The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 Transportation

Roadways In 35 editions of 36.

Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2017 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 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:: 64,285,009 km (2013)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:: 113,655 km
paved:: 87,605 km (includes 645 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 26,050 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 43

Angola

total:: 51,429 km
paved:: 5,349 km
unpaved:: 46,080 km (2001)
country comparison to the world:: 77

Benin

total:: 16,000 km
paved:: 1,400 km
unpaved:: 14,600 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 120

Botswana

total:: 17,916 km

note: includes 8,916 km of Public Highway Network roads (6,116 km paved and 2,800 km unpaved) and 9,000 km of District Council roads (2011)

country comparison to the world: 117

Burkina Faso

total:: 15,272 km

note: does not include urban roads (2010)

country comparison to the world: 122

Burundi

total:: 12,322 km
paved:: 1,500 km
unpaved:: 10,822 km (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 128

Cabo Verde

total:: 1,350 km
paved:: 932 km
unpaved:: 418 km (2013)
country comparison to the world:: 180

Cameroon

total:: 51,350 km
paved:: 4,108 km
unpaved:: 47,242 km

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

country comparison to the world: 78

Central African Republic

total:: 20,278 km
paved:: 1,385 km
unpaved:: 18,893 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 107

Chad

total:: 40,000 km

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)

country comparison to the world: 88

Comoros

total:: 880 km
paved:: 673 km
unpaved:: 207 km (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 188

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:: 153,497 km
paved:: 2,794 km
unpaved:: 150,703 km (2004)
country comparison to the world:: 34

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total:: 17,000 km
paved:: 1,212 km
unpaved:: 15,788 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 119

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:: 81,996 km
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)

country comparison to the world: 60

Djibouti

total:: 3,065 km
paved:: 1,379 km
unpaved:: 1,686 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 165

Egypt

total:: 137,430 km
paved:: 126,742 km (includes 838 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 10,688 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 38

Equatorial Guinea

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

Eritrea

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

Swaziland now Eswatini

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

Ethiopia

total:: 110,414 km
paved:: 14,354 km
unpaved:: 96,060 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 44

Gabon

total:: 9,170 km
paved:: 1,097 km
unpaved:: 8,073 km (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 140

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

total:: 109,515 km
paved:: 13,787 km
unpaved:: 95,728 km (2009)
country comparison to the world:: 45

Guinea

total:: 44,348 km
paved:: 4,342 km
unpaved:: 40,006 km (2003)
country comparison to the world:: 81

Guinea-Bissau

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

Kenya

total:: 161,452 km
paved:: 14,420 km (8,500 km highways, 1,872 urban roads, and 4,048 rural roads)
unpaved:: 147,032 km (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 32

Lesotho

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

Liberia

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

Libya

total:: 100,024 km
paved:: 57,214 km
unpaved:: 42,810 km (2003)
country comparison to the world:: 47

Madagascar

total:: 37,476 km
paved:: 6,103 km
unpaved:: 31,373 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 92

Malawi

total:: 15,450 km
paved:: 6,951 km
unpaved:: 8,499 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 121

Mali

total:: 22,474 km
paved:: 5,522 km
unpaved:: 16,952 km (2009)
country comparison to the world:: 103

Mauritania

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

Mauritius

total:: 2,428 km
paved:: 2,379 km (includes 99 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 49 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 173

Morocco

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

Mozambique

total:: 31,083 km
paved:: 7,365 km
unpaved:: 23,718 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 96

Namibia

total:: 44,138 km
paved:: 6,387 km
unpaved:: 37,751 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 83

Niger

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

Nigeria

total:: 193,200 km
paved:: 28,980 km
unpaved:: 164,220 km (2004)
country comparison to the world:: 29

Rwanda

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

Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha 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 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
unpaved:: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 210

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

total:: 320 km
paved:: 218 km
unpaved:: 102 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 206

Senegal

total:: 16,496 km
paved:: 5,957 km (includes 72 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 10,539 km (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 124

Seychelles

total:: 526 km
paved:: 514 km
unpaved:: 12 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 196

Sierra Leone

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

Somalia

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

South Africa

total:: 747,014 km
paved:: 158,952 km
unpaved:: 588,062 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 10

South Sudan

total:: 7,000 km

note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair; a 192-km paved road between the capital, Juba, and Nimule on the Ugandan border was constructed with USAID funds in 2012 (2012)

country comparison to the world: 145

Sudan

total:: 11,900 km
paved:: 4,320 km
unpaved:: 7,580 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 129

Tanzania

total:: 86,472 km
paved:: 7,092 km
unpaved:: 79,380 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 55

Togo

total:: 11,652 km
paved:: 2,447 km
unpaved:: 9,205 km (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 130

Tunisia

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

Uganda

total:: 20,000 km (excludes local roads)
paved:: 3,264 km
unpaved:: 16,736 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 109

Zambia

total:: 40,454 km
paved:: 9,403 km
unpaved:: 31,051 km (2005)
country comparison to the world:: 87

Zimbabwe

total:: 97,267 km
paved:: 18,481 km
unpaved:: 78,786 km (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 49

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

note: although there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-urban transport is either by sea or by air (2015)

Iceland

total:: 12,890 km
paved/oiled gravel:: 4,782 km (excludes urban roads)
unpaved:: 8,108 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 127

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

total:: 42,150 km
paved:: 12,350 km
unpaved:: 29,800 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 86

Armenia

total:: 7,792 km (2013)
country comparison to the world:: 142

Azerbaijan

total:: 52,942 km
paved:: 26,789 km
unpaved:: 26,153 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 76

Bangladesh

total:: 21,269 km
paved:: 2,021 km
unpaved:: 19,248 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 106

Bhutan

total:: 10,578 km
paved:: 2,975 km (includes 2,180 km of national highways)
unpaved:: 7,603 km (2013)

note: a more recent figure for 2015 lists 11,177 km for total roadway length, but no breakdown of paved or unpaved

country comparison to the world: 135

British Indian Ocean Territory

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

China

total:: 4,577,300 km
paved:: 4,046,300 km (includes 123,500 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 531,000 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 3

Georgia

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

India

total:: 4,699,024 km

note: includes 96,214 km of national highways and expressways, 147,800 km of state highways, and 4,455,010 km of other roads (2015)

country comparison to the world: 2

Japan

total:: 1,218,772 km
paved:: 992,835 km (includes 8,428 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 225,937 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 6

Kazakhstan

total:: 97,418 km
paved:: 87,140 km
unpaved:: 10,278 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 48

Korea, North now North Korea

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

Korea, South now South Korea

total:: 99,025 km
paved:: 91,195 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 7,830 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 46

Kyrgyzstan

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

Maldives

total:: 88 km
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)

country comparison to the world: 216

Mongolia

total:: 49,249 km
paved:: 4,800 km
unpaved:: 44,449 km (2013)
country comparison to the world:: 79

Nepal

total:: 27,990 km
paved:: 11,890 km
unpaved:: 16,100 km (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 132

Pakistan

total:: 263,942 km
paved:: 185,063 km (includes 708 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 78,879 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 21

Russia

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

Sri Lanka

total:: 114,093 km
paved:: 16,977 km
unpaved:: 97,116 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 42

Tajikistan

total:: 27,767 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 97

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

total:: 86,496 km
paved:: 75,511 km
unpaved:: 10,985 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 54

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:: 175 km
paved:: 82 km
unpaved:: 93 km (2004)
country comparison to the world:: 211

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

total:: 1,170 km
paved:: 386 km
unpaved:: 784 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 183

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

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

Barbados

total:: 1,700 km
paved:: 1,700 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 177

Belize

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

British Virgin Islands

total:: 200 km
paved:: 200 km (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 209

Cayman Islands

total:: 785 km
paved:: 785 km (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 190

Costa Rica

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

Cuba

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

Curacao

total:: 550 km
country comparison to the world:: 194

Dominica

total:: 1,512 km
paved:: 762 km
unpaved:: 750 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 178

Dominican Republic

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

El Salvador

total:: 6,979 km
paved:: 4,414 km (includes 341 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 2,565 km (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 147

Grenada

total:: 1,127 km
paved:: 687 km
unpaved:: 440 km (2001)
country comparison to the world:: 184

Guatemala

total:: 17,621 km
paved:: 7,489 km
unpaved:: 10,132 km (includes 4,960 km of rural roads) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 118

Haiti

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

Honduras

total:: 14,742 km
paved:: 3,367 km
unpaved:: 11,375 km (1,543 km summer only)

note: an additional 8,951 km of non-official roads used by the coffee industry (2012)

country comparison to the world: 125

Jamaica

total:: 22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways)
paved:: 16,148 km
unpaved:: 5,973 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 104

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 (2017)

Nicaragua

total:: 23,897 km
paved:: 3,346 km
unpaved:: 20,551 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 101

Panama

total:: 15,137 km
paved:: 6,351 km
unpaved:: 8,786 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 123

Puerto Rico

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

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:: 383 km
paved:: 163 km
unpaved:: 220 km (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 202

Saint Lucia

total:: 1,210 km
paved:: 847 km
unpaved:: 363 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 182

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:: 829 km
paved:: 580 km
unpaved:: 249 km (2003)
country comparison to the world:: 189

Sint Maarten

total:: 53 km
country comparison to the world:: 219

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

total:: 9,592 km
paved:: 5,524 km
unpaved:: 4,068 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 137

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

total:: 121 km
paved:: 24 km
unpaved:: 97 km (2003)
country comparison to the world:: 213

Virgin Islands

total:: 1,260 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 181

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total:: 18,000 km
paved:: 7,020 km
unpaved:: 10,980 km (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 116

Andorra

total:: 320 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 205

Austria

total:: 138,696 km
paved:: 138,696 km (includes 2,208 km of expressways) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 39

Belarus

total:: 86,392 km
paved:: 74,651 km
unpaved:: 11,741 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 56

Belgium

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

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Bulgaria

total:: 19,512 km
paved:: 19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 277 km

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

country comparison to the world: 111

Croatia

total:: 26,958 km (includes 1,416 km of expressways) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 98

Czechia

total:: 130,661 km (includes urban roads)
paved:: 130,661 km (includes 730 km of expressways) (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 40

Denmark

total:: 74,558 km
paved:: 74,558 km (includes 1,205 km of expressways) (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 64

Estonia

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

European Union

total:: 10,582,653 km (2013)

Faroe Islands

total:: 960 km

note: those islands not commected by roads (bridges or tunnels) are connected by seven different ferry links operated by the nationally owned company SSL (2017)

country comparison to the world: 187

Finland

total:: 454,000 km
highways:: 78,000 km (50,000 paved, including 700 km of expressways; 28,000 unpaved)
urban roads:: 26,000 km
private and forest roads:: 350,000 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 16

France

total:: 1,028,446 km (metropolitan France)
paved:: 1,028,446 km (includes 11,416 km of expressways)

note: not included are 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2010)

country comparison to the world: 8

Germany

total:: 645,000 km
paved:: 645,000 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)

note: includes local roads (2010)

country comparison to the world: 12

Gibraltar

total:: 29 km
paved:: 29 km (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 221

Greece

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

Hungary

total:: 203,601 km
paved:: 77,087 km (includes 1,582 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 126,514 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 26

Ireland

total:: 96,036 km
paved:: 96,036 km (includes 1,224 km of expressways) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 51

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

total:: 500 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 197

Italy

total:: 487,700 km
paved:: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)
country comparison to the world:: 15

Jersey

total:: 576 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 193

Kosovo

total:: 2,003 km
paved:: 1,883 km (includes 38 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 120 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 176

Latvia

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

Liechtenstein

total:: 380 km
paved:: 380 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 203

Lithuania

total:: 84,166 km
paved:: 72,297 km (includes 312 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 11,869 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 58

Luxembourg

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

Malta

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

Moldova

total:: 9,352 km
paved:: 8,835 km
unpaved:: 517 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 138

Monaco

total:: 77 km
paved:: 77 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 218

Montenegro

total:: 7,762 km
paved:: 7,141 km
unpaved:: 621 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 143

Netherlands

total:: 139,124 km (includes 3,654 km of expressways) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 37

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:: 14,182 km (includes 242 km of expressways)
paved:: 9,633 km
unpaved:: 4,549 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 126

Norway

total:: 93,870 km (includes 393 km of expressways)
paved:: 75,754 km
unpaved:: 18,116 km (2013)
country comparison to the world:: 53

Poland

total:: 417,026 km
paved:: 287,650 km (includes 1,492 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 129,376 km (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 17

Portugal

total:: 82,900 km
paved:: 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 11,606 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 59

Romania

total:: 84,185 km
paved:: 49,873 km (includes 337 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 34,312 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 57

San Marino

total:: 292 km
paved:: 292 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 207

Serbia

total:: 44,248 km
paved:: 28,000 km (16,162 km state roads, out of which 741 km highways)
unpaved:: 16,248 km (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 82

Slovakia

total:: 54,869 km (includes local roads, national roads, and 420 km of highways) (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 75

Slovenia

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

Spain

total:: 683,175 km
paved:: 683,175 km (includes 16,205 km of expressways) (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 11

Sweden

total:: 573,134 km (includes 2,050 km of expressways)
paved:: 140,100 km
unpaved:: 433,034 km

note: includes 98,500 km of state roads, 433,034 km of private roads, and 41,600 km of municipal roads (2016)

country comparison to the world: 13

Switzerland

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

Ukraine

total:: 169,694 km
paved:: 166,095 km (includes 17 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 3,599 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 31

United Kingdom

total:: 394,428 km
paved:: 394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009)
country comparison to the world:: 18

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

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

Cyprus

total:: 20,006 km
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)
country comparison to the world:: 108

Gaza Strip

note: see entry for the West Bank

Iran

total:: 198,866 km
paved:: 160,366 km (includes 1,948 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 38,500 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 27

Iraq

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

Israel

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

Jordan

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

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:: 146

Oman

total:: 60,230 km
paved:: 29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 30,545 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 70

Qatar

total:: 9,830 km (2010)
country comparison to the world:: 136

Saudi Arabia

total:: 221,372 km
paved:: 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 173,843 km (2006)
country comparison to the world:: 23

Syria

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

Turkey now Turkiye

total:: 385,754 km
paved:: 352,268 km (includes 2,127 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 33,486 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 19

United Arab Emirates

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

West Bank

total:: 4,686 km
paved:: 4,686 km

note: includes Gaza Strip (2010)

country comparison to the world: 153

Yemen

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

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:: 447 km
paved:: 447 km

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

country comparison to the world: 198

Canada

total:: 1,042,300 km
paved:: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 626,700 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 7

Mexico

total:: 377,660 km
paved:: 137,544 km (includes 7,176 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 240,116 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 20

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:: 117 km
paved:: 80 km
unpaved:: 37 km (2009)
country comparison to the world:: 215

United States

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

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:: 241 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 208

Australia

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

Cook Islands

total:: 320 km
paved:: 33 km
unpaved:: 287 km (2003)
country comparison to the world:: 204

Fiji

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

French Polynesia

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

Guam

total:: 1,045 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 186

Kiribati

total:: 670 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 192

Marshall Islands

total:: 2,028 km
paved:: 75 km

note: roads are mostly unimproved (2007)

country comparison to the world: 175

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:: 388 km
paved:: 184 km
unpaved:: 204 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 201

Nauru

total:: 30 km
paved:: 24 km
unpaved:: 6 km (2002)
country comparison to the world:: 220

New Caledonia

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

New Zealand

total:: 94,902 km
paved:: 62,759 km (includes 199 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 32,143 km (2012)
country comparison to the world:: 52

Niue

total:: 234 km
paved:: 210 km (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 214

Norfolk Island

total:: 80 km
paved:: 53 km
unpaved:: 27 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 217

Northern Mariana Islands

total:: 536 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 195

Papua New Guinea

total:: 9,349 km
paved:: 3,000 km
unpaved:: 6,349 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 139

Samoa

total:: 1,200 km
paved:: 1,105 km
unpaved:: 95 km (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 172

Solomon Islands

total:: 1,390 km
paved:: 34 km
unpaved:: 1,356 km

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

country comparison to the world: 179

Tonga

total:: 680 km
paved:: 184 km
unpaved:: 496 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 191

Tuvalu

total:: 8 km
paved:: 8 km (2011)
country comparison to the world:: 223

Vanuatu

total:: 1,070 km
paved:: 256 km
unpaved:: 814 km (2000)
country comparison to the world:: 185

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:: 231,374 km
paved:: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways)
unpaved:: 161,962 km (2004)
country comparison to the world:: 22

Bolivia

total:: 90,568 km
paved:: 9,792 km
unpaved:: 80,776 km (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 61

Brazil

total:: 1,580,964 km
paved:: 212,798 km
unpaved:: 1,368,166 km

note: does not include urban roads (2010)

country comparison to the world: 4

Chile

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

Colombia

total:: 204,855 km (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 25

Ecuador

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

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total:: 440 km
paved:: 50 km
unpaved:: 390 km (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 199

Guyana

total:: 7,970 km
paved:: 590 km
unpaved:: 7,380 km (2001)
country comparison to the world:: 141

Paraguay

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

Peru

total:: 140,672 km (18,699 km paved)

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

country comparison to the world: 36