1999 est.) |
total: 10,100 km
paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1996) |
|
Nigeria | total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways) unpaved: 134,326 km (1999 est.) |
total: 193,200 km
paved: 59,892 km (including 1,194 km of expressways) unpaved: 133,308 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 (2001) |
|
Niue | total: 234 km
paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (2001) |
total: 234 km
paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001) |
|
Norway | total: 91,454 km
paved: 69,505 km (including 143 km of expressways) unpaved: 21,949 km (2000) |
total: 91,180 km
paved: 67,838 km (including 109 km of expressways) unpaved: 23,342 km (1999) |
|
Oman | total: 34,965 km
paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,292 km (2001) |
total: 32,800 km
paved: 9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,960 km (1996) |
|
Pakistan | total: 254,410 km
paved: 109,396 km (including 339 km of expressways) unpaved: 145,014 km (1999) |
total: 247,811 km
paved: 141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,559 km (1998) |
|
Palmyra Atoll | most of the roads and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001) | much of the road and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001) | |
Panama | total: 11,400 km
paved: 3,944 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,456 km (1999) |
total: 11,592 km
paved: 4,079 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,513 km (2000) |
|
Papua New Guinea | total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km unpaved: 18,914 km (1999 est.) |
total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km unpaved: 18,914 km (1996) |
|
Paraguay | total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km unpaved: 14,514 km (1999 est) |
total: 25,901 km
paved: 3,067 km unpaved: 22,834 km (2001) |
|
Peru | total: 72,900 km
paved: 9,331 km unpaved: 63,569 km (1999 est.) |
total: 72,900 km
paved: 8,700 km unpaved: 64,200 km (1999 est.) |
|
Philippines | total: 201,994 km
paved: 42,419 km unpaved: 159,575 km (2000) |
total: 199,950 km
paved: 39,590 km unpaved: 160,360 km (1998 est.) |
|
Poland | total: 364,656 km
paved: 249,060 km (including 358 km of expressways) unpaved: 115,596 km (2000) |
total: 381,046 km
paved: 249,966 km (including 268 km of expressways) unpaved: 131,080 km (1998) |
|
Portugal | total: 68,732 km
paved: 59,110 km (including 1441 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,622 km (2000) |
total: 68,732 km
paved: 59,110 km (including 797 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,622 km (1999) |
|
Puerto Rico | total: 14,400 km
paved: 14,400 km unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
total: 14,400 km
paved: 14,400 km unpaved: 0 km (1996) |
|
Qatar | total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km unpaved: 123 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km unpaved: 123 km (1996) |
|
Reunion | total: 2,724 km
paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of four-lane road) unpaved: 1,424 km (1994) |
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 1,600 km by local authorities (1994) |
|
Romania | total: 198,603 km
paved: 98,308 km (including 113 km of expressways) unpaved: 100,295 km (2000) |
total: 153,359 km
paved: 103,671 km (including 133 km of expressways) unpaved: 49,688 km (1998 est.) |
|
Russia | total: 532,393 km
paved: 358,833 km unpaved: 173,560 km (2000) |
total: 952,000 km
paved: 752,000 km (including about 336,000 km of conventionally paved roads, and about 416,000 km of roads with all-weather gravel surfaces) unpaved: 200,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998) |
|
Rwanda | total: 12,000 km
paved: 996 km unpaved: 11,004 km (1999 est.) |
total: 12,000 km
paved: 1,000 km unpaved: 11,000 km (1997 est.) |
|
Saint Helena | 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) |
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: 20 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km) |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 320 km
paved: 136 km unpaved: 184 km (1999 est) |
total: 320 km
paved: 136 km unpaved: 184 km (2000) |
|
Saint Lucia | total: 1,210 km
paved: 63 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,210 km
paved: 63 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1996) |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total: 114 km
paved: 69 km unpaved: 45 km |
total: 114 km
paved: 69 km unpaved: 45 km (1994 est.) |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 1,040 km
paved: 320 km unpaved: 720 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,040 km
paved: 320 km unpaved: 720 km (1996) |
|
Samoa | total: 790 km
paved: 332 km unpaved: 458 km (1999 est.) |
total: 836 km
paved: 267 km unpaved: 569 km (1983) |
|
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 320 km
paved: 218 km unpaved: 102 km (1999 est.) |
total: 320 km
paved: 218 km unpaved: 102 km (1996) |
|
Saudi Arabia | total: 151,470 km
paved: 45,592 km unpaved: 105,878 km (1999) |
total: 146,524 km
paved: 44,104 km unpaved: 102,420 km (1997 est.) |
|
Senegal | total: 14,576 km
paved: 4,271 km including 7 km of expressways unpaved: 10,305 km (2000) |
total: 14,576 km
paved: 4,271 km unpaved: 10,305 km (1996) |
|
Serbia and Montenegro | total: 49,805 km
paved: 31,029 km (including 560 km of expressways) unpaved: 18,776 km (2000) |
total: 48,603 km
paved: 28,822 km (including 560 km of expressways) unpaved: 19,781 km 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 (1999) |
|
Seychelles | total: 373 km
paved: 315 km unpaved: 58 km (1997 est.) |
total: 280 km
paved: 176 km unpaved: 104 km (1997) |
|
Sierra Leone | total: 11,330 km
paved: 895 km unpaved: 10,435 km (1999) |
total: 11,700 km
paved: 936 km unpaved: 10,764 km (2002) |
|
Singapore | total: 3,066 km
paved: 3,066 km (including 150 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 3,150 km
paved: 3,066 km (including 150 km of expressways) unpaved: 84 km (2000) |
|
Slovakia | total: 42,717 km
paved: 37,036 km (including 296 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,681 km (2000) |
total: 17,710 km
paved: 17,533 km (including 288 km of expressways) unpaved: 177 km (1998 est.) |
|
Slovenia | total: 20,177 km
paved: 20,157 km (including 427 km of expressways) unpaved: 20 km (2000) |
total: 19,586 km
paved: 17,745 km (including 249 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,841 km (1998 est.) |
|
Solomon Islands | total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km unpaved: 1,326 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km unpaved: 1,326 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (1996 est.) |
|
Somalia | total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1999 est.) |
total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1996) |
|
South Africa | total: 362,099 km
paved: 73,506 km (including 2,032 km of expressways) unpaved: 288,593 km (2000) |
total: 358,596 km
paved: 59,753 km (including 1,927 km of expressways) unpaved: 298,843 km (1996) |
|
Spain | total: 663,795 km
paved: 657,157 km (including 10,317 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,638 km (1999) |
total: 346,858 km
paved: 343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,469 km (1997) |
|
Sri Lanka | total: 96,695 km
paved: 91,860 km unpaved: 4,835 km (1999) |
total: 11,285 km
paved: 10,721 km unpaved: 564 km (1998 est.) |
|
Sudan | total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km unpaved: 7,580 km (1999 est.) |
total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km unpaved: 7,580 km (1996) |
|
Suriname | total: 4,492 km
paved: 1,168 km unpaved: 3,324 km (2000) |
total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km unpaved: 3,352 km (1996) |
|
Swaziland | total: 3,247 km
paved: NA unpaved: NA (1998) |
total: 3,800 km
paved: 1,064 km unpaved: 2,736 km (2002) |
|
Sweden | total: 212,402 km
paved: 166,523 km (including 1,499 km of expressways) unpaved: 45,879 km (2000) |
total: 210,760 km
paved: 162,707 km (including 1,428 km of expressways) unpaved: 48,053 km (1999) |
|
Switzerland | total: 71,011 km
paved: 71,011 km (including 1,638 of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
total: 71,059 km (including 1,638 km of expressways)
paved: 71,059 km unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
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Syria | total: 43,381 km
paved: 10,021 km (including 877 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,360 km (1999) |
total: 41,451 km
paved: 9,575 km (including 877 km of expressways) unpaved: 31,876 km (1997) |
|
Taiwan | total: 35,931 km
paved: 31,583 km (including 608 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,348 km (2000) |
total: 34,901 km
paved: 31,271 km (including 538 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,630 km (1998 est.) |
|
Tajikistan | total: 27,767 km
paved: NA unpaved: NA (2000) |
total: 29,900 km
paved: 21,400 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 8,500 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
|
Tanzania | total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.) |
total: 85,000 km
paved: 4,250 km unpaved: 80,750 km (2001) |
|
Thailand | total: 64,600 km
paved: 62,985 km unpaved: 1,615 km (1999 est.) |
total: 64,600 km
paved: 62,985 km unpaved: 1,615 km (1996) |
|
Togo | total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km unpaved: 5,144 km (1999 est.) |
total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km unpaved: 5,144 km (1996) |
|
Tonga | total: 680 km
paved: 184 km unpaved: 496 km (1999 est.) |
total: 680 km
paved: 184 km unpaved: 496 km (1996) |
|
Trinidad and Tobago | total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1999 est.) |
total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1996) |
|
Tunisia | total: 18,997 km
paved: 12,310 km (including 142 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,687 km (2000) |
total: 23,100 km
paved: 18,226 km unpaved: 4,874 km (1996) |
|
Turkey | total: 385,960 km
paved: 131,226 km (including 1,749 km of expressways) unpaved: 254,734 km (1999) |
total: 382,059 km
paved: 106,976 km (including 1,726 km of expressways) unpaved: 275,083 km (1999 est.) |
|
Turkmenistan | total: 24,000 km
paved: 19,488 km unpaved: 4,512 km (1999 est.) |
total: 22,000 km
paved: 18,000 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 4,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996) |
|
Tuvalu | total: 8 km
paved: 0 km unpaved: 8 km (1999 est.) |
total: 19.5 km
paved: 0 km unpaved: 19.5 km (2002) |
|
Uganda | total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,809 km unpaved: 25,191 km (1999 est.) |
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,800 km unpaved: 25,200 km (of which about 4,200 km are all-weather roads) (1990) |
|
Ukraine | total: 169,491 km
paved: 163,898 km unpaved: 5,593 km (2000) |
total: 273,700 km
paved: 236,400 km (including 1,770 km of expressways and a substantial amount of all-weather roads with gravel surfaces) unpaved: 37,300 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
|
United Arab Emirates | total: 1,088 km
paved: 1,088 km (including 253 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
total: 4,835 km
paved: 4,835 km unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
|
United Kingdom | total: 371,913 km
paved: 371,913 km (including 3,358 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
total: 371,603 km
paved: 371,603 km (including 3,303 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
|
United States | total: 6,334,859 km
paved: 3,737,567 km (including 89,426 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,597,292 km (2000) |
total: 6,370,031 km
paved: 5,733,028 km (including 74,091 km of expressways) unpaved: 637,003 km (1997) |
|
Uruguay | total: 8,983 km
paved: 8,081 km unpaved: 902 km (1999 est.) |
total: 8,764 km
paved: 7,800 km unpaved: 964 km (2001) |
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Uzbekistan | total: 81,600 km
paved: 71,237 km unpaved: 10,363 km (1999 est.) |
total: 81,600 km
paved: 71,237 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 10,363 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
|
Vanuatu | total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km unpaved: 814 km (1999 est.) |
total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km unpaved: 814 km (1996) |
|
Venezuela | total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1999 est.) |
total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.) |
|
Vietnam | total: 93,300 km
paved: 23,418 km unpaved: 69,882 km (1999 est.) |
total: 93,300 km
paved: 23,418 km unpaved: 69,882 km (1996) |
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Virgin Islands | total: 856 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: the only US possession where driving on the left side of the road is practiced (2000) |
total: 856 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: the only US posession where driving on the left side of the road is practiced (2000) |
|
West Bank | total: 4,500 km
paved: 2,700 km unpaved: 1,800 km note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements (1997 est.) |
total: 4,500 km
paved: 2,700 km unpaved: 1,800 km (1997 est.) note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements |
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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.) |
|
Yemen | total: 67,000 km
paved: 7,705 km unpaved: 59,295 km (1999 est.) |
total: 69,263 km
paved: 9,963 km unpaved: 59,300 km (1999) |
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Zambia | total: 66,781 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.) |
total: 66,781 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1997 est.) |
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Zimbabwe | total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.) |
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km unpaved: 9,646 km (2002) |