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Field Listing :: Roadways
This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Country Comparison to the World
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: 111,261 km
paved: 81,732 km (includes 645 km of expressways)
unpaved: 29,529 km (2008)
American Samoa total: 241 km (2008)
Andorra total: 320 km (2008)
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: 8,888 km
paved: 7,079 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,809 km (2008)
Australia total: 818,356 km (2008)
Austria total: 110,778 km
paved: 110,778 km (includes 1,696 km of expressways) (2008)
Azerbaijan total: 59,141 km
paved: 29,210 km
unpaved: 29,931 km (2006)
Bahamas, The total: 2,717 km
paved: 1,560 km
unpaved: 1,157 km (2002)
Bahrain total: 3,851 km
paved: 3,121 km
unpaved: 730 km (2007)
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: 153,595 km
paved: 120,111 km (includes 1,763 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,484 km (2008)
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: 13,602 km (does not include urban roads)
paved: 4,990 km
unpaved: 8,612 km (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 22,926 km
paved: 19,426 km (4,652 km of interurban roads)
unpaved: 3,500 km (2010)
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: 2,971 km
paved: 2,411 km
unpaved: 560 km (2008)
Bulgaria total: 40,231 km
paved: 39,587 km (includes 418 km of expressways)
unpaved: 644 km (2008)
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: 38,093 km
paved: 2,977 km
unpaved: 35,116 km (2007)
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 (2009)
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: 40,000 km (2006)
Chile total: 80,505 km
paved: 16,745 km (includes 2,414 km of expressways)
unpaved: 63,760 km (2004)
China total: 3,860,800 km
paved: 3,056,300 km (includes 65,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 804,500 km (2009)
Christmas Island total: 140 km
paved: 30 km
unpaved: 110 km (2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: 22 km
paved: 10 km
unpaved: 12 km (2007)
Colombia total: 141,374 km (2010)
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: 38,049 km
paved: 9,619 km
unpaved: 28,430 km (2008)
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) (2009)
Cuba total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (2001)
Curacao total: 550 km
Cyprus total: 14,671 km
12,321 km under government control (includes 257 km of expressways),
2,350 km administered by Turkish Cypriots (2008)
Czech Republic total: 127,719 km
paved: 127,719 km (includes 729 km of expressways) (2009)
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 (2001)
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 (2007)
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)
Equatorial Guinea total: 2,880 km (2000)
Eritrea total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (2000)
Estonia total: 58,034 km
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 (2007)
European Union total: 5,814,080 km (2010)
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: 78,141 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 (2008)
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: 19,123 km (includes 13 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,206 km (2007)
Germany total: 644,480 km
paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)
note: includes local roads (2010)
Ghana total: 62,221 km
paved: 9,955 km
unpaved: 52,266 km (2006)
Gibraltar total: 29 km
paved: 29 km (2007)
Greece total: 116,711 km (includes 948 km of expressways) (2008)
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 (2001)
Guam total: 1,045 km (2008)
Guatemala total: 14,095 km
paved: 4,863 km (includes 75 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,232 km (2001)
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 (2001)
Haiti total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km
unpaved: 3,149 km (2001)
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 896 km of expressways) (2010)
Isle of Man total: 500 km (2008)
Israel total: 18,290 km
paved: 18,290 km (includes 146 km of expressways) (2009)
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) (2008)
Japan total: 1,203,777 km
paved: 961,366 km (includes 7,560 km of expressways)
unpaved: 242,411 km (2008)
Jersey total: 576 km (2010)
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)
Kiribati total: 670 km (2000)
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: 1,926 km
paved: 1,668 km
unpaved: 258 km (2009)
Kuwait total: 5,749 km
paved: 4,887 km
unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Kyrgyzstan total: 34,000 km (2007)
Laos total: 39,568 km
paved: 530 km
unpaved: 39,038 km (2009)
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)
Liechtenstein total: 380 km
paved: 380 km (2010)
Lithuania total: 81,030 km
paved: 71,563 km (includes 309 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,467 km (2008)
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: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006)
Mali total: 18,912 km
paved: 3,597 km
unpaved: 15,315 km (2005)
Malta total: 3,096 km
paved: 2,710 km
unpaved: 386 km (2008)
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: 2,066 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)
Micronesia, Federated States of total: 240 km
paved: 42 km
unpaved: 198 km (2000)
Moldova total: 9,343 km
paved: 8,810 km
unpaved: 533 km (2008)
Monaco total: 77 km
paved: 77 km (2008)
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 (2010)
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 (2008)
Mozambique total: 30,331 km
paved: 6,303 km
unpaved: 24,028 km (2008)
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) (2010)
New Caledonia total: 5,622 km (2006)
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)
Norfolk Island total: 80 km
paved: 53 km
unpaved: 27 km (2008)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 536 km (2008)
Norway total: 93,247 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)
Oman total: 53,430 km
paved: 23,223 km (includes 1,384 km of expressways)
unpaved: 30,207 km (2008)
Pakistan total: 260,760 km
paved: 180,910 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 79,850 km (2010)
Panama total: 11,978 km
paved: 4,300 km
unpaved: 7,678 km (2002)
Papua New Guinea total: 9,349 km
paved: 3,000 km
unpaved: 6,349 km (2011)
Paraguay total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (2001)
Peru total: 102,887 km
note: includes 23,838 km of national roads, 19,049 km of departmental roads, and 60,000 km of local roads (2007)
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: 81,713 km (does not include urban roads)
paved: 66,632 km (includes 321 km of expressways)
unpaved: 15,081 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, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 383 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: 14,008 km
paved: 4,099 km (includes 7 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,909 km (2006)
Serbia total: 41,913 km
paved: 26,007 km
unpaved: 15,906 km (2009)
Seychelles total: 508 km
paved: 490 km
unpaved: 18 km (2008)
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)
Sint Maarten total: 53 km
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) (2009)
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 est. 7,000 km; note - very 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)
Sri Lanka total: 91,907 km (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 (2009)
Taiwan total: 41,475 km
paved: 41,033 km (includes 720 km of expressways)
unpaved: 442 km (2009)
Tajikistan total: 27,767 km (2000)
Tanzania total: 91,049 km
paved: 6,578 km
unpaved: 84,471 km (2010)
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 (2007)
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 (2001)
Tunisia total: 19,232 km
paved: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,577 km (2008)
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)
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: 169,496 km
paved: 165,844 km (includes 15 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,652 km (2010)
United Arab Emirates total: 4,080 km
paved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)
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 (2000)
Venezuela total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (2002)
Vietnam total: 171,392 km
paved: 125,789 km
unpaved: 45,603 km (2008)
Virgin Islands total: 1,260 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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