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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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