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Roadways (km)
Afghanistan total: 34,782 km
paved: 8,229 km
unpaved: 26,553 km (2004)
Albania total: 18,000 km
paved: 7,020 km
unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Algeria total: 108,302 km
paved: 76,028 km
unpaved: 32,274 km (2004)
American Samoa total: 185 km (2004)
Andorra total: 269 km
paved: 198 km
unpaved: 71 km
Angola total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,349 km
unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)
Anguilla total: 175 km
paved: 82 km
unpaved: 93 km (2004)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 1,165 km
paved: 384 km
unpaved: 781 km (2002)
Argentina total: 229,144 km
paved: 68,809 km (including 734 km of expressways)
unpaved: 160,335 km (2004)
Armenia total: 7,633 km
paved: 7,633 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) (2003)
Aruba total: 800 km
paved: 513 km
unpaved: 287 km
Australia total: 810,641 km
paved: 336,962 km
unpaved: 473,679 km (2004)
Austria total: 133,718 km
paved: 133,718 km (including 1,677 km of expressways) (2003)
Azerbaijan total: 59,141 km
paved: 29,210 km
unpaved: 29,931 km (2004)
Bahamas, The total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km
unpaved: 1,147 km (1999)
Bahrain total: 3,498 km
paved: 2,768 km
unpaved: 730 km (2003)
Bangladesh total: 239,226 km
paved: 22,726 km
unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)
Barbados total: 1,600 km
paved: 1,600 km (2004)
Belarus total: 93,310 km
paved: 81,180 km
unpaved: 12,130 km (2004)
Belgium total: 150,567 km
paved: 117,442 km (including 1,747 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,125 km (2004)
Belize total: 2,872 km
paved: 488 km
unpaved: 2,384 km (1999)
Benin total: 16,000 km
paved: 1,400 km
unpaved: 14,600 km (2005)
Bermuda total: 447 km
paved: 447 km
note: public roads - 225 km; private roads - 222 km (2002)
Bhutan total: 8,050 km
paved: 4,991 km
unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)
Bolivia total: 62,479 km
paved: 3,749 km
unpaved: 56,730 km (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 21,846 km
paved: 11,425 km (4,686 km of interurban roads)
unpaved: 10,421 km (2005)
Botswana total: 24,455 km
paved: 8,914 km
unpaved: 15,441 km (2004)
Brazil total: 1,751,868 km
paved: 96,353 km
unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)
British Indian Ocean Territory total: NA
paved: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands total: 177 km
paved: 177 km (2002)
Brunei total: 2,525 km
paved: 2,338 km
unpaved: 187 km (2000)
Bulgaria total: 44,033 km
paved: 43,593 km (including 333 km of expressways)
unpaved: 440 km (2004)
Burkina Faso total: 15,272 km
paved: 4,766 km
unpaved: 10,506 km (2004)
Burma total: 27,000 km
paved: 3,200 km
unpaved: 23,800 km (2005)
Burundi total: 12,322 km
paved: 1,286 km
unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)
Cambodia total: 38,257 km
paved: 2,406 km
unpaved: 35,851 km (2004)
Cameroon total: 50,000 km
paved: 5,000 km
unpaved: 45,000 km (2004)
Canada total: 1,042,300 km
paved: 415,600 km (including 17,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 626,700 km (2005)
Cape Verde total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km
unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Cayman Islands total: 785 km
paved: 785 km (2002)
Central African Republic total: 23,810 km (1999)
Chad total: 33,400 km
paved: 267 km
unpaved: 33,133 km (1999)
Chile total: 79,605 km
paved: 16,080 km (including 407 km of expressways)
unpaved: 63,525 km (2001)
China total: 1,870,661 km
paved: 1,515,797 km (with at least 34,288 km of expressways)
unpaved: 354,864 km (2004)
Christmas Island total: 142 km
paved: 32 km
unpaved: 110 km (2006)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: 22 km
paved: 10 km
unpaved: 12 km (2006)
Colombia total: 112,988 km
paved: 16,270 km
unpaved: 96,718 km (2004)
Comoros total: 880 km
paved: 673 km
unpaved: 207 km (1999)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 153,497 km
paved: 2,794 km
unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)
Congo, Republic of the total: 17,289 km
paved: 864 km
unpaved: 16,425 km (2004)
Cook Islands total: 320 km
paved: 33 km
unpaved: 287 km (2003)
Costa Rica total: 35,330 km
paved: 8,621 km
unpaved: 26,709 km (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 80,000 km
paved: 6,500 km
unpaved: 73,500 km
note: includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable (2006)
Croatia total: 28,344 km
paved: 24,186 km (including 742 km of expressways)
unpaved: 4,158 km (2004)
Cuba total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (1999)
Cyprus total: 14,496 km (Republic of Cyprus: 12,146 km; north Cyprus: 2,350 km)
paved: Republic of Cyprus: 7,845 km (including 276 km of expressways); north Cyprus: 1,370 km
unpaved: Republic of Cyprus: 4,301 km; north Cyprus: 980 km (2005/1996 est.)
Czech Republic total: 127,747 km
paved: 127,747 km (including 518 km of expressways) (2003)
Denmark total: 72,257 km
paved: 72,257 km (including 1,032 km of expressways) (2005)
Djibouti total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km
unpaved: 2,526 km (1999)
Dominica total: 780 km
paved: 393 km
unpaved: 387 km (1999)
Dominican Republic total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km
unpaved: 6,376 km (1999)
East Timor total: 5,000 km
paved: 2,500 km
unpaved: 2,500 km (2005)
Ecuador total: 43,197 km
paved: 6,467 km
unpaved: 36,730 km (2004)
Egypt total: 92,370 km
paved: 74,820 km
unpaved: 17,550 km (2004)
El Salvador total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km
unpaved: 8,043 km (1999)
Equatorial Guinea total: 2,880 km (1999)
Eritrea total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (1999)
Estonia total: 56,856 km
paved: 13,384 km (including 99 km of expressways)
unpaved: 43,472 km (2004)
Ethiopia total: 36,469 km
paved: 6,980 km
unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
European Union total: 2,294,641 km (including 61,522 km of expressways)
paved: 1,809,821 km
unpaved: 584,820 km (2005)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: 440 km
paved: 50 km
unpaved: 390 km (2003)
Faroe Islands total: 458 km
note: no roads between towns (2003)
Fiji total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (1999)
Finland total: 78,189 km
paved: 50,633 km (including 653 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,556 km (2006)
France total: 956,303 km (including 5,083 km of roads in the overseas departments)
paved: 951,220 km (metropolitan France; including 10,490 km of expressways) (2004)
French Polynesia total: 2,590 km
paved: 1,735 km
unpaved: 855 km (1999)
Gabon total: 9,170 km
paved: 937 km
unpaved: 8,233 km (2004)
Gambia, The total: 3,742 km
paved: 723 km
unpaved: 3,019 km (2004)
Gaza Strip note: see entry for West Bank
Georgia total: 20,247 km
paved: 7,973 km
unpaved: 12,274 km (2004)
Germany total: 231,581 km
paved: 231,581 km (including 12,200 km of expressways) (2005)
Ghana total: 42,623 km
paved: 3,267 km
unpaved: 39,356 km (2004)
Gibraltar total: 29 km
paved: 29 km (2002)
Greece total: 114,931 km
paved: 105,507 km (including 880 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,424 km (2004)
Greenland total: NA
note: while there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-town transport takes place either by sea or air (2005)
Grenada total: 1,127 km
paved: 687 km
unpaved: 440 km (1999)
Guam total: 977 km (2004)
Guatemala total: 14,095 km
paved: 4,863 km (including 75 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,232 km (1999)
Guernsey total: NA
Guinea total: 44,348 km
paved: 4,342 km
unpaved: 40,006 km (2003)
Guinea-Bissau total: 3,455 km
paved: 965 km
unpaved: 2,490 km (2002)
Guyana total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km
unpaved: 7,380 km (1999)
Haiti total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km
unpaved: 3,149 km (1999)
Honduras total: 13,603 km
paved: 2,775 km
unpaved: 10,828 km (1999)
Hong Kong total: 1,955 km
paved: 1,955 km (2005)
Hungary total: 159,568 km
paved: 70,050 km (30,874 km of interurban roads including 626 km of expressways)
unpaved: 89,518 km (2005)
Iceland total: 13,028 km
paved/oiled gravel: 4,241 km (does not include urban roads)
unpaved: 8,787 km (2005)
India total: 3,383,344 km
paved: 1,603,705 km
unpaved: 1,779,639 km (2002)
Indonesia total: 368,360 km
paved: 213,649 km
unpaved: 154,711 km (2002)
Iran total: 179,388 km
paved: 120,782 km (including 878 km of expressways)
unpaved: 58,606 km (2003)
Iraq total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km
unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)
Ireland total: 96,602 km
paved: 96,602 km (including 200 km of expressways) (2003)
Isle of Man total: 800 km
paved: 800 km (1999)
Israel total: 17,446 km
paved: 17,446 km (including 144 km of expressways) (2004)
Italy total: 484,688 km
paved: 484,688 km (including 6,621 km of expressways) (2004)
Jamaica total: 20,996 km
paved: 15,386 km (including 33 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,610 km (2004)
Japan total: 1.183 million km
paved: 925,000 km (including 6,946 km of expressways)
unpaved: 258,000 km (2003)
Jersey total: 577 km
Jordan total: 7,500 km
paved: 7,500 km (2004)
Kazakhstan total: 90,018 km
paved: 84,104 km
unpaved: 5,914 km (2004)
Kenya total: 63,265 km (interurban roads)
paved: 8,933 km
unpaved: 54,332 km
note: there also are 100,000 km of rural roads and 14,500 km of urban roads for a national total of 177,765 km (2004)
Kiribati total: 670 km (1999)
Korea, North total: 31,200 km
paved: 1,997 km
unpaved: 29,203 km (1999 est.)
Korea, South total: 100,279 km
paved: 87,032 km (including 3,060 km of expressways)
unpaved: 13,247 km (2004)
Kuwait total: 5,749 km
paved: 4,887 km
unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Kyrgyzstan total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,854 km
unpaved: 1,646 km (1999)
Laos total: 31,210 km
paved: 4,494 km
unpaved: 26,716 km (2003)
Latvia total: 69,532 km
paved: 69,532 km (2004)
Lebanon total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,198 km
unpaved: 1,102 km (1999)
Lesotho 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 (1999)
Libya total: 83,200 km
paved: 47,590 km
unpaved: 35,610 km (1999)
Liechtenstein total: 380 km
paved: 380 km (2006)
Lithuania total: 79,497 km
paved: 70,549 km (including 417 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,948 km (2005)
Luxembourg total: 5,227 km
paved: 5,227 km (including 147 km of expressways) (2004)
Macau total: 368 km
paved: 368 km (2005)
Macedonia total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km
unpaved: 3,144 km (1999)
Madagascar total: 49,827 km
paved: 5,780 km
unpaved: 44,047 km (1999)
Malawi total: 15,451 km
paved: 6,956 km
unpaved: 8,495 km (2003)
Malaysia total: 98,721 km
paved: 80,280 km (including 1,821 km of expressways)
unpaved: 18,441 km (2004)
Maldives total: 88 km
paved roads: 88 km - 60 km in Male; 14 km on Addu Atolis; 14 km on Laamu
note: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006)
Mali total: 18,709 km
paved: 3,368 km
unpaved: 15,341 km (2004)
Malta total: 2,227 km
paved: 2,014 km
unpaved: 213 km (2004)
Marshall Islands total: 64.5 km
paved: 64.5 km
note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks (2002)
Mauritania total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km
unpaved: 6,794 km (1999)
Mauritius total: 2,020 km
paved: 2,020 km (including 75 km of expressways) (2005)
Mayotte total: 93 km
paved: 72 km
unpaved: 21 km
Mexico total: 235,670 km
paved: 116,751 km (including 6,144 km of expressways)
unpaved: 118,919 km (2004)
Micronesia, Federated States of total: 240 km
paved: 42 km
unpaved: 198 km (1999)
Midway Islands total: NA
Moldova total: 12,733 km
paved: 10,976 km
unpaved: 1,757 km (2004)
Monaco total: 50 km
paved: 50 km (1999)
Mongolia total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km
unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)
Montenegro total: 7,353 km
paved: 4,274 km
unpaved: 3,079 km (2005)
Montserrat total: 227 km
note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the road system (2003)
Morocco total: 57,493 km
paved: 32,716 km (including 507 km of expressways)
unpaved: 24,777 km (2004)
Mozambique total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1999)
Namibia total: 42,237 km
paved: 5,406 km
unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)
Nauru total: 30 km
paved: 24 km
unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.)
Nepal total: 17,380 km
paved: 9,886 km
unpaved: 7,494 km (2004)
Netherlands total: 134,000 km (including 3,270 km of expressways) (2004)
New Caledonia total: 5,432 km (2000)
New Zealand total: 92,931 km
paved: 59,783 km (including 171 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,148 km (2003)
Nicaragua total: 19,036 km
paved: 2,299 km
unpaved: 16,737 km (2005)
Niger total: 14,565 km
paved: 3,641 km
unpaved: 10,924 km (2004)
Nigeria total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km
unpaved: 134,326 km (1999)
Niue total: 234 km
paved: 86 km
unpaved: 148 km (2001)
Norfolk Island total: 80 km
paved: 53 km
unpaved: 27 km (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 536 km (2004)
Norway total: 92,513 km
paved: 71,832 km (including 664 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,681 km (2005)
Oman total: 34,965 km
paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)
Pakistan total: 258,340 km
paved: 167,146 km (including 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 91,194 km (2004)
Palau total: 61 km
paved: 36 km
unpaved: 25 km
Panama total: 11,643 km
paved: 4,028 km
unpaved: 7,615 km (2000)
Papua New Guinea total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (1999)
Paraguay total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (1999)
Peru total: 78,829 km
paved: 11,351 km (including 276 km of expressways)
unpaved: 67,478 km (2004)
Philippines total: 200,037 km
paved: 19,804 km
unpaved: 180,233 km (2003)
Pitcairn Islands total: 6 km
unpaved: 6 km (dirt roads)
Poland total: 423,997 km
paved: 295,356 km (including 484 km of expressways)
unpaved: 128,641 km (2004)
Portugal total: 78,470 km
paved: 67,484 km (including 2,002 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,986 km (2004)
Puerto Rico total: 25,735 km
paved: 24,353 km (including 427 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,382 km (2005)
Qatar total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km
unpaved: 123 km (1999)
Romania total: 198,817 km
paved: 60,043 km (including 228 km of expressways)
unpaved: 138,774 km (2004)
Russia total: 871,000 km
paved: 738,000 km (including 29,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 133,000 km
note: includes public and departmental roads (2004)
Rwanda total: 14,008 km
paved: 2,662 km
unpaved: 11,346 km (2004)
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) (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 320 km
paved: 138 km
unpaved: 182 km (1999 est)
Saint Lucia total: 910 km
paved: 48 km
unpaved: 862 km (2000)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 829 km
paved: 580 km
unpaved: 249 km (2003)
Samoa total: 2,337 km
paved: 332 km
unpaved: 2,005 km (2004)
San Marino total: 104 km
paved: 104 km (2003)
Sao Tome and Principe total: 320 km
paved: 218 km
unpaved: 102 km (1999)
Saudi Arabia total: 152,044 km
paved: 45,461 km
unpaved: 106,583 km (2000)
Senegal total: 13,576 km
paved: 3,972 km (including 7 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,604 km (2003)
Serbia total: 37,887 km
paved: 23,937 km
unpaved: 13,950 km (2002)
Seychelles total: 458 km
paved: 440 km
unpaved: 18 km (2003)
Sierra Leone total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (2002)
Singapore total: 3,234 km
paved: 3,234 km (including 150 km of expressways) (2005)
Slovakia total: 42,993 km
paved: 37,533 km (including 316 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,460 km (2004)
Slovenia total: 38,451 km
paved: 38,451 km (including 483 km of expressways) (2004)
Solomon Islands total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km
unpaved: 1,326 km (1999)
Somalia total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km
unpaved: 19,492 km (1999)
South Africa total: 362,099 km
paved: 73,506 km (including 239 km of expressways)
unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)
Spain total: 666,292 km
paved: 659,629 km (including 12,009 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,663 km (2003)
Sri Lanka total: 97,287 km
paved: 78,802 km
unpaved: 18,485 km (2003)
Sudan total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (1999)
Suriname total: 4,304 km
paved: 1,130 km
unpaved: 3,174 km (2003)
Swaziland total: 3,594 km
paved: 1,078 km
unpaved: 2,516 km (2002)
Sweden total: 424,947 km
paved: 129,651 km (including 1,591 km of expressways)
unpaved: 295,296 km (2004)
Switzerland total: 71,297 km
paved: 71,297 km (including 1,728 of expressways) (2004)
Syria total: 94,890 km
paved: 19,073 km
unpaved: 75,817 km (2004)
Taiwan total: 37,299 km
paved: 35,621 km (including 789 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,678 km (2002)
Tajikistan total: 27,767 km (2000)
Tanzania total: 78,891 km
paved: 6,808 km
unpaved: 72,083 km (2003)
Thailand total: 57,403 km
paved: 56,542 km
unpaved: 861 km (2000)
Togo total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km
unpaved: 5,144 km (1999)
Tonga total: 680 km
paved: 184 km
unpaved: 496 km (1999)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km
unpaved: 4,068 km (1999)
Tunisia total: 19,232 km
paved: 12,655 km (including 262 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,577 km (2004)
Turkey total: 426,906 km
paved: 177,550 km (including 1,892 km of expressways)
unpaved: 249,356 km (2004)
Turkmenistan total: 24,000 km
paved: 19,488 km
unpaved: 4,512 km (1999)
Turks and Caicos Islands total: 121 km
paved: 24 km
unpaved: 97 km (2003)
Tuvalu total: 8 km
paved: 8 km (2002)
Uganda total: 70,746 km
paved: 16,272 km
unpaved: 54,474 km (2003)
Ukraine total: 169,477 km
paved: 164,732 km (including 15 km of expressways)
unpaved: 4,745 km (2004)
United Arab Emirates total: 1,088 km
paved: 1,088 km (including 253 km of expressways) (1999)
United Kingdom total: 388,008 km
paved: 388,008 km (including 3,520 km of expressways) (2005)
United States total: 6,430,366 km
paved: 4,165,110 km (including 75,009 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,265,256 km (2005)
Uruguay total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2004)
Uzbekistan total: 81,600 km
paved: 71,237 km
unpaved: 10,363 km (1999)
Vanuatu total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km
unpaved: 814 km (1999)
Venezuela total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1999)
Vietnam total: 222,179 km
paved: 42,167 km
unpaved: 180,012 km (2004)
Virgin Islands total: 1,257 km (2004)
West Bank total: 4,996 km
paved: 4,996 km
note: includes Gaza Strip (2004)
World total: 32,345,165 km
paved: 19,403,061 km
unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002)
Yemen total: 71,300 km
paved: 6,200 km
unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)
Zambia total: 91,440 km
paved: 20,117 km
unpaved: 71,323 km (2001)
Zimbabwe total: 97,440 km
paved: 18,514 km
unpaved: 78,926 km (2002)

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