Field Listing :: Roadways
Afghanistan
total: 42,150 km
paved: 12,350 km
unpaved: 29,800 km (2006)
Albania
total: 18,000 km
paved: 7,020 km
unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Algeria
total: 113,655 km
paved: 87,605 km (includes 645 km of expressways)
unpaved: 26,050 km (2010)
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)
Argentina
total: 231,374 km
paved: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways)
unpaved: 161,962 km (2004)
Australia
total: 823,217 km
paved: 356,343 km
unpaved: 466,874 km (2011)
Austria
total: 124,508 km
paved: 124,508 km (includes 1,719 km of expressways) (2012)
Azerbaijan
total: 52,942 km
paved: 26,789 km
unpaved: 26,153 km (2006)
Bahamas, The
total: 2,717 km
paved: 1,560 km
unpaved: 1,157 km (2002)
Bahrain
total: 4,122 km
paved: 3,392 km
unpaved: 730 km (2010)
Bangladesh
total: 21,269 km
paved: 1,063 km
unpaved: 20,206 km (2010)
Barbados
total: 1,600 km
paved: 1,600 km (2004)
Belarus
total: 86,392 km
paved: 74,651 km
unpaved: 11,741 km (2010)
Belgium
total: 154,012 km
paved: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,498 km (2010)
Belize
total: 3,007 km
paved: 575 km
unpaved: 2,432 km (2006)
Benin
total: 16,000 km
paved: 1,400 km
unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)
Bermuda
total: 447 km
paved: 447 km
note: 225 km public roads; 222 km private roads (2007)
Bhutan
total: 8,050 km
paved: 4,991 km (includes 622 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)
Bolivia
total: 80,488 km
paved: 11,993 km
unpaved: 68,495 km (2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 22,926 km
paved: 19,426 km (4,652 km of interurban roads)
unpaved: 3,500 km (2010)
Botswana
total: 17,916 km
note: includes 8,916 km of Public Highway Network roads (6,116 km paved and 2,800 km unpaved) and other 9,000 km of District Council roads (2011)
Brazil
total: 1,580,964 km
paved: 212,798 km
unpaved: 1,368,166 km
note: does not include urban roads (2010)
Brunei
total: 3,029 km
paved: 2,425 km
unpaved: 604 km (2010)
Bulgaria
total: 19,512 km
paved: 19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways)
unpaved: 277 km
note: does not include Category IV local roads (2011)
Burkina Faso
total: 15,272 km
note: does not include urban roads (2010)
Burma
total: 34,377 km (includes 358 km of expressways) (2010)
Burundi
total: 12,322 km
paved: 1,286 km
unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)
Cambodia
total: 39,618 km
paved: 2,492 km
unpaved: 37,126 km (2009)
Cameroon
total: 50,000 km
paved: 5,000 km
unpaved: 45,000 km
note: there are 28,857 km of national roads (2008)
Canada
total: 1,042,300 km
paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 626,700 km (2008)
Cape Verde
total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km
unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Chad
total: 40,000 km
note: consists of 25,000 km of national and regional roads and 15,000 km of local roads; 206 km of urban roads are paved (2011)
Chile
total: 77,764 km
paved: 18,119 km (includes 2,387 km of expressways)
unpaved: 59,645 km (2010)
China
total: 4,106,387 km
paved: 3,453,890 km (includes 84,946 km of expressways)
unpaved: 652,497 km (2011)
Comoros
total: 880 km
paved: 673 km
unpaved: 207 km (2002)
Cook Islands
total: 320 km
paved: 33 km
unpaved: 287 km (2003)
Costa Rica
total: 38,049 km
paved: 9,619 km
unpaved: 28,430 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: 29,343 km (includes 1,047 km of expressways) (2008)
Cuba
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressways)
unpaved: 31,038 km (2000)
Cyprus
total: 14,671 km
Czech Republic
total: 127,797 km (includes urban roads)
paved: 127,797 km (includes 730 km of expressways) (2008)
Denmark
total: 73,197 km
paved: 73,197 km (includes 1,111 km of expressways) (2008)
Djibouti
total: 3,065 km
paved: 1,226 km
unpaved: 1,839 km (2000)
Dominica
total: 780 km
paved: 393 km
unpaved: 387 km (2000)
Ecuador
total: 43,670 km
paved: 6,472 km
unpaved: 37,198 km (2006)
Egypt
total: 65,050 km
paved: 47,500 km
unpaved: 17,550 km (2009)
El Salvador
total: 10,886 km
paved: 2,827 km (includes 327 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,059 km (2000)
Eritrea
total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (2000)
Estonia
total: 58,034 km (includes 41,912 km urban roads)
paved: 34,936 km (includes 104 km of expressways)
unpaved: 23,098 km (2009)
Ethiopia
total: 36,469 km
paved: 6,980 km
unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
Fiji
total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (2000)
Finland
total: 78,141 km
paved: 50,914 km (includes 739 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,227 km (2009)
France
total: 951,200 km (metropolitan France; includes 11,100 km of expressways)
note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2007)
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)
Georgia
total: 20,329 km
paved: 19,123 km (includes 13 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,206 km (2006)
Germany
total: 644,480 km
paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)
note: includes local roads (2008)
Ghana
total: 62,221 km
paved: 9,955 km
unpaved: 52,266 km (2006)
Greece
total: 116,711 km (includes 948 km of expressways) (2005)
Greenland
note: although there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-urban transport takes place either by sea or air (2005)
Grenada
total: 1,127 km
paved: 687 km
unpaved: 440 km (2000)
Guam
total: 1,045 km (2008)
Guatemala
total: 14,095 km
paved: 4,863 km (includes 75 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,232 km (2000)
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 (2000)
Haiti
total: 4,266 km
paved: 768 km
unpaved: 3,498 km (2009)
Honduras
total: 14,239 km
paved: 3,159 km
unpaved: 11,080 km (1,420 km summer only) (2009)
Hong Kong
total: 2,067 km
paved: 2,067 km (2010)
Hungary
total: 197,519 km
paved: 74,993 km (43,898 km of interurban roads including 911 km of expressways)
unpaved: 112,526 km (2010)
Iceland
total: 12,869 km
paved/oiled gravel: 4,438 km (does not include urban roads)
unpaved: 8,431 km (2009)
India
total: 3,320,410 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2009)
Indonesia
total: 437,759 km
paved: 258,744 km
unpaved: 179,015 km (2008)
Iran
total: 172,927 km
paved: 125,908 km (includes 1,429 km of expressways)
unpaved: 47,019 km (2006)
Iraq
total: 44,900 km
paved: 37,851 km
unpaved: 7,049 km (2002)
Ireland
total: 96,036 km
paved: 96,036 km (includes 1,224 km of expressways) (2010)
Israel
total: 18,290 km
paved: 18,290 km (includes 146 km of expressways) (2008)
Italy
total: 487,700 km
paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)
Jamaica
total: 22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways) (2005)
Japan
total: 1,210,251 km
paved: 973,234 km (includes 7,803 km of expressways)
unpaved: 237,017 km (2008)
Jordan
total: 7,891 km
paved: 7,891 km (2009)
Kazakhstan
total: 93,612 km
paved: 84,100 km
unpaved: 9,512 km (2008)
Kenya
total: 160,886 km
paved: 11,197 km
unpaved: 149,689 km (2008)
Korea, North
total: 25,554 km
paved: 724 km
unpaved: 24,830 km (2006)
Korea, South
total: 103,029 km
paved: 80,642 km (includes 3,367 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,387 km (2008)
Kosovo
total: 1,964 km
paved: 1,706 km
unpaved: 258 km (2009)
Kuwait
total: 5,749 km
paved: 4,887 km
unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Laos
total: 39,568 km
paved: 530 km
unpaved: 39,038 km (2007)
Latvia
total: 73,074 km
paved: 14,459 km
unpaved: 58,615 km (2010)
Lebanon
total: 6,970 km (includes 170 km of expressways) (2005)
Lesotho
total: 7,091 km
paved: 1,404 km
unpaved: 5,687 km (2003)
Liberia
total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943 km (2000)
Libya
total: 100,024 km
paved: 57,214 km
unpaved: 42,810 km (2003)
Lithuania
total: 82,131 km
paved: 72,048 km (includes 309 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,083 km (2010)
Luxembourg
total: 5,227 km
paved: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2008)
Macau
total: 413 km
paved: 413 km (2009)
Macedonia
total: 13,736 km (includes 216 km of expressways) (2010)
Madagascar
total: 65,663 km
paved: 7,617 km
unpaved: 58,046 km (2003)
Malawi
total: 15,451 km
paved: 6,956 km
unpaved: 8,495 km (2003)
Malaysia
total: 98,721 km
paved: 80,280 km (includes 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: island roads are mainly compacted coral (2013)
Mali
total: 18,912 km
paved: 3,597 km
unpaved: 15,315 km (2004)
Malta
total: 3,096 km
paved: 2,710 km
unpaved: 386 km (2005)
Mauritania
total: 11,066 km
paved: 2,966 km
unpaved: 8,100 km (2006)
Mauritius
total: 2,066 km
paved: 2,066 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2009)
Mexico
total: 366,095 km
paved: 132,289 km (includes 6,279 km of expressways)
unpaved: 233,806 km (2008)
Moldova
total: 9,343 km
paved: 8,810 km
unpaved: 533 km (2008)
Monaco
total: 77 km
paved: 77 km (2007)
Mongolia
total: 49,249 km
paved: 3,015 km
unpaved: 46,234 km (2010)
Montenegro
total: 7,624 km
paved: 5,097 km
unpaved: 2,527 km (2008)
Montserrat
note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has been built on the north end of the island (2008)
Morocco
total: 58,256 km
paved: 39,480 km (includes 866 km of expressways)
unpaved: 18,776 km (2006)
Mozambique
total: 30,331 km
paved: 6,303 km
unpaved: 24,028 km (2000)
Namibia
total: 64,189 km
paved: 5,477 km
unpaved: 58,712 km (2010)
Nauru
total: 24 km
paved: 24 km (2002)
Nepal
total: 17,282 km
paved: 10,142 km
unpaved: 7,140 km (2007)
Netherlands
total: 136,827 km (includes 2,631 km of expressways) (2008)
New Zealand
total: 93,911 km
paved: 61,879 km (includes 172 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,032 km (2009)
Nicaragua
total: 19,137 km
paved: 2,033 km
unpaved: 17,104 km (2009)
Niger
total: 18,949 km
paved: 3,912 km
unpaved: 15,037 km (2008)
Nigeria
total: 193,200 km
paved: 28,980 km
unpaved: 164,220 km (2004)
Niue
total: 120 km
paved: 120 km (2008)
Norway
total: 93,509 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2007)
Oman
total: 45,985 km
paved: 29,685 km (includes 1,384 km of expressways)
unpaved: 16,300 km (2011)
Pakistan
total: 260,760 km
paved: 180,910 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 79,850 km (2007)
Panama
total: 11,978 km
paved: 4,300 km
unpaved: 7,678 km (2002)
Paraguay
total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (2000)
Peru
total: 140,672 km (of which 18,698 km are paved)
note: includes 24,593 km of national roads (of which 14,748 km are paved), 24,235 km of departmental roads (2,340 km paved), and 91,844 km of local roads (1,611 km paved) (2012)
Philippines
total: 213,151 km
paved: 54,481 km
unpaved: 158,670 km (2009)
Poland
total: 423,997 km
paved: 295,356 km (includes 765 km of expressways)
unpaved: 128,641 km (2008)
Portugal
total: 82,900 km
paved: 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,606 km (2008)
Puerto Rico
total: 26,670 km
paved: 25,337 km (includes 427 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,333 km (2008)
Qatar
total: 7,790 km (2006)
Romania
total: 82,386 km (does not include urban roads)
paved: 71,154 km (includes 371 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,232 km (2009)
Russia
total: 982,000 km
paved: 776,000 km (includes 30,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 206,000 km
note: includes public, local, and departmental roads (2009)
Rwanda
total: 14,008 km
paved: 2,662 km
unpaved: 11,346 km (2004)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)
paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
Samoa
total: 2,337 km
paved: 332 km
unpaved: 2,005 km (2001)
Saudi Arabia
total: 221,372 km
paved: 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)
unpaved: 173,843 km (2006)
Senegal
total: 14,008 km
paved: 4,099 km (includes 7 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,909 km (2003)
Serbia
total: 41,913 km
paved: 26,007 km
unpaved: 15,906 km (2007)
Seychelles
total: 508 km
paved: 490 km
unpaved: 18 km (2003)
Sierra Leone
total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (2002)
Singapore
total: 3,356 km
paved: 3,356 km (includes 161 km of expressways) (2009)
Slovakia
total: 43,761 km
paved: 38,085 km (includes 384 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,676 km (2008)
Slovenia
total: 38,925 km
paved: 38,925 km (includes 658 km of expressways) (2008)
Solomon Islands
total: 1,360 km
paved: 33 km
unpaved: 1,327 km
note: includes 800 km of private plantation roads (2002)
Somalia
total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km
unpaved: 19,492 km (2000)
South Africa
total: 362,099 km
paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways)
unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)
South Sudan
7,000 km; note - little of the road network is paved and much of it is in disrepair (2010)
Spain
total: 681,298 km
paved: 681,298 km (includes 15,152 km of expressways) (2008)
Sudan
total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (2000)
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: 572,900 km (includes 1,855 km of expressways)
note: includes 98,400 km of state roads, 433,500 km of private roads, and 41,000 km of municipal roads; 215,700 km of these are open to public traffic (2009)
Switzerland
total: 71,454 km
paved: 71,454 km (includes 1,790 of expressways) (2010)
Syria
total: 68,157 km
paved: 61,514 km (includes 1,103 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,643 km (2006)
Taiwan
total: 41,475 km
paved: 41,033 km (includes 720 km of expressways)
unpaved: 442 km (2009)
Tanzania
total: 91,049 km
paved: 6,578 km
unpaved: 84,471 km (2007)
Thailand
total: 180,053 km (includes 450 km of expressways) (2006)
Timor-Leste
total: 6,040 km
paved: 2,600 km
unpaved: 3,440 km (2005)
Togo
total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km
unpaved: 5,144 km (2000)
Tonga
total: 680 km
paved: 184 km
unpaved: 496 km (2000)
Tunisia
total: 19,232 km
paved: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,577 km (2006)
Turkey
total: 352,046 km
paved: 313,151 km (includes 2,010 km of expressways)
unpaved: 38,895 km (2008)
Turkmenistan
total: 58,592 km
paved: 47,577 km
unpaved: 11,015 km (2002)
Tuvalu
total: 8 km
paved: 8 km (2002)
Uganda
total: 70,746 km
paved: 16,272 km
unpaved: 54,474 km (2003)
Ukraine
total: 169,496 km
paved: 165,844 km (includes 15 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,652 km (2009)
United Kingdom
total: 394,428 km
paved: 394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009)
United States
total: 6,506,204 km
paved: 4,374,784 km (includes 75,238 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,131,420 km (2008)
Uruguay
total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2010)
Uzbekistan
total: 86,496 km
paved: 75,511 km
unpaved: 10,985 km (2000)
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 (2002)
Vietnam
total: 180,549 km
paved: 133,899 km
unpaved: 46,650 km (2008)
West Bank
total: 5,147 km
paved: 5,147 km
note: includes Gaza Strip (2006)
World
total: 102,260,304 km (2008)
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: 97,267 km
paved: 18,481 km
unpaved: 78,786 km (2002)
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