The CIA World Factbook Edition 1996 Transportation
Roadways In 35 editions of 36.
Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 1996 edition carries it in 238 entries, in its Transportation section, under the heading “Highways”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 238
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
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World
1 entryAfrica
55 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 95,576 km
- paved:
- 63,080 km (including 400 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 32,496 km (1992 est.)
Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 145,000 km
- paved:
- 290 km
- unpaved:
- 144,710 km (1991 est.)
Ghana
- total:
- 38,145 km
- paved:
- 7,476 km (including 21 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 30,669 km (1990 est.)
Mauritius
- total:
- 1,831 km
- paved:
- 1,703 km (including 29 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 128 km (1991 est.)
Morocco
- total:
- 59,474 km
- paved:
- 29,440 km (including 73 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 30,034 km (1991 est.)
Mozambique
- total:
- 27,287 km
- paved:
- 4,693 km
- unpaved:
- 22,594 km (1991 est.)
note: highway traffic impeded by land mines not removed at end of civil war
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- total:
- NA km (mainland 118 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km)
- paved:
- 180.7 km (mainland 98 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha 2.70 km)
- unpaved:
- NA km (mainland 20 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km)
Sao Tome and Principe
- total:
- 298 km
- paved:
- 198 km
- unpaved:
- 100 km (1987 est.)
note: roads on Principe are mostly unpaved and in need of repair
South Africa
- total:
- 182,329 km
- paved:
- 55,428 km (including 2,040 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 126,901 km (1991 est.)
Tanzania
- total:
- 55,600 km
- paved:
- 20,572 km (including 50 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 35,028 km (1992 est.)
Tunisia
- total:
- 29,183 km
- paved:
- 17,510 km (including 52 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 11,673 km (1989 est.)
Zambia
- total:
- 37,359 km
- paved:
- 6,575 km (including 56 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 30,784 km (1992 est.)
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesBritish Indian Ocean Territory
- total:
- NA km
- paved:
- short stretch of paved road of NA km between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
- unpaved:
- NA km
Japan
- total:
- 1,112,844 km
- paved:
- 790,119 km (including 5,054 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 322,725 km (1992 est.)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 61,296 km
- paved:
- 51,918 km (including 1,550 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 9,378 km (1993)
Maldives
- total:
- NA km
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km; note - Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city (1988 est.)
Russia
- total:
- 934,000 km (including 445,000 km which serve specific industries or farms and are not available for common carrier use)
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km (1994 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesEl Salvador
- total:
- 12,251 km
- paved:
- 1,740 km (including 107 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 10,511 km (1992 est.)
Guadeloupe
- total:
- 2,082 km (national 329 km, regional 582 km, community/local 1171 km)
- paved:
- 1,742 km
- unpaved:
- 340 km (1985 est.)
Guatemala
- total:
- 12,033 km
- paved:
- 3,117 km (including 125 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 8,916 km (1992 est.)
Nicaragua
- total:
- 26,000 km
- paved:
- 4,000 km
- unpaved:
- 22,000 km (1993 est.)
note: there is a 368.5 km portion of the Pan-American Highway which is not included in the total
Europe
45 entriesAustria
- total:
- 108,000 km
- paved:
- 22,000 km (including 1,800 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 86,000 km (1992 est.)
Belgium
- total:
- 137,876 km
- paved:
- 129,603 km (including 1,667 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 8,273 km (1992 est.)
Bulgaria
- total:
- 36,932 km
- paved:
- 33,904 km (including 276 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 3,028 km (1992 est.)
Croatia
- total:
- 27,378 km
- paved:
- 22,176 km (including 302 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,202 km (1991 est.)
Finland
- total:
- 76,755 km
- paved:
- 47,588 km (including 318 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 29,167 km (1992 est.)
France
- total:
- 1,511,200 km
- paved:
- 811,200 km (including 7,700 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 700,000 km (1992 est.)
note: includes Corsica
Germany
- total:
- 636,282 km
- paved:
- 531,018 km (including 10,955 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 105,264 km (1991 est.)
Hungary
- total:
- 158,711 km
- paved:
- 69,992 km (including 441 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 88,719 km (1992 est.)
Ireland
- total:
- 92,327 km
- paved:
- 86,787 km (including 32 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,540 km (1992 est.)
Italy
- total:
- 305,388 km (including 45,076 km major roads, 112,111 km secondary roads, 6,301 km motorways)
- paved:
- 271,674 km
- unpaved:
- 33,714 km (1991 est.)
Lithuania
- total:
- 55,603 km
- paved:
- 42,209 km (including 382 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 13,394 km (1994)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 5,134 km paved: 5,088 km (including 121 km of expressways) unpaved: 46 km (1995 est.)
Netherlands
- total:
- 104,831 km
- paved:
- 92,251 km (including 2,118 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 12,580 km (1992 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
- total:
- 10,591 km
- paved:
- 5,091 km
- unpaved:
- 5,500 km (1991 est.)
Norway
- total:
- 88,922 km
- paved:
- 61,356 km (including 75 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 27,566 km (1990 est.)
Poland
- total:
- 367,000 km (excluding farm, factory, and forest roads)
- paved:
- 235,247 km (including 257 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 131,753 km (1992 est.)
Portugal
- total:
- 70,176 km (statistics for continental Portugal only)
- paved:
- 60,351 km (including 519 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 9,825 km (1992 est.)
Romania
- total:
- 153,014 km
- paved:
- 78,037 km (including 113 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 74,977 km (1992 est.)
Slovenia
- total:
- 14,794 km
- paved:
- 13,314 km (including 187 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 1,480 km (1994 est.)
Spain
- total:
- 331,961 km
- paved:
- 328,641 km (including 2,700 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 3,320 km (1991 est.)
Sweden
- total:
- 135,859 km
- paved:
- 97,818 km (including 936 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 38,041 km (1991 est.)
Switzerland
- total:
- 71,118 km
- paved:
- 71,118 km (including 1,514 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1992 est.)
Ukraine
- total:
- 169,964 km
- paved:
- 168,094 km (including 1,767 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 1,870 km (1992 est.)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 386,243 km (1993 est.)
- paved:
- NA km (including 3,237 km of expressways in Great Britain)
- unpaved:
- NA km
Middle East
16 entriesIraq
- total:
- 45,554 km
- paved:
- 38,402 km (including 976 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 7,152 km (1989 est.)
Oman
- total:
- 25,948 km
- paved:
- 4,930 km (including 413 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 21,018 km (1992 est.)
Syria
- total:
- 31,569 km
- paved:
- 24,308 km (including 712 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 7,261 km (1991 est.)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 386,704 km
- paved:
- 45,683 km (including 862 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 341,021 km (1992 est.)
West Bank
- total:
- NA km
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km
note: small road network; Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements
North America
5 entriesBermuda
- total:
- 208 km
- paved:
- 208 km
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1986 est.)
note: in addition, there are 400 km of paved and unpaved roads that are privately owned
Canada
- total:
- 849,404 km
- paved:
- 297,291 km (including 15,983 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 552,113 km (1991 est.)
Mexico
- total:
- 245,433 km
- paved:
- 88,601 km (including 4,286 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 156,832 km (1993 est.)
United States
- total:
- 6,284,488 km
- paved:
- 5,574,341 km (in 1991, included 85,267 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 710,147 km (1993 est.)
Oceania
28 entriesAustralia
- total:
- 810,264 km
- paved:
- 283,592 km (including 1,200 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 526,672 km (1989 est.)
Marshall Islands
- total:
- NA km
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km
note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 226 km
- paved:
- 39 km
- unpaved:
- 187 km
New Zealand
- total:
- 93,348 km
- paved:
- 54,142 km (including 141 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 39,206 km (1992 est.)
Palmyra Atoll
much of the road and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown
Solomon Islands
- total:
- 1,300 km
- paved:
- 30 km
- unpaved:
- 1,270 km
note: in addition, there are 800 km of private logging and plantation roads of varied surface (1982 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
- total:
- 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
- paved:
- 16 km (all on Ile Uvea)
- unpaved:
- 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
South America
14 entriesBolivia
- total:
- 46,311 km
- paved:
- 1,940 km (including 27 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 44,371 km (1991 est.)
French Guiana
- total:
- 1,817 km (national 432 km, departmental 385 km, community 1,000 km)
- paved:
- 727 km
- unpaved:
- 1,090 km (1995 est.)
Southeast Asia
15 entriesMalaysia
- total:
- 92,545 km
- paved:
- 69,409 km (including 574 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 23,136 km (1992 est.)
Singapore
- total:
- 2,989 km
- paved:
- 2,905 km (including 111.6 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 84 km (1994 est.)
Taiwan
- total:
- 19,860 km
- paved:
- 17,119 km (including 382 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 2,741 km (1990 est.)
Thailand
- total:
- 54,388 km
- paved:
- 48,786 km (including 171 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,602 km (1992 est.)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1996, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/1996.