The CIA World Factbook Edition 2013 Transportation

Roadways In 35 editions of 36.

Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2013 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2013 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:
42
paved:
87,605 km (includes 645 km of expressways)
unpaved:
26,050 km (2010)

Angola

total:
51,429 km
country comparison to the world:
76
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
country comparison to the world:
117

note: 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)

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:
127
paved:
1,286 km
unpaved:
11,036 km (2004)

Cabo Verde

total:
1,350 km
country comparison to the world:
179
paved:
932 km
unpaved:
418 km (2000)

Cameroon

total:
51,350 km
country comparison to the world:
77
paved:
4,108 km
unpaved:
47,242 km

note: there are 28,857 km of national roads (2011)

Central African Republic

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

Chad

total:
40,000 km
country comparison to the world:
87

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:
186
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:
118
paved:
864 km
unpaved:
16,425 km (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
81,996 km
country comparison to the world:
59
paved:
6,502 km
unpaved:
75,494 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 (2007)

Djibouti

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

Egypt

total:
137,430 km
country comparison to the world:
37
paved:
126,742 km (includes 838 km of expressways)
unpaved:
10,688 km (2010)

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:
44,359 km
country comparison to the world:
79
paved:
6,064 km
unpaved:
38,295 km (2007)

Gabon

total:
9,170 km
country comparison to the world:
138
paved:
1,097 km
unpaved:
8,073 km (2007)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
3,740 km
country comparison to the world:
159
paved:
711 km
unpaved:
3,029 km (2011)

Ghana

total:
109,515 km
country comparison to the world:
43
paved:
13,787 km
unpaved:
95,728 km (2009)

Guinea

total:
44,348 km
country comparison to the world:
80
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:
160,878 km
country comparison to the world:
30
paved:
11,189 km
unpaved:
149,689 km

note: includes 98.941 km of urban and other roads (2013)

Lesotho

total:
5,940 km
country comparison to the world:
150
paved:
1,069 km
unpaved:
4,871 km (2011)

Liberia

total:
10,600 km
country comparison to the world:
134
paved:
657 km
unpaved:
9,943 km (2000)

Libya

total:
100,024 km
country comparison to the world:
45
paved:
57,214 km
unpaved:
42,810 km (2003)

Madagascar

total:
34,476 km
country comparison to the world:
92
paved:
5,613 km
unpaved:
2,886 km (2010)

Malawi

total:
15,450 km
country comparison to the world:
120
paved:
6,951 km
unpaved:
8,499 km (2011)

Mali

total:
22,474 km
country comparison to the world:
102
paved:
5,522 km
unpaved:
16,952 km (2009)

Mauritania

total:
10,628 km
country comparison to the world:
133
paved:
3,158 km
unpaved:
7,470 km (2010)

Mauritius

total:
2,149 km
country comparison to the world:
173
paved:
2,149 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2012)

Morocco

total:
58,395 km
country comparison to the world:
74
paved:
41,116 km (includes 1,080 km of expressways)
unpaved:
17,279 km (2010)

Mozambique

total:
30,331 km
country comparison to the world:
96
paved:
6,303 km
unpaved:
24,028 km (2009)

Namibia

total:
44,138 km
country comparison to the world:
82
paved:
6,387 km
unpaved:
37,751 km (2010)

Niger

total:
18,949 km
country comparison to the world:
114
paved:
3,912 km
unpaved:
15,037 km (2010)

Nigeria

total:
193,200 km
country comparison to the world:
27
paved:
28,980 km
unpaved:
164,220 km (2004)

Rwanda

total:
4,700 km
country comparison to the world:
152
paved:
1,207 km
unpaved:
3,493 km (2012)

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, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
320 km
country comparison to the world:
204
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 (2010)

Sierra Leone

total:
11,300 km
country comparison to the world:
131
paved:
904 km
unpaved:
10,396 km (2002)

Somalia

total:
22,100 km
country comparison to the world:
105
paved:
2,608 km
unpaved:
19,492 km (2000)

South Africa

total:
364,131 km
country comparison to the world:
19
paved:
62,995 km (includes 254 km of expressways)
unpaved:
301,136 km (2002)

South Sudan

7,000 km; note - 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:
128
paved:
4,320 km
unpaved:
7,580 km (2000)

Tanzania

total:
86,472 km
country comparison to the world:
54
paved:
7,092 km
unpaved:
79,380 km (2010)

Togo

total:
11,652 km
country comparison to the world:
129
paved:
2,447 km
unpaved:
9,205 km (2007)

Tunisia

total:
19,418 km
country comparison to the world:
112
paved:
14,756 km (includes 357 km of expressways)
unpaved:
4,662 km (2010)

Uganda

total:
20,000 km (does not include local roads)
country comparison to the world:
109
paved:
3,264 km
unpaved:
16,736 km (2011)

Zambia

total:
91,440 km
country comparison to the world:
52
paved:
20,117 km
unpaved:
71,323 km (2001)

Zimbabwe

total:
97,267 km
country comparison to the world:
47
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 (2012)

Iceland

total:
12,890 km
country comparison to the world:
126
paved/oiled gravel:
4,782 km (does not include urban roads)
unpaved:
8,108 km (2012)

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:
143

Azerbaijan

total:
52,942 km
country comparison to the world:
75
paved:
26,789 km
unpaved:
26,153 km (2006)

Bangladesh

total:
21,269 km
country comparison to the world:
106
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:
3
paved:
3,453,890 km (includes 84,946 km of expressways)
unpaved:
652,497 km (2011)

Georgia

total:
19,109 km
country comparison to the world:
113
paved:
19,109 km (includes 69 km of expressways) (2010)

India

total:
4,689,842 km
country comparison to the world:
2

note: includes 79,116 km of national highways and expressways, 155,716 km of state highways, and 4,455,010 km of other roads (2013)

Japan

total:
1,210,251 km
country comparison to the world:
6
paved:
973,234 km (includes 7,803 km of expressways)
unpaved:
237,017 km (2010)

Kazakhstan

total:
97,418 km
country comparison to the world:
46
paved:
87,140 km
unpaved:
10,278 km (2012)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
25,554 km
country comparison to the world:
100
paved:
724 km
unpaved:
24,830 km (2006)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
104,983 km
country comparison to the world:
44
paved:
83,199 km (includes 3,779 km of expressways)
unpaved:
21,784 km (2009)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
34,000 km (2007)
country comparison to the world:
94

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: island roads are mainly compacted coral (2013)

Mongolia

total:
49,249 km
country comparison to the world:
78
paved:
4,800 km
unpaved:
44,449 km (2013)

Nepal

total:
10,844 km
country comparison to the world:
132
paved:
4,952 km
unpaved:
5,892 km (2010)

Pakistan

total:
262,256 km
country comparison to the world:
20
paved:
189,218 km (includes 708 km of expressways)
unpaved:
73,038 km (2010)

Russia

total:
1,283,387 km
country comparison to the world:
5
paved:
927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways)
unpaved:
355,666 km (2012)

Sri Lanka

total:
114,093 km
country comparison to the world:
41
paved:
16,977 km
unpaved:
97,116 km (2010)

Tajikistan

total:
27,767 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:
98

Turkmenistan

total:
58,592 km
country comparison to the world:
72
paved:
47,577 km
unpaved:
11,015 km (2002)

Uzbekistan

total:
86,496 km
country comparison to the world:
53
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:
1,170 km
country comparison to the world:
182
paved:
386 km
unpaved:
784 km (2011)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
2,700 km
country comparison to the world:
170
paved:
1,620 km
unpaved:
1,080 km (2011)

Barbados

total:
1,600 km
country comparison to the world:
176
paved:
1,600 km (2011)

Belize

total:
2,870 km
country comparison to the world:
169
paved:
488 km
unpaved:
2,382 km (2011)

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:
188
paved:
785 km (2007)

Costa Rica

total:
39,018 km
country comparison to the world:
90
paved:
10,133 km
unpaved:
28,885 km (2010)

Cuba

total:
60,858 km
country comparison to the world:
69
paved:
29,820 km (includes 639 km of expressways)
unpaved:
31,038 km (2001)

Curacao

total:
550 km
country comparison to the world:
192

Dominica

total:
1,512 km
country comparison to the world:
177
paved:
762 km
unpaved:
750 km (2010)

Dominican Republic

total:
19,705 km
country comparison to the world:
110
paved:
9,872 km
unpaved:
9,833 km (2002)

El Salvador

total:
6,918 km
country comparison to the world:
147
paved:
3,247 km (includes 341 km of expressways)
unpaved:
3,671 km (2010)

Grenada

total:
1,127 km
country comparison to the world:
183
paved:
687 km
unpaved:
440 km (2001)

Guatemala

total:
11,501 km
country comparison to the world:
130
paved:
6,797 km (includes 127 km of expressways)
unpaved:
4,704 km (2010)

Haiti

total:
4,266 km
country comparison to the world:
155
paved:
768 km
unpaved:
3,498 km (2009)

Honduras

total:
14,742 km
country comparison to the world:
123
paved:
3,367 km
unpaved:
11,375 km (1,543 km summer only)

note: there are another 8,951 km of non-offical roads used by the coffee industry (2012)

Jamaica

total:
22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:
103
paved:
16,148 km
unpaved:
5,973 km (2011)

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:
22,111 km
country comparison to the world:
104
paved:
2,850 km
unpaved:
19,261 km (2010)

Panama

total:
15,137 km
country comparison to the world:
122
paved:
6,351 km
unpaved:
8,786 km (2010)

Puerto Rico

total:
26,862 km (includes 454 km of expressways) (2012)
country comparison to the world:
99

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
country comparison to the world:
181
paved:
847 km
unpaved:
363 km (2011)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
829 km
country comparison to the world:
187
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 (2001)

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:
180

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total:
18,000 km
country comparison to the world:
116
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:
39
paved:
124,508 km (includes 1,719 km of expressways) (2012)

Belarus

total:
86,392 km
country comparison to the world:
55
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:
101
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:
111
paved:
19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways)
unpaved:
277 km

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

Croatia

total:
29,410 km (includes 1,254 km of expressways) (2011)
country comparison to the world:
97

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
130,671 km (includes urban roads)
country comparison to the world:
38
paved:
130,671 km (includes 730 km of expressways) (2010)

Denmark

total:
73,929 km
country comparison to the world:
64
paved:
73,929 km (includes 1,143 km of expressways) (2012)

Estonia

total:
58,412 km (includes urban roads)
country comparison to the world:
73
paved:
10,427 km (includes 115 km of expressways)
unpaved:
47,985 km (2011)

European Union

total:
5,814,080 km (2010)

Faroe Islands

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

Finland

total:
78,000 km
country comparison to the world:
61
paved:
50,000 km (includes 700 km of expressways)
unpaved:
28,000 km

note: there 78,000 km of highways, 350,000 km of private and forest roads, and 26,000 km of urban roads giving Finland a total road network of 450,000 km (2012)

France

total:
1,028,446 km (metropolitan France; includes 11,416 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:
8

note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2010)

Germany

total:
645,000 km
country comparison to the world:
11
paved:
645,000 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)

note: includes local roads (2010)

Gibraltar

total:
29 km
country comparison to the world:
220
paved:
29 km (2007)

Greece

total:
116,960 km
country comparison to the world:
40
paved:
41,357 km (includes 1,091 km of expressways)
unpaved:
75,603 km (2010)

Hungary

total:
199,567 km
country comparison to the world:
25
paved:
76,075 km (includes 1,477 km of expressways)
unpaved:
123,492 km (2010)

Ireland

total:
96,036 km
country comparison to the world:
49
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:
14
paved:
487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)

Jersey

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

Kosovo

total:
6,955 km
country comparison to the world:
146
paved:
1,843 km (includes 38 km of expessways)
unpaved:
5,112 km (2012)

Latvia

total:
72,440 km
country comparison to the world:
65
paved:
14,707 km
unpaved:
57,733 km (2013)

Liechtenstein

total:
380 km
country comparison to the world:
201
paved:
380 km (2012)

Lithuania

total:
84,166 km
country comparison to the world:
57
paved:
72,297 km (includes 312 km of expressways)
unpaved:
11,869 km (2012)

Luxembourg

total:
2,899 km
country comparison to the world:
167
paved:
2,899 km (includes 152 km of expressways) (2011)

Malta

total:
3,096 km
country comparison to the world:
164
paved:
2,704 km
unpaved:
392 km (2008)

Moldova

total:
9,352 km
country comparison to the world:
136
paved:
8,835 km
unpaved:
517 km (2012)

Monaco

total:
77 km
country comparison to the world:
217
paved:
77 km (2010)

Montenegro

total:
7,763 km
country comparison to the world:
142
paved:
5,365 km
unpaved:
2,398 km (2010)

Netherlands

total:
139,295 km (includes 2,758 km of expressways) (2012)
country comparison to the world:
36

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
14,038 km (includes 259 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:
124
paved:
9,489 km
unpaved:
4,549 km (2012)

Norway

total:
93,870 km (includes 393 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:
51
paved:
75,754 km
unpaved:
18,116 km (2013)

Poland

total:
412,035 km
country comparison to the world:
15
paved:
280,719 km (includes 2,418 km of expressways)
unpaved:
131,316 km (2012)

Portugal

total:
82,900 km
country comparison to the world:
58
paved:
71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways)
unpaved:
11,606 km (2008)

Romania

total:
84,185 km
country comparison to the world:
56
paved:
49,873 km (includes 337 km of expressways)
unpaved:
34,312 km (2012)

San Marino

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

Serbia

total:
44,248 km
country comparison to the world:
81
paved:
28,000 km
unpaved:
16,248 km (2010)

Slovakia

total:
43,916 km
country comparison to the world:
83
paved:
38,238 km (includes 417 km of expressways)
unpaved:
5,678 km (2010)

Slovenia

total:
38,985 km
country comparison to the world:
91
paved:
38,985 km (includes 769 km of expressways) (2012)

Spain

total:
683,175 km
country comparison to the world:
10
paved:
683,175 km (includes 16,205 km of expressways) (2011)

Sweden

total:
579,564 km (includes 1,913 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world:
12
paved:
135,444 km
unpaved:
444,412 km

note: includes 104,705 km of state roads, 433,034 km of private roads, and 41,825 km of municipal roads (2010)

Switzerland

total:
71,464 km
country comparison to the world:
66
paved:
71,464 km (includes 1,415 of expressways) (2011)

Ukraine

total:
169,694 km
country comparison to the world:
29
paved:
166,095 km (includes 17 km of expressways)
unpaved:
3,599 km (2012)

United Kingdom

total:
394,428 km
country comparison to the world:
16
paved:
394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
4,122 km
country comparison to the world:
156
paved:
3,392 km
unpaved:
730 km (2010)

Cyprus

total:
20,006 km
country comparison to the world:
108
government control:
13,006 km (includes 2,277 km of expressways)
paved:
8,564 km
unpaved:
4,442 km
Turkish Cypriot control:
7,000 km (2011)

Gaza Strip

note: see entry for West Bank

Iran

total:
198,866 km
country comparison to the world:
26
paved:
160,366 km (includes 1,948 km of expressways)
unpaved:
38,500 km (2010)

Iraq

total:
59,623 km
country comparison to the world:
71
paved:
59,623 km (includes Kurdistan Region) (2012)

Israel

total:
18,566 km
country comparison to the world:
115
paved:
18,566 km (includes 449 km of expressways) (2011)

Jordan

total:
7,203 km
country comparison to the world:
144
paved:
7,203 km (2011)

Kuwait

total:
6,608 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:
148

Lebanon

total:
6,970 km (includes 170 km of expressways) (2005)
country comparison to the world:
145

Oman

total:
60,240 km
country comparison to the world:
70
paved:
29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways)
unpaved:
30,545 km (2012)

Qatar

total:
9,830 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:
135

Saudi Arabia

total:
221,372 km
country comparison to the world:
22
paved:
47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)
unpaved:
173,843 km (2006)

Syria

total:
69,873 km
country comparison to the world:
68
paved:
63,060 km
unpaved:
6,813 km (2010)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
385,748 km
country comparison to the world:
17
paved:
352,268 km (includes 2,127 km of expressways)
unpaved:
33,486 km (2012)

United Arab Emirates

total:
4,080 km
country comparison to the world:
157
paved:
4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)

West Bank

total:
4,686 km
country comparison to the world:
153
paved:
4,686 km

note: includes Gaza Strip (2010)

Yemen

total:
71,300 km
country comparison to the world:
67
paved:
6,200 km
unpaved:
65,100 km (2005)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
447 km
country comparison to the world:
197
paved:
447 km

note: 225 km public roads; 222 km private roads (2010)

Canada

total:
1,042,300 km
country comparison to the world:
7
paved:
415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways)
unpaved:
626,700 km (2008)

Mexico

total:
377,660 km
country comparison to the world:
18
paved:
137,544 km (includes 7,176 km of expressways)
unpaved:
240,116 km (2012)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
117 km
country comparison to the world:
214
paved:
80 km
unpaved:
37 km (2009)

United States

total:
6,586,610 km
country comparison to the world:
1
paved:
4,304,715 km (includes 76,334 km of expressways)
unpaved:
2,281,895 km (2012)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
241 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:
206

Australia

total:
823,217 km
country comparison to the world:
9
paved:
356,343 km
unpaved:
466,874 km (2011)

Cook Islands

total:
320 km
country comparison to the world:
202
paved:
33 km
unpaved:
287 km (2003)

Fiji

total:
3,440 km
country comparison to the world:
162
paved:
1,686 km
unpaved:
1,754 km (2011)

French Polynesia

total:
2,590 km
country comparison to the world:
171
paved:
1,735 km
unpaved:
855 km (1999)

Guam

total:
1,045 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:
185

Kiribati

total:
670 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:
190

Marshall Islands

total:
2,028 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2007)
country comparison to the world:
175

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
240 km
country comparison to the world:
207
paved:
42 km
unpaved:
198 km (2000)

Nauru

total:
30 km
country comparison to the world:
219
paved:
24 km
unpaved:
6 km (2002)

New Caledonia

total:
5,622 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:
151

New Zealand

total:
94,160 km
country comparison to the world:
50
paved:
62,759 km (includes 199 km of expressways)
unpaved:
32,143 km (2012)

Niue

total:
120 km
country comparison to the world:
213
paved:
120 km (2011)

Norfolk Island

total:
80 km
country comparison to the world:
216
paved:
53 km
unpaved:
27 km (2008)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
536 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:
193

Papua New Guinea

total:
9,349 km
country comparison to the world:
137
paved:
3,000 km
unpaved:
6,349 km (2011)

Samoa

total:
2,337 km
country comparison to the world:
172
paved:
332 km
unpaved:
2,005 km (2001)

Solomon Islands

total:
1,390 km
country comparison to the world:
178
paved:
34 km
unpaved:
1,356 km

note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads (2011)

Tonga

total:
680 km
country comparison to the world:
189
paved:
184 km
unpaved:
496 km (2011)

Tuvalu

total:
8 km
country comparison to the world:
222
paved:
8 km (2011)

Vanuatu

total:
1,070 km
country comparison to the world:
184
paved:
256 km
unpaved:
814 km (2000)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
231,374 km
country comparison to the world:
21
paved:
69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways)
unpaved:
161,962 km (2004)

Bolivia

total:
80,488 km
country comparison to the world:
60
paved:
11,993 km
unpaved:
68,495 km (2010)

Brazil

total:
1,580,964 km
country comparison to the world:
4
paved:
212,798 km
unpaved:
1,368,166 km

note: does not include urban roads (2010)

Chile

total:
77,764 km
country comparison to the world:
62
paved:
18,119 km (includes 2,387 km of expressways)
unpaved:
59,645 km (2010)

Colombia

total:
141,374 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:
34

Ecuador

total:
43,670 km
country comparison to the world:
84
paved:
6,472 km
unpaved:
37,198 km (2007)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total:
440 km
country comparison to the world:
198
paved:
50 km
unpaved:
390 km (2008)

Guyana

total:
7,970 km
country comparison to the world:
141
paved:
590 km
unpaved:
7,380 km (2000)

Paraguay

total:
32,059 km
country comparison to the world:
95
paved:
4,860 km
unpaved:
27,199 km (2010)

Peru

total:
140,672 km (of which 18,698 km are paved)
country comparison to the world:
35

note: includes 24,593 km of national roads (of which 14,748 km are paved), 24,235 km of departmental roads (2,340 km paved), and 91,844 km of local roads (1,611 km paved) (2012)

Suriname

total:
4,304 km
country comparison to the world:
154
paved:
1,130 km
unpaved:
3,174 km (2003)

Uruguay

total:
77,732 km
country comparison to the world:
63
paved:
7,743 km
unpaved:
69,989 km (2010)

Venezuela

total:
96,155 km
country comparison to the world:
48
paved:
32,308 km
unpaved:
63,847 km (2002)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

total:
3,029 km
country comparison to the world:
166
paved:
2,425 km
unpaved:
604 km (2010)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
34,377 km (includes 358 km of expressways) (2010)
country comparison to the world:
93

Cambodia

total:
39,618 km
country comparison to the world:
88
paved:
2,492 km
unpaved:
37,126 km (2009)

Christmas Island

total:
140 km
country comparison to the world:
211
paved:
30 km
unpaved:
110 km (2011)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

total:
22 km
country comparison to the world:
221
paved:
10 km
unpaved:
12 km (2007)

Hong Kong

total:
2,090 km
country comparison to the world:
174
paved:
2,090 km (2012)

Indonesia

total:
496,607 km
country comparison to the world:
13
paved:
283,102 km
unpaved:
213,505 km (2011)

Laos

total:
39,568 km
country comparison to the world:
89
paved:
530 km
unpaved:
39,038 km (2007)

Macau

total:
413 km
country comparison to the world:
199
paved:
413 km (2009)

Malaysia

total:
144,403 km (does not include local roads)
country comparison to the world:
33
paved:
116,169 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways)
unpaved:
28,234 km (2010)

Philippines

total:
213,151 km
country comparison to the world:
23
paved:
54,481 km
unpaved:
158,670 km (2009)

Singapore

total:
3,425 km
country comparison to the world:
163
paved:
3,425 km (includes 161 km of expressways) (2012)

Taiwan

total:
41,475 km
country comparison to the world:
86
paved:
41,033 km (includes 720 km of expressways)
unpaved:
442 km (2009)

Thailand

total:
180,053 km (includes 450 km of expressways) (2006)
country comparison to the world:
28

Timor-Leste

total:
6,040 km
country comparison to the world:
149
paved:
2,600 km
unpaved:
3,440 km (2005)

Vietnam

total:
206,633 km
country comparison to the world:
24
paved:
148,338 km
unpaved:
47,130 km (2013)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2013, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/2013.

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