The CIA World Factbook Edition 2024, the latest with this field Transportation
Roadways In 35 editions of 36.
Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2024 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 230
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Roadways” (2006 to 2024) and “Highways” (1990 to 2005).
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Africa
55 entriesChad
- total:
- 40,000 km (2018)
note: consists of 25,000 km of national and regional roads and 15,000 km of local roads; 206 km of urban roads are paved
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 152,373 km
- paved:
- 3,047 km
- unpaved:
- 149,326 km
- urban:
- 7,400 km
- non-urban:
- 144,973 km (2015)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 23,324 km
- paved:
- 3,111 km
- unpaved:
- 20,213 km (2017)
note: road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes
Cote d'Ivoire
- total:
- 81,996 km
- paved:
- 6,502 km
- unpaved:
- 75,494 km (2007)
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
Ghana
- total:
- 65,725 km
- paved:
- 14,948 km
- unpaved:
- 50,777 km (2021)
- urban:
- 28,480 km 27% total paved 73% total unpaved
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 (2002) (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 11,701 km
- paved:
- 1,051 km
- unpaved:
- 10,650 km (2015)
- urban:
- 3,000 km (2015)
- non-urban:
- 8,700 km (2015)
South Sudan
- total:
- 90,200 km
- paved:
- 300 km
- unpaved:
- 89,900 km (2015)
note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair; the Juba-Nimule highway connecting Juba to the border with Uganda is the main paved road in South Sudan
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
23 entriesAzerbaijan
- total:
- 24,981 km (2013)
note: total roadway length has increased significantly and continues to grow due to the recovery of Armenian-held territories and related reconstruction efforts. No updated figure is currently available.
British Indian Ocean Territory
note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
China
- total:
- 5.2 million km (2020)
- paved:
- 4.578 million km (2020) (includes 168000 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 622,000 km (2017)
India
- total:
- 6,371,847 km (2021) note: includes 140,995 km of national highways and expressways, 171.039 km of state highways , and 6,059,813 km of other roads
note: includes 96,214 km of national highways and expressways, 147,800 km of state highways, and 4,455,010 km of other roads
Japan
- total:
- 1,218,772 km
- paved:
- 992,835 km (includes 8,428 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 225,937 km (2015)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 100,428 km
- paved:
- 92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 7,633 km (2016)
Maldives
- total:
- 93 km
- paved:
- 93 km (2018) - 60 km in Malée;
- 16 km on Addu Atolis;
- 17 km on Laamu
note: island roads are mainly compacted coral
Pakistan
- total:
- 264,175 km
- paved:
- 185,463 km (includes 708 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 78,712 km (2021)
Russia
- total:
- 1,283,387 km
- paved:
- 927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 355,666 km (2012)
Central America and the Caribbean
28 entriesHonduras
- total:
- 14,742 km
- paved:
- 3,367 km
- unpaved:
- 11,375 km (2012) (1,543 km summer only)
note: an additional 8,951 km of non-official roads used by the coffee industry
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
Europe
47 entriesFaroe Islands
- total:
- 960 km
- paved:
- 500 km
- unpaved:
- 460 km (2017)
note: those islands not connected by roads (bridges or tunnels) are connected by seven different ferry links operated by the nationally owned company SSL; 28 km of tunnels
Germany
- total:
- 830,000 km 830,000 km
- paved:
- 830,000 km (2022) (includes 13,155 km of expressways)
note: includes local roads
Middle East
17 entriesSaudi Arabia
- total:
- 221,372 km
- paved:
- 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 173,843 km (2006)
Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye
- total:
- 68,526 km (2023)
- paved:
- 24,082 km (2018) (includes 2,159 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 43,251 km (2018)
North America
5 entriesCanada
- total:
- 1,042,300 km
- paved:
- 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 626,700 km (2011)
Mexico
- total:
- 704,884 km
- paved:
- 175,526 km (includes 10,845 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 529,358 km (2017)
United States
- total:
- 6,586,610 km
- paved:
- 4,304,715 km (includes 76,334 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 2,281,895 km (2012)
Oceania
23 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
388 km (2022)
note - paved and unpaved circumferential roads, most interior roads are unpaved
New Zealand
- total:
- 94,000 km
- paved:
- 61,600 km (includes 199 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 32,400 km (2017)
Solomon Islands
- total:
- 1,390 km
- paved:
- 34 km
- unpaved:
- 1,356 km (2011)
note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads
South America
13 entriesPeru
- total:
- 70,000 km (2021)
- paved:
- 18,699 km (2022)
note: includes 27,109 km of national roads (21,434 km paved), 247,505 km of departmental roads (3,623 km paved), and 113,857 km of local roads (1,858 km paved)
Southeast Asia
16 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2024, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways.