The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 Transportation
Roadways In 35 editions of 36.
Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 1998 edition carries it in 239 entries, in its Transportation section, under the heading “Highways”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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World
1 entryAfrica
57 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 102,424 km
- paved:
- 70,570 km (including 608 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 31,854 km (1995 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 145,000 km
- paved:
- 2,500 km
- unpaved:
- 142,500 km (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 12,800 km
- paved:
- 1,242 km
- unpaved:
- 11,558 km (1996 est.)
Ghana
- total:
- 39,409 km
- paved:
- 11,653 km (including 30 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 27,756 km (1997 est.)
Mauritius
- total:
- 1,860 km
- paved:
- 1,732 km (including 30 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 128 km (1996 est.)
Morocco
- total:
- 60,626 km
- paved:
- 30,556 km (including 219 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 30,070 km (1996 est.)
Mozambique
- total:
- 30,400 km
- paved:
- 5,685 km
- unpaved:
- 24,715 km (1996 est.)
note: highway traffic impeded by land mines not removed at end of civil war
Nigeria
- total:
- 32,105 km
- paved:
- 26,005 km (including 2,044 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 6,100 km (1994 est.)
note: many of the roads reported as paved may be graveled; because of poor maintenance, much of the road system is barely useable
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- total:
- NA km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km)
- paved:
- 180.7 km (Saint Helena 98 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha 2.70 km)
- unpaved:
- NA km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km)
South Africa
- total:
- 331,265 km
- paved:
- 137,475 km (including 1,142 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 193,790 km (1995 est.)
Uganda
- total:
- 27,000 km
- paved:
- 1,800 km
- unpaved:
- 25,200 km (of which about 4,800 km are all-weather roads) (1990 est.)
Zambia
- total:
- 39,700 km
- paved:
- 7,265 km (including 60 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 32,435 km (1996 est.)
Arctic Region
3 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:
- 1.16 million km
- paved:
- 859,560 km (including 6,070 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 300,440 km (1996 est.)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 83,400 km
- paved:
- 63,467 km (including 1,920 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 19,933 km (1996 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
- total:
- 18,500 km
- paved:
- 16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 1,646 km (1996 est.)
Maldives
- total:
- NA km
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km; note-Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city (1988 est.)
Mongolia
- total:
- 46,470 km
- paved:
- 3,730 km
- unpaved:
- 42,740 km (1997 est.)
note: much of the unpaved rural road system consists of rough cross-country tracks
Russia
- total:
- 948,000 km (including 416,000 km which serve specific industries or farms and are not maintained by governmental highway maintenance departments)
- paved:
- 336,000 km
- unpaved:
- 612,000 km (including 411,000 km of graveled or other forms of macadam surface and 201,000 km of unstabilized earth) (1995 est.)
Tajikistan
- total:
- 32,752 km
- paved:
- 21,119 km (note-these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
- unpaved:
- 11,633 km (1992 est.)
Turkmenistan
- total:
- 24,000 km
- paved:
- 19,488 km (note-these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced
- unpaved:
- 4,512 km (1996 est.)
Uzbekistan
- total:
- 81,600 km
- paved:
- 71,237 km (note-these roads are said to be hard surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
- unpaved:
- 10,363 km dirt (1996 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesAruba
- total:
- NA km
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km
note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior
El Salvador
- total:
- 9,977 km
- paved:
- 1,985 km (including 266 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 7,992 km (1996 est.)
Guadeloupe
- total:
- 2,082 km (national 329 km, regional 582 km, community/local 1,171 km)
- paved:
- 1,742 km
- unpaved:
- 340 km (1985 est.)
note: in 1996 there were 3,200 km of roads
Guatemala
- total:
- 13,100 km
- paved:
- 3,616 km (including 140 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 9,484 km (1996 est.)
Jamaica
- total:
- 18,700 km
- paved:
- 13,100 km
- unpaved:
- 5,600 km (gravel 3,200 km; improved earth 2,400 km) (1997 est.)
Panama
- total:
- 11,100 km
- paved:
- 3,730 km (including 30 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 7,370 km (1996 est.)
Europe
46 entriesBelgium
- total:
- 143,175 km
- paved:
- 143,175 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1996 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- total:
- 21,846 km
- paved:
- 11,425 km
- unpaved:
- 10,421 km (1996 est.)
note: roads need maintenance and repair
Bulgaria
- total:
- 36,720 km
- paved:
- 33,746 km (including 314 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 2,974 km (1996 est.)
Croatia
- total:
- 27,247 km
- paved:
- 22,206 km (including 318 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,041 km (1996 est.)
Czech Republic now Czechia
- total:
- 55,489 km
- paved:
- 55,489 km (including 423 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1996 est.)
Estonia
- total:
- 15,304 km
- paved:
- 8,142 km (including 65 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 7,162 km (1996 est.)
Finland
- total:
- 77,782 km
- paved:
- 49,780 km (including 431 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 28,002 km (1996 est.)
France
- total:
- 892,500 km
- paved:
- 892,500 km (including 9,500 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1996 est.)
Germany
- total:
- 633,000 km
- paved:
- 627,303 km (including 11,300 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,697 km all-weather (1996 est.)
Greece
- total:
- 117,000 km
- paved:
- 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 9,594 km (1996 est.)
Hungary
- total:
- 158,633 km
- paved:
- 68,370 km (including 420 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 90,263 km (1996 est.)
Ireland
- total:
- 92,500 km
- paved:
- 87,042 km (including 80 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,458 km (1996 est.)
Italy
- total:
- 317,000 km
- paved:
- 317,000 km (including 9,500 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1996 est.)
Lithuania
- total:
- 65,135 km
- paved:
- 57,058 km (including 404 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 8,077 km (1996 est.)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 5,160 km
- paved:
- 5,160 km (including 115 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1996 est.)
Netherlands
- total:
- 127,000 km
- paved:
- 114,427 km (including 2,360 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 12,573 km (1996 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
- total:
- 10,591 km
- paved:
- 5,500 km (including 133 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 5,091 km (1997 est.)
Norway
- total:
- 91,323 km
- paved:
- 65,753 km (including 106 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 25,570 km (1996 est.)
Poland
- total:
- 374,990 km
- paved:
- 245,243 km (including 258 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 129,747 km (1996 est.)
Portugal
- total:
- 68,732 km
- paved:
- 59,110 km (including 687 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 9,622 km (1995 est.)
Romania
- total:
- 153,170 km
- paved:
- 78,117 km (including 113 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 75,053 km (1995 est.)
Slovakia
- total:
- 36,608 km
- paved:
- 36,059 km (including 215 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 549 km (1996 est.)
Slovenia
- total:
- 14,910 km
- paved:
- 12,226 km (including 231 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 2,684 km (1996 est.)
Spain
- total:
- 344,847 km
- paved:
- 341,399 km (including 7,747 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 3,448 km (1996 est.)
Sweden
- total:
- 138,000 km
- paved:
- 105,018 km (including 1,330 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 32,982 km (1996 est.)
Switzerland
- total:
- 71,117 km (including 1,594 km of expressways)
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km (1996 est.)
Ukraine
- total:
- 172,565 km
- paved:
- 163,937 km (including 1,875 km of expressways);
- note-these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced
- unpaved:
- 8,628 km (1996 est.)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 372,000 km
- paved:
- 372,000 km (including 3,270 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1996 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesCyprus
- total:
- Greek Cypriot area: 10,415 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 2,350 km
- paved:
- Greek Cypriot area: 5,947 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 1,370 km
- unpaved:
- Greek Cypriot area: 4,468 km (1996 est.); Turkish Cypriot
- area:
- 980 km
Iran
- total:
- 162,000 km
- paved:
- 81,000 km (including 470 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 81,000 km (1996 est.)
Oman
- total:
- 32,800 km
- paved:
- 9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 22,960 km (1996 est.)
Syria
- total:
- 40,480 km
- paved:
- 9,310 km (including 866 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 31,170 km (1996 est.)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 381,631 km
- paved:
- 95,408 km (including 1,405 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 286,223 km (1996 est.)
West Bank
- total:
- 4,500 km
- paved:
- 2,700 km
- unpaved:
- 1,800 km (1997 est.)
note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements
North America
5 entriesBermuda
- total:
- 225 km
- paved:
- 225 km
- unpaved:
- 0 km (1997 est.)
note: in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that are privately owned
Canada
- total:
- 1.021 million km
- paved:
- 358,371 km (including 19,000 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 662,629 km (1995 est.)
Mexico
- total:
- 252,000 km
- paved:
- 94,248 km (including 6,740 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 157,752 km (1996 est.)
United States
- total:
- 6.42 million km
- paved:
- 3,903,360 km (including 88,400 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 2,516,640 km (1996 est.)
Oceania
27 entriesAustralia
- total:
- 913,000 km
- paved:
- 353,331 km (including 1,3630 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 559,669 km (1996 est.)
Guam
- total:
- 885 km
- paved:
- 675 km
- unpaved:
- 210 km
note: there is another 685 km of roads classified non-public, including roads located on federal government installations
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:
- 240 km
- paved:
- 42 km
- unpaved:
- 198 km (1996 est.)
New Zealand
- total:
- 92,200 km
- paved:
- 53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 38,632 km (1994 est.)
Palmyra Atoll
much of the road and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown
Solomon Islands
- total:
- 1,360 km
- paved:
- 34 km
- unpaved:
- 1,326 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (1996 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 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 218,276 km
- paved:
- 63,518 km (including 567 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 154,758 km (1996 est.)
Bolivia
- total:
- 52,216 km
- paved:
- 2,872 km (including 27 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 49,344 km (1995 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:
- 94,500 km
- paved:
- 70,970 km (including 580 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 23,530 km (1996 est.)
Philippines
- total:
- 156,997 km (1996 est.)
- paved:
- NA km
- unpaved:
- NA km
note: probably less than 30,000 km are designated arterial roads and not all of these are all-weather roads
Singapore
- total:
- 3,010 km
- paved:
- 2,932 km (including 150 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 78 km (1995 est.)
Taiwan
- total:
- 19,701 km
- paved:
- 17,238 km (including 447 km of expressways)
- unpaved:
- 2,463 km (1996 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/1998.