The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 Transportation

Roadways In 35 editions of 36.

Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2012 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2012 edition: 229
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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World

1 entry

World

total:: 102,260,304 km (2008)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:: 113,655 km
country comparison to the world:: 39
paved:: 87,605 km (includes 645 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 26,050 km (2010)

Angola

total:: 51,429 km
country comparison to the world:: 78
paved:: 5,349 km
unpaved:: 46,080 km (2001)

Benin

total:: 16,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 119
paved:: 1,400 km
unpaved:: 14,600 km (2006)

Botswana

total:: 17,916 km (includes 8,916 km of Public Highway Network roads - 6,116 km paved and 2,800 km unpaved and other 9,000 km of District Council roads) (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 116

Burkina Faso

total:: 15,272 km
country comparison to the world:: 121

note: does not include urban roads (2010)

Burundi

total:: 12,322 km
country comparison to the world:: 129
paved:: 1,286 km
unpaved:: 11,036 km (2004)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total:: 1,350 km
country comparison to the world:: 178
paved:: 932 km
unpaved:: 418 km (2000)

Cameroon

total:: 50,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 79
paved:: 5,000 km
unpaved:: 45,000 km

note: there are 28,857 km of national roads (2008)

Central African Republic

total:: 20,278 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 107

Chad

total:: 40,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 88

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 (2011)

Comoros

total:: 880 km
country comparison to the world:: 185
paved:: 673 km
unpaved:: 207 km (2002)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:: 153,497 km
country comparison to the world:: 32
paved:: 2,794 km
unpaved:: 150,703 km (2004)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:: 17,289 km
country comparison to the world:: 117
paved:: 864 km
unpaved:: 16,425 km (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:: 80,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 58
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)

Djibouti

total:: 3,065 km
country comparison to the world:: 165
paved:: 1,226 km
unpaved:: 1,839 km (2000)

Egypt

total:: 65,050 km
country comparison to the world:: 69
paved:: 47,500 km
unpaved:: 17,550 km (2009)

Equatorial Guinea

total:: 2,880 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 168

Eritrea

total:: 4,010 km
country comparison to the world:: 158
paved:: 874 km
unpaved:: 3,136 km (2000)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:: 3,594 km
country comparison to the world:: 160
paved:: 1,078 km
unpaved:: 2,516 km (2002)

Ethiopia

total:: 36,469 km
country comparison to the world:: 93
paved:: 6,980 km
unpaved:: 29,489 km (2004)

Gabon

total:: 9,170 km
country comparison to the world:: 138
paved:: 937 km
unpaved:: 8,233 km (2004)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:: 3,742 km
country comparison to the world:: 159
paved:: 723 km
unpaved:: 3,019 km (2004)

Ghana

total:: 62,221 km
country comparison to the world:: 71
paved:: 9,955 km
unpaved:: 52,266 km (2006)

Guinea

total:: 44,348 km
country comparison to the world:: 82
paved:: 4,342 km
unpaved:: 40,006 km (2003)

Guinea-Bissau

total:: 3,455 km
country comparison to the world:: 161
paved:: 965 km
unpaved:: 2,490 km (2002)

Kenya

total:: 160,886 km
country comparison to the world:: 30
paved:: 11,197 km
unpaved:: 149,689 km (2008)

Lesotho

total:: 7,091 km
country comparison to the world:: 147
paved:: 1,404 km
unpaved:: 5,687 km (2003)

Liberia

total:: 10,600 km
country comparison to the world:: 135
paved:: 657 km
unpaved:: 9,943 km (2000)

Libya

total:: 100,024 km
country comparison to the world:: 41
paved:: 57,214 km
unpaved:: 42,810 km (2003)

Madagascar

total:: 65,663 km
country comparison to the world:: 68
paved:: 7,617 km
unpaved:: 58,046 km (2003)

Malawi

total:: 15,451 km
country comparison to the world:: 120
paved:: 6,956 km
unpaved:: 8,495 km (2003)

Mali

total:: 18,912 km
country comparison to the world:: 113
paved:: 3,597 km
unpaved:: 15,315 km (2004)

Mauritania

total:: 11,066 km
country comparison to the world:: 133
paved:: 2,966 km
unpaved:: 8,100 km (2006)

Mauritius

total:: 2,066 km
country comparison to the world:: 173
paved:: 2,066 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2009)

Morocco

total:: 58,256 km
country comparison to the world:: 74
paved:: 39,480 km (includes 866 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 18,776 km (2006)

Mozambique

total:: 30,331 km
country comparison to the world:: 96
paved:: 6,303 km
unpaved:: 24,028 km (2000)

Namibia

total:: 64,189 km
country comparison to the world:: 70
paved:: 5,477 km
unpaved:: 58,712 km (2010)

Niger

total:: 18,949 km
country comparison to the world:: 112
paved:: 3,912 km
unpaved:: 15,037 km (2008)

Nigeria

total:: 193,200 km
country comparison to the world:: 25
paved:: 28,980 km
unpaved:: 164,220 km (2004)

Rwanda

total:: 14,008 km
country comparison to the world:: 126
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)
country comparison to the world:: 209
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)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:: 320 km
country comparison to the world:: 202
paved:: 218 km
unpaved:: 102 km (2000)

Senegal

total:: 14,008 km
country comparison to the world:: 125
paved:: 4,099 km (includes 7 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 9,909 km (2003)

Seychelles

total:: 508 km
country comparison to the world:: 194
paved:: 490 km
unpaved:: 18 km (2003)

Sierra Leone

total:: 11,300 km
country comparison to the world:: 132
paved:: 904 km
unpaved:: 10,396 km (2002)

Somalia

total:: 22,100 km
country comparison to the world:: 104
paved:: 2,608 km
unpaved:: 19,492 km (2000)

South Africa

total:: 362,099 km
country comparison to the world:: 18
paved:: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 288,593 km (2002)

South Sudan

est. 7,000 km; note - very little of the road network is paved and much of it is in disrepair (2010)

Sudan

total:: 11,900 km
country comparison to the world:: 131
paved:: 4,320 km
unpaved:: 7,580 km (2000)

Tanzania

total:: 91,049 km
country comparison to the world:: 51
paved:: 6,578 km
unpaved:: 84,471 km (2007)

Togo

total:: 7,520 km
country comparison to the world:: 146
paved:: 2,376 km
unpaved:: 5,144 km (2000)

Tunisia

total:: 19,232 km
country comparison to the world:: 110
paved:: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 6,577 km (2006)

Uganda

total:: 70,746 km
country comparison to the world:: 66
paved:: 16,272 km
unpaved:: 54,474 km (2003)

Zambia

total:: 91,440 km
country comparison to the world:: 50
paved:: 20,117 km
unpaved:: 71,323 km (2001)

Zimbabwe

total:: 97,267 km
country comparison to the world:: 43
paved:: 18,481 km
unpaved:: 78,786 km (2002)

Arctic Region

2 entries

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)

Iceland

total:: 12,869 km
country comparison to the world:: 128
paved/oiled gravel:: 4,438 km (does not include urban roads)
unpaved:: 8,431 km (2009)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

total:: 42,150 km
country comparison to the world:: 85
paved:: 12,350 km
unpaved:: 29,800 km (2006)

Armenia

total:: 7,705 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 144

Azerbaijan

total:: 52,942 km
country comparison to the world:: 77
paved:: 26,789 km
unpaved:: 26,153 km (2006)

Bangladesh

total:: 21,269 km
country comparison to the world:: 105
paved:: 1,063 km
unpaved:: 20,206 km (2010)

Bhutan

total:: 8,050 km
country comparison to the world:: 140
paved:: 4,991 km (includes 622 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 3,059 km (2003)

British Indian Ocean Territory

note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia

China

total:: 4,106,387 km
country comparison to the world:: 2
paved:: 3,453,890 km (includes 84,946 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 652,497 km (2011)

Georgia

total:: 20,329 km
country comparison to the world:: 106
paved:: 19,123 km (includes 13 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 1,206 km (2006)

India

total:: 3,320,410 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2009)
country comparison to the world:: 3

Japan

total:: 1,210,251 km
country comparison to the world:: 5
paved:: 973,234 km (includes 7,803 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 237,017 km (2008)

Kazakhstan

total:: 93,612 km
country comparison to the world:: 47
paved:: 84,100 km
unpaved:: 9,512 km (2008)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:: 25,554 km
country comparison to the world:: 101
paved:: 724 km
unpaved:: 24,830 km (2006)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:: 103,029 km
country comparison to the world:: 40
paved:: 80,642 km (includes 3,367 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 22,387 km (2008)

Kyrgyzstan

total:: 34,000 km (2003)
country comparison to the world:: 95

Maldives

total:: 88 km
country comparison to the world:: 215
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)

Mongolia

total:: 49,249 km
country comparison to the world:: 80
paved:: 3,015 km
unpaved:: 46,234 km (2010)

Nepal

total:: 17,282 km
country comparison to the world:: 118
paved:: 10,142 km
unpaved:: 7,140 km (2007)

Pakistan

total:: 260,760 km
country comparison to the world:: 20
paved:: 180,910 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 79,850 km (2007)

Russia

total:: 982,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 7
paved:: 776,000 km (includes 30,000 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 206,000 km

note: includes public, local, and departmental roads (2009)

Sri Lanka

total:: 91,907 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 49

Tajikistan

total:: 27,767 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 99

Turkmenistan

total:: 58,592 km
country comparison to the world:: 73
paved:: 47,577 km
unpaved:: 11,015 km (2002)

Uzbekistan

total:: 86,496 km
country comparison to the world:: 52
paved:: 75,511 km
unpaved:: 10,985 km (2000)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:: 175 km
country comparison to the world:: 210
paved:: 82 km
unpaved:: 93 km (2004)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:: 1,165 km
country comparison to the world:: 181
paved:: 384 km
unpaved:: 781 km (2002)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:: 2,717 km
country comparison to the world:: 169
paved:: 1,560 km
unpaved:: 1,157 km (2002)

Barbados

total:: 1,600 km
country comparison to the world:: 176
paved:: 1,600 km (2004)

Belize

total:: 3,007 km
country comparison to the world:: 167
paved:: 575 km
unpaved:: 2,432 km (2006)

British Virgin Islands

total:: 200 km
country comparison to the world:: 208
paved:: 200 km (2007)

Cayman Islands

total:: 785 km
country comparison to the world:: 187
paved:: 785 km (2007)

Costa Rica

total:: 38,049 km
country comparison to the world:: 92
paved:: 9,619 km
unpaved:: 28,430 km (2004)

Cuba

total:: 60,858 km
country comparison to the world:: 72
paved:: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway)
unpaved:: 31,038 km (2000)

Curacao

total:: 550 km
country comparison to the world:: 192

Dominica

total:: 780 km
country comparison to the world:: 188
paved:: 393 km
unpaved:: 387 km (2000)

Dominican Republic

total:: 19,705 km
country comparison to the world:: 108
paved:: 9,872 km
unpaved:: 9,833 km (2002)

El Salvador

total:: 10,886 km
country comparison to the world:: 134
paved:: 2,827 km (includes 327 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 8,059 km (2000)

Grenada

total:: 1,127 km
country comparison to the world:: 182
paved:: 687 km
unpaved:: 440 km (2000)

Guatemala

total:: 14,095 km
country comparison to the world:: 124
paved:: 4,863 km (includes 75 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 9,232 km (2000)

Haiti

total:: 4,160 km
country comparison to the world:: 155
paved:: 1,011 km
unpaved:: 3,149 km (2000)

Honduras

total:: 14,239 km
country comparison to the world:: 123
paved:: 3,159 km
unpaved:: 11,080 km (1,420 km summer only) (2009)

Jamaica

total:: 22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways) (2005)
country comparison to the world:: 103

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 (2008)

Nicaragua

total:: 19,137 km
country comparison to the world:: 111
paved:: 2,033 km
unpaved:: 17,104 km (2009)

Panama

total:: 11,978 km
country comparison to the world:: 130
paved:: 4,300 km
unpaved:: 7,678 km (2002)

Puerto Rico

total:: 26,670 km
country comparison to the world:: 100
paved:: 25,337 km (includes 427 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 1,333 km (2008)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:: 383 km
country comparison to the world:: 200
paved:: 163 km
unpaved:: 220 km (2002)

Saint Lucia

total:: 1,210 km (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 180

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:: 829 km
country comparison to the world:: 186
paved:: 580 km
unpaved:: 249 km (2003)

Sint Maarten

total:: 53 km
country comparison to the world:: 218

Trinidad and Tobago

total:: 8,320 km
country comparison to the world:: 139
paved:: 4,252 km
unpaved:: 4,068 km (2000)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:: 121 km
country comparison to the world:: 212
paved:: 24 km
unpaved:: 97 km (2003)

Virgin Islands

total:: 1,260 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 179

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total:: 18,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 115
paved:: 7,020 km
unpaved:: 10,980 km (2002)

Andorra

total:: 320 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 203

Austria

total:: 124,508 km
country comparison to the world:: 37
paved:: 124,508 km (includes 1,719 km of expressways) (2012)

Belarus

total:: 86,392 km
country comparison to the world:: 53
paved:: 74,651 km
unpaved:: 11,741 km (2010)

Belgium

total:: 154,012 km
country comparison to the world:: 31
paved:: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 33,498 km (2010)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:: 22,926 km
country comparison to the world:: 102
paved:: 19,426 km (4,652 km of interurban roads)
unpaved:: 3,500 km (2010)

Bulgaria

total:: 19,512 km
country comparison to the world:: 109
paved:: 19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 277 km

note: does not include Category IV local roads (2011)

Croatia

total:: 29,343 km (includes 1,047 km of expressways) (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 98

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:: 127,797 km (includes urban roads)
country comparison to the world:: 36
paved:: 127,797 km (includes 730 km of expressways) (2008)

Denmark

total:: 73,197 km
country comparison to the world:: 62
paved:: 73,197 km (includes 1,111 km of expressways) (2008)

Estonia

total:: 58,034 km (includes 41,912 urban roads)
country comparison to the world:: 75
paved:: 34,936 km (includes 104 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 23,098 km (2009)

European Union

total:: 5,814,080 km (2010)

Faroe Islands

total:: 463 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 196

Finland

total:: 78,141 km
country comparison to the world:: 59
paved:: 50,914 km (includes 739 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 27,227 km (2009)

France

total:: 951,200 km (metropolitan France; includes 11,100 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:: 8

note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2007)

Germany

total:: 644,480 km
country comparison to the world:: 11
paved:: 644,480 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)

note: includes local roads (2008)

Gibraltar

total:: 29 km
country comparison to the world:: 219
paved:: 29 km (2007)

Greece

total:: 116,711 km (includes 948 km of expressways) (2005)
country comparison to the world:: 38

Hungary

total:: 197,519 km
country comparison to the world:: 24
paved:: 74,993 km (43,898 km of interurban roads including 911 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 112,526 km (2010)

Ireland

total:: 96,036 km
country comparison to the world:: 45
paved:: 96,036 km (includes 1,224 km of expressways) (2010)

Isle of Man

total:: 500 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 195

Italy

total:: 487,700 km
country comparison to the world:: 13
paved:: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)

Jersey

total:: 576 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 191

Kosovo

total:: 1,964 km
country comparison to the world:: 175
paved:: 1,706 km
unpaved:: 258 km (2009)

Latvia

total:: 73,074 km
country comparison to the world:: 63
paved:: 14,459 km
unpaved:: 58,615 km (2010)

Liechtenstein

total:: 380 km
country comparison to the world:: 201
paved:: 380 km (2010)

Lithuania

total:: 82,131 km
country comparison to the world:: 56
paved:: 72,048 km (includes 309 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 10,083 km (2010)

Luxembourg

total:: 5,227 km
country comparison to the world:: 152
paved:: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2008)

Malta

total:: 3,096 km
country comparison to the world:: 164
paved:: 2,710 km
unpaved:: 386 km (2005)

Moldova

total:: 9,343 km
country comparison to the world:: 137
paved:: 8,810 km
unpaved:: 533 km (2008)

Monaco

total:: 77 km
country comparison to the world:: 217
paved:: 77 km (2007)

Montenegro

total:: 7,624 km
country comparison to the world:: 145
paved:: 5,097 km
unpaved:: 2,527 km (2008)

Netherlands

total:: 136,827 km (includes 2,631 km of expressways) (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 35

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:: 13,736 km (includes 216 km of expressways) (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 127

Norway

total:: 93,509 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 48

Poland

total:: 423,997 km
country comparison to the world:: 15
paved:: 295,356 km (includes 765 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 128,641 km (2008)

Portugal

total:: 82,900 km
country comparison to the world:: 54
paved:: 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 11,606 km (2008)

Romania

total:: 82,386 km (does not include urban roads)
country comparison to the world:: 55
paved:: 71,154 km (includes 371 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 11,232 km (2009)

San Marino

total:: 292 km
country comparison to the world:: 205
paved:: 292 km (2006)

Serbia

total:: 41,913 km
country comparison to the world:: 86
paved:: 26,007 km
unpaved:: 15,906 km (2007)

Slovakia

total:: 43,761 km
country comparison to the world:: 83
paved:: 38,085 km (includes 384 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 5,676 km (2008)

Slovenia

total:: 38,925 km
country comparison to the world:: 91
paved:: 38,925 km (includes 658 km of expressways) (2008)

Spain

total:: 681,298 km
country comparison to the world:: 10
paved:: 681,298 km (includes 15,152 km of expressways) (2008)

Sweden

total:: 572,900 km (includes 1,855 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:: 12

note: (includes 98,400 km of state roads, 433,500 km of private roads, and 41,000 km of municipal roads; 215,700 km of these are open to public traffic) (2009)