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Country
Roadways (km)
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: 108,302 km
paved: 76,028 km (includes 645 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,274 km (2004)
American Samoa total: 221 km (2007)
Andorra total: 270 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: 231,374 km
paved: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways)
unpaved: 161,962 km (2004)
Armenia total: 7,700 km
paved: 7,700 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) (2006)
Australia total: 812,972 km
paved: 341,448 km
unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)
Austria total: 107,262 km
paved: 107,262 km (includes 1,677 km of expressways) (2006)
Azerbaijan total: 59,141 km
paved: 29,210 km
unpaved: 29,931 km (2004)
Bahamas, The total: 2,717 km
paved: 1,560 km
unpaved: 1,133 km (2002)
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: 94,797 km
paved: 84,028 km
unpaved: 10,769 km (2005)
Belgium total: 152,256 km
paved: 119,079 km (includes 1,763 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,177 km (2006)
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: public roads - 225 km; private roads - 222 km (2007)
Bhutan total: 8,050 km
paved: 4,991 km
unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)
Bolivia total: 62,479 km
paved: 3,749 km
unpaved: 58,730 km (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 21,846 km
paved: 11,425 km (4,714 km of interurban roads)
unpaved: 10,421 km (2006)
Botswana total: 25,798 km
paved: 8,410 km
unpaved: 17,388 km (2005)
Brazil total: 1,751,868 km
paved: 96,353 km
unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)
British Indian Ocean Territory note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands total: 200 km
paved: 200 km (2007)
Brunei total: 3,650 km
paved: 2,819 km
unpaved: 831 km (2005)
Bulgaria total: 40,231 km
paved: 39,587 km (includes 331 km of expressways)
unpaved: 644 km (2005)
Burkina Faso total: 92,495 km
paved: 3,857 km
unpaved: 88,638 km (2004)
Burma total: 27,000 km
paved: 3,200 km
unpaved: 23,800 km (2006)
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 (includes 17,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 626,700 km (2006)
Cape Verde total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km
unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Cayman Islands total: 785 km
paved: 785 km (2007)
Central African Republic total: 24,307 km (2000)
Chad total: 33,400 km
paved: 267 km
unpaved: 33,133 km (2002)
Chile total: 80,505 km
paved: 16,745 km (includes 2,414 km of expressways)
unpaved: 63,760 km (2004)
China total: 1,930,544 km
paved: 1,575,571 km (includes 41,005 km of expressways)
unpaved: 354,973 km (2005)
Christmas Island total: 140 km
paved: 30 km
unpaved: 110 km (2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: 22 km
paved: 10 km
unpaved: 12 km (2006)
Colombia total: 164,257 km (2005)
Comoros total: 880 km
paved: 673 km
unpaved: 207 km (2002)
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: 28,788 km (includes 877 km of expressways) (2006)
Cuba total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (2000)
Cyprus total: 14,630 km (area under government control: 12,280 km; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2,350 km)
paved: area under government control: 7,979 km (includes 257 km of expressways); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 1,370 km
unpaved: area under government control: 4,301 km; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 980 km (2006)
Czech Republic total: 128,512 km
paved: 128,512 km (includes 657 km of expressways) (2007)
Denmark total: 72,362 km
paved: 72,362 km (includes 1,032 km of expressways) (2006)
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)
Dominican Republic total: 19,705 km
paved: 9,872 km
unpaved: 9,833 km (2002)
Ecuador total: 43,670 km
paved: 6,472 km
unpaved: 37,198 km (2006)
Egypt total: 92,370 km
paved: 74,820 km
unpaved: 17,550 km (2004)
El Salvador total: 10,886 km
paved: 2,827 km (includes 327 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,059 km (2000)
Equatorial Guinea total: 2,880 km (2000)
Eritrea total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (2000)
Estonia total: 57,016 km
paved: 12,926 km (includes 99 km of expressways)
unpaved: 44,090 km (2005)
Ethiopia total: 36,469 km
paved: 6,980 km
unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
European Union total: 5,454,446 km (2008)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: 440 km
paved: 50 km
unpaved: 390 km (2008)
Faroe Islands total: 463 km (2006)
Fiji total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (2000)
Finland total: 78,821 km
paved: 50,854 km (includes 700 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,967 km (2008)
France total: 951,500 km
paved: 951,500 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,950 km of expressways)
note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2006)
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: 20,329 km
paved: 7,854 km (includes 13 km of expressways)
unpaved: 12,475 km (2006)
Germany total: 644,480 km
paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,400 km of expressways)
note: includes local roads (2006)
Ghana total: 62,221 km
paved: 9,955 km
unpaved: 52,266 km (2006)
Gibraltar total: 29 km
paved: 29 km (2007)
Greece total: 117,533 km
paved: 107,895 km (includes 880 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,638 km (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 (2007)
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: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km
unpaved: 3,149 km (2000)
Honduras total: 13,600 km
paved: 2,775 km
unpaved: 10,825 km (2000)
Hong Kong total: 2,009 km
paved: 2,009 km (2007)
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: 13,058 km
paved/oiled gravel: 4,397 km (does not include urban roads)
unpaved: 8,661 km (2007)
India total: 3,316,452 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2006)
Indonesia total: 391,009 km
paved: 216,714 km
unpaved: 174,295 km (2005)
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: 96,602 km
paved: 96,602 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2003)
Isle of Man total: 500 km (2008)
Israel total: 17,870 km
paved: 17,870 km (includes 146 km of expressways) (2007)
Italy total: 487,700 km
paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2005)
Jamaica total: 21,552 km
paved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,615 km (2005)
Japan total: 1,196,999 km
paved: 949,101 km (includes 7,383 km of expressways)
unpaved: 247,898 km (2006)
Jersey total: 358 km (2002)
Jordan total: 7,694 km
paved: 7,694 km (2006)
Kazakhstan total: 91,563 km
paved: 83,717 km
unpaved: 7,846 km (2006)
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 (2000)
Korea, North total: 25,554 km
paved: 724 km
unpaved: 24,830 km (2006)
Korea, South total: 102,062 km
paved: 90,417 km (includes 3,103 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,645 km (2006)
Kosovo total: 1,924 km
paved: 1,666 km
unpaved: 258 km (2006)
Kuwait total: 5,749 km
paved: 4,887 km
unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Kyrgyzstan total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,909 km (includes 140 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,591 km (2003)
Laos total: 29,811 km
paved: 4,010 km
unpaved: 25,801 km (2006)
Latvia total: 69,675 km
paved: 69,675 km (2006)
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)
Liechtenstein total: 380 km
paved: 380 km (2007)
Lithuania total: 79,984 km
paved: 70,997 km (includes 309 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,987 km (2006)
Luxembourg total: 5,227 km
paved: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2004)
Macau total: 384 km
paved: 384 km (2006)
Macedonia total: 13,182 km (includes 208 km of expressways) (2002)
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: 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 (2005)
Marshall Islands total: 2,028 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2007)
Mauritania total: 11,066 km
paved: 2,966 km
unpaved: 8,100 km (2006)
Mauritius total: 2,028 km
paved: 2,028 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2007)
Mexico total: 356,945 km
paved: 178,473 km (includes 6,279 km of expressways)
unpaved: 178,472 km (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of total: 240 km
paved: 42 km
unpaved: 198 km (2000)
Moldova total: 12,666 km
paved: 12,117 km
unpaved: 549 km (2007)
Monaco total: 50 km
paved: 50 km (2007)
Mongolia total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km
unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)
Montenegro total: 7,368 km
paved: 4,742 km
unpaved: 2,626 km (2006)
Montserrat note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has been built in the north end of the island (2008)
Morocco total: 57,625 km
paved: 35,664 km (includes 639 km of expressways)
unpaved: 21,961 km (2006)
Mozambique total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (2000)
Namibia total: 42,237 km
paved: 5,406 km
unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)
Nauru total: 24 km
paved: 24 km (2002)
Nepal total: 17,280 km
paved: 9,829 km
unpaved: 7,451 km (2004)
Netherlands total: 134,981 km (includes 2,604 km of expressways) (2006)
Netherlands Antilles total: 845
New Caledonia total: 5,622 km (2006)
New Zealand total: 93,576 km
paved: 61,564 km (includes 172 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,012 km (2006)
Nicaragua total: 19,036 km
paved: 2,299 km
unpaved: 16,737 km (2005)
Niger total: 18,550 km
paved: 3,803 km
unpaved: 14,747 km (2006)
Nigeria total: 193,200 km
paved: 28,980 km
unpaved: 164,220 km (2004)
Niue total: 120 km
paved: 120 km (2008)
Norfolk Island total: 80 km
paved: 53 km
unpaved: 27 km (2008)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 536 km (2007)
Norway total: 92,946 km
paved: 72,033 km (includes 664 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,913 km (2007)
Oman total: 42,300 km
paved: 16,500 km (includes 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,800 km (2005)
Pakistan total: 259,758 km
paved: 162,879 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 96,879 km (2005)
Palau note: estimated to have 60 km of roads as of 1996
Panama total: 11,978 km
paved: 4,300 km
unpaved: 7,343 km (2002)
Papua New Guinea total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (2000)
Paraguay total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (2000)
Peru total: 78,829 km
paved: 11,351 km (includes 276 km of expressways)
unpaved: 67,478 km (2004)
Philippines total: 200,037 km
paved: 19,804 km
unpaved: 180,233 km (2003)
Poland total: 423,997 km
paved: 295,356 km (includes 662 km of expressways)
unpaved: 128,641 km (2006)
Portugal total: 82,900 km
paved: 71,294 km (includes 2,300 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,606 km (2005)
Puerto Rico total: 26,186 km
paved: 24,877 km (includes 427 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,309 km (2007)
Qatar total: 7,790 km (2006)
Romania total: 198,817 km
paved: 60,043 km (includes 228 km of expressways)
unpaved: 138,774 km (2004)
Russia total: 933,000 km
paved: 754,984 km (includes 30,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 178,016 km
note: includes public, local, and departmental roads (2006)
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 118 km, 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: 163 km
unpaved: 220 km (2002)
Saint Lucia total: 1,210 km (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 117 km
paved: 80 km
unpaved: 37 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 (2001)
San Marino total: 292 km
paved: 292 km (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe total: 320 km
paved: 218 km
unpaved: 102 km (2000)
Saudi Arabia total: 221,372 km
paved: 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)
unpaved: 173,843 km (2006)
Senegal total: 13,576 km
paved: 3,972 km (includes 7 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,604 km (2003)
Serbia total: 36,875 km
paved: 31,392 km
unpaved: 5,483 km
note: roadways in Kosovo listed separately (2006)
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: 3,262 km
paved: 3,262 km (includes 150 km of expressways) (2006)
Slovakia total: 43,761 km
paved: 38,085 km (includes 316 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,676 km (2006)
Slovenia total: 38,562 km
paved: 38,562 km (includes 579 km of expressways) (2006)
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)
Spain total: 681,224 km
paved: 681,224 km (includes 13,872 km of expressways) (2006)
Sri Lanka total: 97,286 km
paved: 78,802 km
unpaved: 18,484 km (2003)
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: 425,300 km
paved: 139,300 km (includes 1,740 km of expressways)
unpaved: 286,000 km (2008)
Switzerland total: 71,298 km
paved: 71,298 km (includes 1,758 of expressways) (2006)
Syria total: 97,401 km
paved: 19,490 km (includes 1,103 km of expressways)
unpaved: 77,911 km (2006)
Taiwan total: 40,262 km
paved: 38,171 km (includes 976 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,091 km (2007)
Tajikistan total: 27,767 km (2000)
Tanzania total: 78,891 km
paved: 6,808 km
unpaved: 72,083 km (2003)
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)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km
unpaved: 4,068 km (2000)
Tunisia total: 19,232 km
paved: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,577 km (2004)
Turkey total: 426,951 km (includes 1,987 km of expressways) (2006)
Turkmenistan total: 58,592 km
paved: 47,577 km
unpaved: 11,015 km (2002)
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: 169,422 km
paved: 165,611 km (includes 15 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,811 km (2007)
United Arab Emirates total: 4,080 km
paved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)
United Kingdom total: 398,366 km
paved: 398,366 km (includes 3,520 km of expressways) (2006)
United States total: 6,465,799 km
paved: 4,209,835 km (includes 75,040 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,255,964 km (2007)
Uruguay total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2004)
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: 222,179 km
paved: 42,167 km
unpaved: 180,012 km (2004)
Virgin Islands total: 1,257 km (2007)
West Bank total: 5,147 km
paved: 5,147 km
note: includes Gaza Strip (2006)
World total: 68,937,575 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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