| 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 (2004) |
| 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 (2004) |
| Austria |
total: 110,778 km
paved: 110,778 km (includes 1,696 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: 1,157 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 (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: 16,138 km (does not include urban roads)
paved: 7,382 km unpaved: 8,756 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: 51,000 km
paved: 5,100 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 (2008) |
| 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 (2002) |
| 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 (2007) |
| 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 (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 expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (2000) |
| 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: 127,797 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) |
| 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: 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 (includes 41,912 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) |
| 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 (2007) |
| 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 (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) |
| Gibraltar |
total: 29 km
paved: 29 km (2007) |
| 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: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (2000) |
| 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) |
| Isle of Man | total: 500 km (2008) |
| 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) |
| 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: 1,964 km
paved: 1,706 km unpaved: 258 km (2009) |
| Kuwait |
total: 5,749 km
paved: 4,887 km unpaved: 862 km (2004) |
| Kyrgyzstan | total: 34,000 km (2003) |
| 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) |
| Liechtenstein |
total: 380 km
paved: 380 km (2010) |
| 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: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Midway Islands | total: NA |
| 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 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: 93,509 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2007) |
| 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 (2007) |
| 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 (2000) |
| Peru |
total: 137,327 km
note: includes 26,017 km of national roads, 28,843 km of departmental roads, and 82,467 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: 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, 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 (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) |
| 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) (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 | 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 (2006) |
| 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 (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) |
| 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 (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) |
| 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 (2009) |
| 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 (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) |
| 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) |