The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 Transportation
Roadways In 35 editions of 36.
Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2005 edition carries it in 241 entries, in its Transportation section, under the heading “Highways”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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World 1 entry
total: 32,345,165 km
paved: 19,403,061 km
unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002)
Africa 57 entries
total: 104,000 km
paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,344 km (1999)
total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,328 km
unpaved: 46,101 km (2001)
total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,430 km (1999 est.)
total: 10,217 km
paved: 5,619 km
unpaved: 4,598 km (1999)
total: 12,506 km
paved: 2,001 km
unpaved: 10,505 km (1999)
total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km
unpaved: 13,452 km (1999 est.)
total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km
unpaved: 418 km (2000)
total: 34,300 km
paved: 4,288 km
unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.)
total: 23,810 km
paved: 643 km
unpaved: 23,167 km (1999 est.)
total: 33,400 km
paved: 267 km
unpaved: 33,133 km (1999 est.)
total: 880 km
paved: 673 km
unpaved: 207 km (1999 est)
total: 157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways)
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1999 est.)
total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km
unpaved: 11,558 km (1999 est.)
total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km
unpaved: 45,511 km (1999 est.)
total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km
unpaved: 2,526 km (1999 est.)
total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km
unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.)
total: 2,880 km (1999 est.)
total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (1999 est.)
total: 3,107 km
paved: NA
unpaved: NA (2000)
total: 33,297 km
paved: 3,996 km
unpaved: 29,301 km (2002)
total: 8,464 km
paved: 838 km
unpaved: 7,626 km (2000 est.)
total: 2,700 km
paved: 956 km
unpaved: 1,744 km (1999)
total: 46,176 km
paved: 8,496 km
unpaved: 37,679 km (1999 est.)
total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km
unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.)
total: 4,400 km
paved: 453 km
unpaved: 3,947 km (1999 est.)
total: 63,942 km
paved: 7,737 km
unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)
total: 5,940 km
paved: 1,087 km
unpaved: 4,853 km (1999)
total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943 km (1999 est.)
total: 83,200 km
paved: 47,590 km
unpaved: 35,610 km (1999 est.)
total: 49,827 km
paved: 5,780 km
unpaved: 44,047 km (1999 est.)
total: 28,400 km
paved: 5,254 km
unpaved: 23,146 km (1999 est.)
total: 15,100 km
paved: 1,827 km
unpaved: 13,273 km (1999 est.)
total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km
unpaved: 6,794 km (1999 est.)
total: 2,000 km
paved: 1,960 km (including 60 km of expressways)
unpaved: 40 km (2002)
total: 93 km
paved: 72 km
unpaved: 21 km
total: 57,694 km
paved: 32,551 km (including 481 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,143 km (2002)
total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1999 est.)
total: 42,237 km
paved: 5,406 km
unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)
total: 10,100 km
paved: 798 km
unpaved: 9,302 km (1999 est.)
total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)
unpaved: 134,326 km (1999 est.)
total: 1,214 km (including 88 km of four-lane roads) (2001)
total: 12,000 km
paved: 996 km
unpaved: 11,004 km (1999 est.)
Saint Helena
now 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 118km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2000)
total: 320 km
paved: 218 km
unpaved: 102 km (1999 est.)
total: 14,576 km
paved: 4,271 km including 7 km of expressways
unpaved: 10,305 km (2000)
total: 373 km
paved: 315 km
unpaved: 58 km (1997 est.)
total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (2002)
total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km
unpaved: 19,492 km (1999 est.)
total: 275,971 km
paved: 57,568 km (including 2,032 km of expressways)
unpaved: 218,403 km (2002)
total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (1999 est.)
total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km
unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.)
total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km
unpaved: 5,144 km (1999 est.)
total: 18,997 km
paved: 12,424 km (including 142 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,573 km (2001)
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,809 km
unpaved: 25,191 km (1999 est.)
total: 6,200 km
paved: 1,350 km
unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est)
total: 91,440 km
paved: 20,117 km
unpaved: 71,323 km (2001)
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km
unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.)
Arctic Region 3 entries
total: NA (there are no roads between towns) (2003)
total: 13,004 km
paved/oiled gravel: 4,331 km
unpaved: 8,673 km (2004)
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
Asia 23 entries
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km
unpaved: 18,207 km (1999 est.)
total: 8,431 km
paved: 8,161 km (includes 7,567 km of expressways)
unpaved: 270 km (2002)
total: 28,030 km
paved: 25,890 km
unpaved: 2,130 km (2002)
total: 207,486 km
paved: 19,773 km
unpaved: 187,713 km (1999)
total: 4,007 km
paved: 24 km
unpaved: 3,983 km (2002)
total: NA km
paved: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
unpaved: NA km
total: 1,765,222 km
paved: 395,410 km (with at least 25,130 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,369,812 km (2002 est.)
total: 20,229 km
paved: 18,914 km
unpaved: 1,315 km (2002)
total: 2,525,989 km
paved: 1,448,655 km
unpaved: 1,077,334 km (1999)
total: 1,171,647 km
paved: 903,340 km (including 6,851 km of expressways)
unpaved: 268,307 km (2001)
total: 82,980 km
paved: 77,918 km
unpaved: 5,062 km (2002)
total: 31,200 km
paved: 1,997 km
unpaved: 29,203 km (1999 est.)
total: 86,990 km
paved: 66,721 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,269 km (2001)
total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,646 km (1999 est.)
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
total: 49,256 km
paved: 8,874 km
unpaved: 40,376 km (2002)
total: 13,223 km
paved: 4,073 km
unpaved: 9,150 km (1999 est.)
total: 257,683 km
paved: 152,033 km (including 339 km of expressways)
unpaved: 105,650 km (2001)
total: 537,289 km
paved: 362,133 km
unpaved: 175,156 km (2001)
total: 11,650 km
paved: 11,068 km
unpaved: 582 km (2002)
total: 27,767 km
paved: NA
unpaved: NA (2000)
total: 24,000 km
paved: 19,488 km
unpaved: 4,512 km (1999 est.)
total: 81,600 km
paved: 71,237 km
unpaved: 10,363 km (1999 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean 31 entries
total: 105 km
paved: 65 km
unpaved: 40 km (1997)
total: 250 km (1999 est.)
total: 800 km
paved: 513 km
unpaved: 287 km note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior (1995)
total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km
unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.)
total: 1,600 km
paved: 1,578 km
unpaved: 22 km (2002)
total: 2,872 km
paved: 488 km
unpaved: 2,384 km (1999 est.)
total: 177 km
paved: 177 km
unpaved: 0 km (2000)
total: 785 km
paved: 785 km (2000)
total: 35,303 km
paved: 4,236 km
unpaved: 31,067 km (2002)
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)
total: 780 km
paved: 393 km
unpaved: 387 km (1999 est.)
total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km
unpaved: 6,376 km (1999)
total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.)
total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km
unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.)
total: 14,118 km
paved: 4,871 km (including 74 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,247 km (1999)
total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km
unpaved: 3,149 km (1999 est.)
total: 13,603 km
paved: 2,775 km
unpaved: 10,828 km (1999 est.)
total: 18,700 km
paved: 13,109 km
unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.)
total: 227 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km note: volcanic eruptions beginning in 1995 destroyed most of the road system (2003)
total: 600 km
paved: 300 km
unpaved: 300 km
total: 18,712 km
paved: 2,126 km
unpaved: 16,586 km (2002)
total: 11,643 km
paved: 4,028 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,615 km (2000 est.)
total: 25,328 km
paved: 23,665 km (including 426 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,363 km (2004)
total: 320 km
paved: 136 km
unpaved: 184 km (1999 est)
total: 1,210 km
paved: 63 km
unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.)
total: 829 km
paved: 580 km
unpaved: 249 km (2002)
total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km
unpaved: 4,068 km (1999 est.)
total: 121 km
paved: 24 km
unpaved: 97 km (2000)
total: 1,257 km
paved: 1,192 km
unpaved: 65 km note: the only US possession where driving on the left side of the road is practiced (2003)
Europe 47 entries
total: 18,000 km
paved: 5,400 km
unpaved: 12,600 km (2002)
total: 269 km
paved: 198 km
unpaved: 71 km
total: 200,000 km
paved: 200,000 km (including 1,645 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 79,990 km
paved: 69,351 km
unpaved: 10,639 km (2002)
total: 149,028 km
paved: 116,540 km (including 1,729 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,488 km (2002)
total: 21,846 km
paved: 11,424 km
unpaved: 10,422 km (1999 est.)
total: 37,077 km
paved: 34,111 km (including 328 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,966 km (2002)
total: 28,344 km
paved: 23,979 km (including 455 km of expressways)
unpaved: 4,365 km (2002)
total: 127,204 km
paved: 127,204 km (including 518 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 71,847 km
paved: 71,847 km (including 918 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 55,944 km
paved: 13,874 km (including 99 km of expressways)
unpaved: 42,070 km (2002)
total: 4,634,810 km (including 56,704 km of expressways)
paved: 4,161,318 km
unpaved: 473,492 km (1999-2000)
total: 463 km
paved: 454 km
unpaved: 9 km (1999)
total: 78,197 km
paved: 50,539 km (including 794 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,658 km (2004)
total: 893,100 km
paved: 893,100 km (including 12,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 230,735 km
paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999)
total: 29 km
paved: 29 km
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.)
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
total: 159,568 km
paved: 70,050 km (including 533 km of expressways)
unpaved: 89,518 km (2002)
total: 95,736 km
paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 800 km
paved: 800 km
unpaved: 0 km (1999)
total: 479,688 km
paved: 479,688 km (including 6,621 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999)
total: 577 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
total: 60,472 km
paved: 57,206 km
unpaved: 3,265 km (2002)
total: 250 km
paved: 250 km
unpaved: 0 km
total: 77,148 km
paved: 69,202 km (including 417 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,946 km (2002)
total: 5,210 km
paved: 5,210 km (including 126 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 2,222 km
paved: 2,000 km
unpaved: 222 km (2002)
total: 12,719 km
paved: 10,977 km
unpaved: 1,742 km (2002)
total: 50 km
paved: 50 km
unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.)
total: 116,500 km
paved: 104,850 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,650 km (1999)
Macedonia
now North Macedonia
total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,144 km (1999 est.)
total: 91,852 km
paved: 71,185 km (including 178 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,667 km (2002)
total: 364,697 km
paved: 249,088 km (including 399 km of expressways)
unpaved: 115,609 km (2001)
total: 17,135 km
paved: 14,736 km (including 1,659 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,399 km (2002)
total: 198,755 km
paved: 100,173 km (including 113 km of expressways)
unpaved: 98,582 km (2002)
total: 220 km
paved: 220 km
unpaved: 0 km (2001)
total: 45,290 km
paved: 28,261 km (including 374 km of expressways)
unpaved: 17,029 km (2002)
total: 42,970 km
paved: 37,698 km (including 302 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,272 km (2002)
total: 20,250 km
paved: 20,250 km (including 456 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 664,852 km
paved: 658,203 km (including 11,152 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,649 km (2001)
total: 213,237 km
paved: 167,604 km (including 1,542 km of expressways)
unpaved: 45,633 km (2002)
total: 71,212 km
paved: 71,212 km (including 1,706 of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 169,679 km
paved: 164,249 km
unpaved: 5,430 km (2002)
total: 392,931 km
paved: 392,931 km (including 3,431 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2003)
Middle East 17 entries
total: 3,459 km
paved: 2,653 km
unpaved: 806 km (2002)
total: 13,943 km (Republic of Cyprus: 11,593 km; north Cyprus: 2,350 km)
paved: Republic of Cyprus: 7,211 km; north Cyprus: 1,370 km
unpaved: Republic of Cyprus: 4,382 km; north Cyprus: 980 km (2002/1996 est.)
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km note: small, poorly developed road network
total: 167,157 km
paved: 94,109 km (including 890 km of expressways)
unpaved: 73,048 km (1998)
total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km
unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)
total: 16,903 km
paved: 16,903 km (including 56 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 7,301 km
paved: 7,301 km
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,587 km
unpaved: 863 km (1999 est.)
total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,198 km
unpaved: 1,102 km (1999 est.)
total: 34,965 km
paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)
total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km
unpaved: 123 km (1999 est.)
total: 152,044 km
paved: 45,461 km
unpaved: 106,583 km (2000)
total: 45,697 km
paved: 6,489 km (including 1,001 km of expressways)
unpaved: 39,208 km (2002)
total: 354,421 km
paved: 147,404 km (including 1,851 km of expressways)
unpaved: 207,017 km (2002)
total: 1,088 km
paved: 1,088 km (including 253 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.)
total: 4,500 km
paved: 2,700 km
unpaved: 1,800 km note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements (1997 est.)
total: 67,000 km
paved: 7,705 km
unpaved: 59,295 km (1999 est.)
North America 5 entries
total: 450 km
paved: 450 km
unpaved: 0 km note: public roads - 209 km; private roads - 241 km (2002)
total: 1,408,800 km
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,494 km (2002)
total: 329,532 km
paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways)
unpaved: 221,445 km (1999 est.)
total: 114 km
paved: 69 km
unpaved: 45 km
total: 6,393,603 km
paved: 4,180,053 km (including 74,406 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,213,550 km (2003)
Oceania 27 entries
total: 185 km
paved: 185 km
unpaved: 0 km (2004)
total: 811,603 km
paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways)
unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.)
total: 320 km
paved: 33 km
unpaved: 287 km (2000)
total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (1999 est.)
total: 2,590 km
paved: 1,735 km
unpaved: 855 km (1999)
total: 977 km
paved: 962 km
unpaved: 15 km (2004)
total: 670 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1999 est.)
total: 64.5 km
paved: 64.5 km
unpaved: NA km note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks (2002)
total: 240 km
paved: 42 km
unpaved: 198 km (1999 est.)
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
total: 30 km
paved: 24 km
unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.)
total: 92,382 km
paved: 59,124 km (including at least 169 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,258 km (2002)
total: 234 km
paved: 86 km
unpaved: 148 km (2001)
total: 80 km
paved: 53 km
unpaved: 27 km (2001)
total: 362 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1991)
total: 61 km
paved: 36 km
unpaved: 25 km
most of the roads and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001)
total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (1999 est.)
total: 6.4 km
paved: 0 km
unpaved: 6.4 km
total: 790 km
paved: 332 km
unpaved: 458 km (1999 est.)
total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km
unpaved: 1,326 km (1999 est.)
total: NA
paved: NA
unpaved: NA
total: 680 km
paved: 184 km
unpaved: 496 km (1999 est.)
total: 8 km
paved: 0 km
unpaved: 8 km (1999 est.)
total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km
unpaved: 814 km (1999 est.)
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 entries
total: 215,471 km
paved: 63,348 km (including 734 km of expressways)
unpaved: 152,123 km (1999)
total: 60,282 km
paved: 3,979 km
unpaved: 56,303 km (2002)
total: 1,724,929 km
paved: 94,871 km
unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000)
total: 79,605 km
paved: 16,080 km (including 407 km of expressways)
unpaved: 63,525 km (2001)
total: 112,998 km
paved: 26,000 km
unpaved: 84,000 km (2000)
total: 43,197 km
paved: 8,164 km
unpaved: 35,033 km (2002)
total: 440 km
paved: 50 km
unpaved: 390 km (2002)
total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km
unpaved: 7,380 km (1999 est.)
total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (1999 est)
total: 78,230 km
paved: 10,452 km
unpaved: 67,778 km (2001)
total: 4,492 km
paved: 1,168 km
unpaved: 3,324 km (2002)
total: 8,983 km
paved: 8,081 km
unpaved: 902 km (1999 est.)
total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1999 est.)
Southeast Asia 16 entries
total: 2,525 km
paved: 2,525 km
unpaved: 0 km (2000)
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km
unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.)
total: 12,323 km
paved: 1,996 km
unpaved: 10,327 km (2000 est)
total: 240 km
paved: 30 km
unpaved: 210 km (2000)
total: 15 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (2003)
total: 1,831 km
paved: 1,831 km
unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.)
total: 342,700 km
paved: 158,670 km
unpaved: 184,030 km (1999 est.)
total: 21,716 km
paved: 9,664 km
unpaved: 12,052 km (1999 est.)
total: 341 km
paved: 341 km
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 65,877 km
paved: 51,318 km
unpaved: 14,559 km (2001)
total: 202,124 km
paved: 19,202 km
unpaved: 182,922 km (2002)
total: 3,130 km
paved: 3,130 km (including 150 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
total: 37,299 km
paved: 35,621 km (including 608 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,678 km (2002)
total: 57,403 km
paved: 56,542 km
unpaved: 861 km (2000 est.)
total: 3,800 km
paved: 428 km
unpaved: 3,372 km (1995)
total: 93,300 km
paved: 23,418 km
unpaved: 69,882 km (1999 est.)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2005, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/2005.