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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: 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: 812,972 km paved: 341,448 km unpaved: 471,524 km (2004) |
| Austria | total: 107,262 km paved: 107,262 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: 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: 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 (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: 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: 3,583,715 km (includes 53,913 km of expressways) (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: 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: 29,248 km (includes 1,043 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: 128,582 km paved: 128,582 km (includes 691 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 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: 5,919,704 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: 78,141 km paved: 50,914 km (includes 739 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,227 km (2009) |
| France | total: 1,027,183 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,958 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: 7,854 km (includes 13 km of expressways) unpaved: 12,475 km (2006) |
| Germany | total: 644,480 km paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,645 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: 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 (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: 2,050 km paved: 2,050 km (2009) |
| Hungary | total: 160,057 km paved: 70,539 km (31,363 km of interurban roads including 858 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2008) |
| 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 423 km of expressways) (2008) |
| Isle of Man | total: 500 km (2008) |
| Israel | total: 18,096 km paved: 18,096 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: 21,552 km paved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,615 km (2005) |
| 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: 18,500 km paved: 16,909 km (includes 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,591 km (2003) |
| Laos | total: 36,831 km paved: 4,811 km unpaved: 32,020 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: 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) (2009) |
| 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: 2,066 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: 50 km paved: 50 km (2007) |
| Mongolia | total: 49,250 km paved: 2,824 km unpaved: 46,426 km (includes 1,994 km with gravel surface and 1,874 km with improved surface) (2009) |
| Montenegro | total: 7,404 km paved: 4,927 km unpaved: 2,477 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 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: 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 2,582 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: 92,946 km paved: 72,033 km (includes 664 km of expressways) unpaved: 20,913 km (2007) |
| Oman | total: 68,467 km paved: 23,223 km (includes 1,384 km of expressways) unpaved: 30,207 km (2008) |
| Pakistan | total: 259,197 km paved: 172,827 km (includes 711 km of expressways) unpaved: 86,370 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: 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: 201,910 km paved: 21,677 km unpaved: 180,233 km (2008) |
| 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: 198,817 km paved: 60,043 km (includes 281 km of expressways) unpaved: 138,774 km (2008) |
| 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: 13,576 km paved: 3,972 km (includes 7 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,604 km (2003) |
| Serbia | total: 36,884 km paved: 31,938 km unpaved: 4,946 km (2007) |
| 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: 3,356 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: 38,873 km paved: 38,873 km (includes 696 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) |
| 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 muncipal roads; 215,700 km of these are open to public traffic) (2009) |
| Switzerland | total: 71,384 km paved: 71,384 km (includes 1,793 of expressways) (2009) |
| Syria | total: 97,401 km paved: 19,490 km (includes 1,103 km of expressways) unpaved: 77,911 km (2006) |
| Taiwan | total: 41,279 km paved: 40,843 km (includes 976 km of expressways) unpaved: 436 km (2008) |
| Tajikistan | total: 27,767 km (2000) |
| Tanzania | total: 78,892 km paved: 4,741 km unpaved: 74,151 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: 169,495 km paved: 165,820 km (includes 15 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,675 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: 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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