The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 Transportation

Roadways In 35 editions of 36.

Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2018 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2018 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 (2010)
paved:
87,605 km (includes 645 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
26,050 km (2010)

Angola

total:
51,429 km (2001)
paved:
5,349 km (2001)
unpaved:
46,080 km (2001)

Benin

total:
16,000 km (2006)
paved:
1,400 km (2006)
unpaved:
14,600 km (2006)

Botswana

total:
17,916 km (2011)

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

Burkina Faso

total:
15,272 km (2010)

note: does not include urban roads

Burundi

total:
12,322 km (2016)
paved:
1,500 km (2016)
unpaved:
10,822 km (2016)

Cabo Verde

total:
1,350 km (2013)
paved:
932 km (2013)
unpaved:
418 km (2013)

Cameroon

total:
51,350 km (2011)
paved:
4,108 km (2011)
unpaved:
47,242 km (2011)

note: there are 28,857 km of national roads

Central African Republic

total:
20,278 km (2010)
paved:
1,385 km (2010)
unpaved:
18,893 km (2010)

Chad

total:
40,000 km (2011)

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

Comoros

total:
880 km (2002)
paved:
673 km (2002)
unpaved:
207 km (2002)

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

total:
153,497 km (2004)
paved:
2,794 km (2004)
unpaved:
150,703 km (2004)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
17,000 km (2006)
paved:
1,212 km (2006)
unpaved:
15,788 km (2006)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
81,996 km (2007)
paved:
6,502 km (2007)
unpaved:
75,494 km (2007)

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

Djibouti

total:
3,065 km (2000)
paved:
1,379 km (2000)
unpaved:
1,686 km (2000)

Egypt

total:
137,430 km (2010)
paved:
126,742 km (includes 838 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
10,688 km (2010)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
2,880 km (2000)

Eritrea

total:
4,010 km (2000)
paved:
874 km (2000)
unpaved:
3,136 km (2000)

Eswatini

total:
3,594 km (2002)
paved:
1,078 km (2002)
unpaved:
2,516 km (2002)

Ethiopia

total:
110,414 km (2015)
paved:
14,354 km (2015)
unpaved:
96,060 km (2015)

Gabon

total:
9,170 km (2007)
paved:
1,097 km (2007)
unpaved:
8,073 km (2007)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
3,740 km (2011)
paved:
711 km (2011)
unpaved:
3,029 km (2011)

Ghana

total:
109,515 km (2009)
paved:
13,787 km (2009)
unpaved:
95,728 km (2009)

Guinea

total:
44,348 km (2003)
paved:
4,342 km (2003)
unpaved:
40,006 km (2003)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
3,455 km (2002)
paved:
965 km (2002)
unpaved:
2,490 km (2002)

Kenya

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

Lesotho

total:
5,940 km (2011)
paved:
1,069 km (2011)
unpaved:
4,871 km (2011)

Liberia

total:
10,600 km (2000)
paved:
657 km (2000)
unpaved:
9,943 km (2000)

Libya

total:
100,024 km (2003)
paved:
57,214 km (2003)
unpaved:
42,810 km (2003)

Madagascar

total:
37,476 km (2010)
paved:
6,103 km (2010)
unpaved:
31,373 km (2010)

Malawi

total:
15,452 km (2015)
paved:
4,074 km (2015)
unpaved:
11,378 km (2015)

Mali

total:
22,474 km (2009)
paved:
5,522 km (2009)
unpaved:
16,952 km (2009)

Mauritania

total:
12,253 km (2018)
paved:
3,988 km (2018)
unpaved:
8,265 km (2018)

Mauritius

total:
2,428 km (2015)
paved:
2,379 km (includes 99 km of expressways) (2015)
unpaved:
49 km (2015)

Morocco

total:
58,395 km (2010)
paved:
41,116 km (includes 1,080 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
17,279 km (2010)

Mozambique

total:
31,083 km (2015)
paved:
7,365 km (2015)
unpaved:
23,718 km (2015)

Namibia

total:
44,138 km (2010)
paved:
6,387 km (2010)
unpaved:
37,751 km (2010)

Niger

total:
18,949 km (2010)
paved:
3,912 km (2010)
unpaved:
15,037 km (2010)

Nigeria

total:
193,200 km (2004)
paved:
28,980 km (2004)
unpaved:
164,220 km (2004)

Rwanda

total:
4,700 km (2012)
paved:
1,207 km (2012)
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) (2002)
paved:
168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
unpaved:
30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
320 km (2000)
paved:
218 km (2000)
unpaved:
102 km (2000)

Senegal

total:
16,496 km (2017)
paved:
5,957 km (includes 72 km of expressways) (2017)
unpaved:
10,539 km (2017)

Seychelles

total:
526 km (2015)
paved:
514 km (2015)
unpaved:
12 km (2015)

Sierra Leone

total:
11,300 km (2002)
paved:
904 km (2002)
unpaved:
10,396 km (2002)

Somalia

total:
22,100 km (2000)
paved:
2,608 km (2000)
unpaved:
19,492 km (2000)

South Africa

total:
747,014 km (2014)
paved:
158,952 km (2014)
unpaved:
588,062 km (2014)

South Sudan

total:
7,000 km (2012)

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

Sudan

total:
11,900 km (2000)
paved:
4,320 km (2000)
unpaved:
7,580 km (2000)

Tanzania

total:
86,472 km (2010)
paved:
7,092 km (2010)
unpaved:
79,380 km (2010)

Togo

total:
11,652 km (2007)
paved:
2,447 km (2007)
unpaved:
9,205 km (2007)

Tunisia

total:
19,418 km (2010)
paved:
14,756 km (includes 357 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
4,662 km (2010)

Uganda

total:
20,544 km (excludes local roads) (2017)
paved:
4,257 km (2017)
unpaved:
16,287 km (2017)

Zambia

total:
40,454 km (2005)
paved:
9,403 km (2005)
unpaved:
31,051 km (2005)

Zimbabwe

total:
97,267 km (2002)
paved:
18,481 km (2002)
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 is either by sea or by air

Iceland

total:
12,890 km (2012)
paved/oiled gravel:
4,782 km (excludes urban roads) (2012)
unpaved:
8,108 km (2012)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

total:
42,150 km (2006)
paved:
12,350 km (2006)
unpaved:
29,800 km (2006)

Armenia

total:
7,792 km (2013)

Azerbaijan

total:
52,942 km (2006)
paved:
26,789 km (2006)
unpaved:
26,153 km (2006)

Bangladesh

total:
21,269 km (2010)
paved:
2,021 km (2010)
unpaved:
19,248 km (2010)

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

British Indian Ocean Territory

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

China

total:
4,577,300 km (2015)
paved:
4,046,300 km (includes 123,500 km of expressways) (2015)
unpaved:
531,000 km (2015)

Georgia

total:
19,109 km (2010)
paved:
19,109 km (includes 69 km of expressways) (2010)

India

total:
4,699,024 km (2015)

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

Japan

total:
1,218,772 km (2015)
paved:
992,835 km (includes 8,428 km of expressways) (2015)
unpaved:
225,937 km (2015)

Kazakhstan

total:
97,418 km (2012)
paved:
87,140 km (2012)
unpaved:
10,278 km (2012)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
25,554 km (2006)
paved:
724 km (2006)
unpaved:
24,830 km (2006)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
100,428 km (2016)
paved:
92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways) (2016)
unpaved:
7,633 km (2016)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
34,000 km (2018)

Maldives

total:
93 km (2018)
paved:
  • 93 km - 60 km in Male;
  • 16 km on Addu Atolis;
  • 17 km on Laamu (2018)

note: island roads are mainly compacted coral

Mongolia

total:
49,249 km (2013)
paved:
4,800 km (2013)
unpaved:
44,449 km (2013)

Nepal

total:
27,990 km (2016)
paved:
11,890 km (2016)
unpaved:
16,100 km (2016)

Pakistan

total:
263,942 km (2014)
paved:
185,063 km (includes 708 km of expressways) (2014)
unpaved:
78,879 km (2014)

Russia

total:
1,283,387 km (2012)
paved:
927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
355,666 km (2012)

Sri Lanka

total:
114,093 km (2010)
paved:
16,977 km (2010)
unpaved:
97,116 km (2010)

Tajikistan

total:
27,767 km (2000)

Turkmenistan

total:
58,592 km (2002)
paved:
47,577 km (2002)
unpaved:
11,015 km (2002)

Uzbekistan

total:
86,496 km (2000)
paved:
75,511 km (2000)
unpaved:
10,985 km (2000)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:
175 km (2004)
paved:
82 km (2004)
unpaved:
93 km (2004)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
1,170 km (2011)
paved:
386 km (2011)
unpaved:
784 km (2011)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
2,700 km (2011)
paved:
1,620 km (2011)
unpaved:
1,080 km (2011)

Barbados

total:
1,700 km (2015)
paved:
1,700 km (2015)

Belize

total:
2,870 km (2011)
paved:
488 km (2011)
unpaved:
2,382 km (2011)

British Virgin Islands

total:
200 km (2007)
paved:
200 km (2007)

Cayman Islands

total:
785 km (2007)
paved:
785 km (2007)

Costa Rica

total:
39,018 km (2010)
paved:
10,133 km (2010)
unpaved:
28,885 km (2010)

Cuba

total:
60,858 km (2001)
paved:
29,820 km (includes 639 km of expressways) (2001)
unpaved:
31,038 km (2001)

Curacao

total:
550 km

Dominica

total:
1,512 km (2010)
paved:
762 km (2010)
unpaved:
750 km (2010)

Dominican Republic

total:
19,705 km (2002)
paved:
9,872 km (2002)
unpaved:
9,833 km (2002)

El Salvador

total:
6,979 km (2016)
paved:
4,414 km (includes 341 km of expressways) (2016)
unpaved:
2,565 km (2016)

Grenada

total:
1,127 km (2017)
paved:
902 km (2017)
unpaved:
225 km (2017)

Guatemala

total:
17,621 km (2016)
paved:
7,489 km (2016)
unpaved:
10,132 km (includes 4,960 km of rural roads) (2016)

Haiti

total:
4,266 km (2009)
paved:
768 km (2009)
unpaved:
3,498 km (2009)

Honduras

total:
14,742 km (2012)
paved:
3,367 km (2012)
unpaved:
11,375 km (1,543 km summer only) (2012)

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

Jamaica

total:
22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways) (2011)
paved:
16,148 km (2011)
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

Nicaragua

total:
23,897 km (2014)
paved:
3,346 km (2014)
unpaved:
20,551 km (2014)

Panama

total:
15,137 km (2010)
paved:
6,351 km (2010)
unpaved:
8,786 km (2010)

Puerto Rico

total:
26,862 km (includes 454 km of expressways) (2012)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
383 km (2002)
paved:
163 km (2002)
unpaved:
220 km (2002)

Saint Lucia

total:
1,210 km (2011)
paved:
847 km (2011)
unpaved:
363 km (2011)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
829 km (2003)
paved:
580 km (2003)
unpaved:
249 km (2003)

Sint Maarten

total:
53 km

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
9,592 km (2015)
paved:
5,524 km (2015)
unpaved:
4,068 km (2015)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
121 km (2003)
paved:
24 km (2003)
unpaved:
97 km (2003)

Virgin Islands

total:
1,260 km (2008)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total:
18,000 km (2002)
paved:
7,020 km (2002)
unpaved:
10,980 km (2002)

Andorra

total:
320 km (2015)

Austria

total:
138,696 km (2016)
paved:
138,696 km (includes 2,208 km of expressways) (2016)

Belarus

total:
86,392 km (2010)
paved:
74,651 km (2010)
unpaved:
11,741 km (2010)

Belgium

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
22,926 km (2010)
paved:
19,426 km (4,652 km of interurban roads) (2010)
unpaved:
3,500 km (2010)

Bulgaria

total:
19,512 km (2011)
paved:
19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways) (2011)
unpaved:
277 km (2011)

note: does not include Category IV local roads

Croatia

total:
26,958 km (includes 1,416 km of expressways) (2015)

Czechia

total:
130,661 km (includes urban roads) (2011)
paved:
130,661 km (includes 730 km of expressways) (2011)

Denmark

total:
74,558 km (2017)
paved:
74,558 km (includes 1,205 km of expressways) (2017)

Estonia

total:
58,412 km (includes urban roads) (2011)
paved:
10,427 km (includes 115 km of expressways) (2011)
unpaved:
47,985 km (2011)

European Union

total:
10,582,653 km (2013)

Faroe Islands

total:
960 km (2017)

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

Finland

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

France

total:
1,028,446 km (metropolitan France) (2010)
paved:
1,028,446 km (includes 11,416 km of expressways) (2010)

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

Germany

total:
645,000 km (2010)
paved:
645,000 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways) (2010)

note: includes local roads

Gibraltar

total:
29 km (2007)
paved:
29 km (2007)

Greece

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

Hungary

total:
203,601 km (2014)
paved:
77,087 km (includes 1,582 km of expressways) (2014)
unpaved:
126,514 km (2014)

Ireland

total:
96,036 km (2014)
paved:
96,036 km (includes 1,224 km of expressways) (2014)

Isle of Man

total:
500 km (2008)

Italy

total:
487,700 km (2007)
paved:
487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)

Jersey

total:
576 km (2010)

Kosovo

total:
2,012 km (2015)
paved:
1,921 km (includes 78 km of expressways) (2015)
unpaved:
91 km (2015)

Latvia

total:
70,192 km (2016)
paved:
14,959 km (2016)
unpaved:
55,233 km (2016)

Liechtenstein

total:
380 km (2012)
paved:
380 km (2012)

Lithuania

total:
84,166 km (2012)
paved:
72,297 km (includes 312 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
11,869 km (2012)

Luxembourg

total:
2,899 km (2011)
paved:
2,899 km (includes 152 km of expressways) (2011)

Malta

total:
3,096 km (2008)
paved:
2,704 km (2008)
unpaved:
392 km (2008)

Moldova

total:
9,352 km (2012)
paved:
8,835 km (2012)
unpaved:
517 km (2012)

Monaco

total:
77 km (2010)
paved:
77 km (2010)

Montenegro

total:
7,762 km (2010)
paved:
7,141 km (2010)
unpaved:
621 km (2010)

Netherlands

total:
139,124 km (includes 3,654 km of expressways) (2016)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
14,182 km (includes 290 km of expressways) (2017)
paved:
9,633 km (2017)
unpaved:
4,549 km (2017)

Norway

total:
93,870 km (includes 393 km of expressways) (2013)
paved:
75,754 km (2013)
unpaved:
18,116 km (2013)

Poland

total:
420,000 km (2016)
paved:
291,000 km (includes 1,492 km of expressways, 1,559 of motorways) (2016)
unpaved:
129,000 km (2016)

Portugal

total:
82,900 km (2008)
paved:
71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways) (2008)
unpaved:
11,606 km (2008)

Romania

total:
84,185 km (2012)
paved:
49,873 km (includes 337 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
34,312 km (2012)

San Marino

total:
292 km (2006)
paved:
292 km (2006)

Serbia

total:
44,248 km (2016)
paved:
28,000 km (16,162 km state roads, out of which 741 km highways) (2016)
unpaved:
16,248 km (2016)

Slovakia

total:
56,926 km (includes local roads, national roads, and 464 km of highways) (2016)

Slovenia

total:
38,985 km (2012)
paved:
38,985 km (includes 769 km of expressways) (2012)

Spain

total:
683,175 km (2011)
paved:
683,175 km (includes 16,205 km of expressways) (2011)

Sweden

total:
573,134 km (includes 2,050 km of expressways) (2016)
paved:
140,100 km (2016)
unpaved:
433,034 km (2016)

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

Switzerland

total:
71,464 km (2011)
paved:
71,464 km (includes 1,415 of expressways) (2011)

Ukraine

total:
169,694 km (2012)
paved:
166,095 km (includes 17 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
3,599 km (2012)

United Kingdom

total:
394,428 km (2009)
paved:
394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
4,122 km (2010)
paved:
3,392 km (2010)
unpaved:
730 km (2010)

Cyprus

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

Gaza Strip

note: see entry for the West Bank

Iran

total:
198,866 km (2010)
paved:
160,366 km (includes 1,948 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
38,500 km (2010)

Iraq

total:
59,623 km (2012)
paved:
59,623 km (includes Kurdistan Region) (2012)

Israel

total:
18,566 km (2011)
paved:
18,566 km (includes 449 km of expressways) (2011)

Jordan

total:
7,203 km (2011)
paved:
7,203 km (2011)

Kuwait

total:
6,608 km (2010)

Lebanon

total:
6,970 km (includes 170 km of expressways) (2005)

Oman

total:
60,230 km (2012)
paved:
29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
30,545 km (2012)

Qatar

total:
9,830 km (2010)

Saudi Arabia

total:
221,372 km (2006)
paved:
47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways) (2006)
unpaved:
173,843 km (2006)

Syria

total:
69,873 km (2010)
paved:
63,060 km (2010)
unpaved:
6,813 km (2010)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
385,754 km (2012)
paved:
352,268 km (includes 2,127 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
33,486 km (2012)

United Arab Emirates

total:
4,080 km (2008)
paved:
4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)

West Bank

total:
4,686 km (2010)
paved:
4,686 km (2010)

note: includes Gaza Strip

Yemen

total:
71,300 km (2005)
paved:
6,200 km (2005)
unpaved:
65,100 km (2005)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
447 km (2010)
paved:
447 km (2010)

note: 225 km public roads; 222 km private roads

Canada

total:
1,042,300 km (2011)
paved:
415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) (2011)
unpaved:
626,700 km (2011)

Mexico

total:
377,660 km (2012)
paved:
137,544 km (includes 7,176 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
240,116 km (2012)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
117 km (2009)
paved:
80 km (2009)
unpaved:
37 km (2009)

United States

total:
6,586,610 km (2012)
paved:
4,304,715 km (includes 76,334 km of expressways) (2012)
unpaved:
2,281,895 km (2012)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
241 km (2008)

Australia

total:
873,573 km (2015)
urban:
145,928 km (2015)
non-urban:
727,645 km (2015)

Cook Islands

total:
320 km (2003)
paved:
33 km (2003)
unpaved:
287 km (2003)

Fiji

total:
3,440 km (2011)
paved:
1,686 km (2011)
unpaved:
1,754 km (2011)

French Polynesia

total:
2,590 km (1999)
paved:
1,735 km (1999)
unpaved:
855 km (1999)

Guam

total:
1,045 km (2008)

Kiribati

total:
670 km (2017)

Marshall Islands

total:
2,028 km (2007)
paved:
75 km (2007)

note: roads are mostly unimproved

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
388 km (2015)
paved:
184 km (2015)
unpaved:
204 km (2015)

Nauru

total:
30 km (2002)
paved:
24 km (2002)
unpaved:
6 km (2002)

New Caledonia

total:
5,622 km (2006)

New Zealand

total:
94,000 km (2017)
paved:
61,600 km (includes 199 km of expressways) (2017)
unpaved:
32,400 km (2017)

Niue

total:
234 km (2017)
paved:
210 km (2017)

Norfolk Island

total:
80 km (2008)
paved:
53 km (2008)
unpaved:
27 km (2008)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
536 km (2008)

Papua New Guinea

total:
9,349 km (2011)
paved:
3,000 km (2011)
unpaved:
6,349 km (2011)

Samoa

total:
1,200 km (2017)
paved:
1,105 km (2017)
unpaved:
95 km (2017)

Solomon Islands

total:
1,390 km (2011)
paved:
34 km (2011)
unpaved:
1,356 km (2011)

note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads

Tonga

total:
680 km (2011)
paved:
184 km (2011)
unpaved:
496 km (2011)

Tuvalu

total:
8 km (2011)
paved:
8 km (2011)

Vanuatu

total:
1,070 km (2000)
paved:
256 km (2000)
unpaved:
814 km (2000)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
231,374 km (2004)
paved:
69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways) (2004)
unpaved:
161,962 km (2004)

Bolivia

total:
90,568 km (2017)
paved:
9,792 km (2017)
unpaved:
80,776 km (2017)

Brazil

total:
1,580,964 km (2010)
paved:
212,798 km (2010)
unpaved:
1,368,166 km (2010)

note: does not include urban roads

Chile

total:
77,764 km (2010)
paved:
18,119 km (includes 2,387 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
59,645 km (2010)

Colombia

total:
206,500 km (2016)

Ecuador

total:
43,670 km (2007)
paved:
6,472 km (2007)
unpaved:
37,198 km (2007)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total:
440 km (2008)
paved:
50 km (2008)
unpaved:
390 km (2008)

Guyana

total:
7,970 km (2001)
paved:
590 km (2001)
unpaved:
7,380 km (2001)

Paraguay

total:
32,059 km (2010)
paved:
4,860 km (2010)
unpaved:
27,199 km (2010)

Peru

total:
140,672 km (18,699 km paved) (2012)

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)

Suriname

total:
4,304 km (2003)
paved:
1,130 km (2003)
unpaved:
3,174 km (2003)

Uruguay

total:
77,732 km (2010)
paved:
7,743 km (2010)
unpaved:
69,989 km (2010)

Venezuela

total:
96,189 km (2014)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

total:
2,976 km (2014)
paved:
2,559 km (2014)
unpaved:
417 km (2014)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
34,377 km (includes 358 km of expressways) (2010)

Cambodia

total:
44,709 km (2010)
paved:
3,607 km (2010)
unpaved:
41,102 km (2010)

Christmas Island

total:
140 km (2011)
paved:
30 km (2011)
unpaved:
110 km (2011)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

total:
22 km (2007)
paved:
10 km (2007)
unpaved:
12 km (2007)

Hong Kong

total:
2,100 km (2015)
paved:
2,100 km (2015)

Indonesia

total:
496,607 km (2011)
paved:
283,102 km (2011)
unpaved:
213,505 km (2011)

Laos

total:
39,586 km (2009)
paved:
5,415 km (2009)
unpaved:
34,171 km (2009)

Macau

total:
427 km (2016)
paved:
427 km (2016)

Malaysia

total:
144,403 km (excludes local roads) (2010)
paved:
116,169 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways) (2010)
unpaved:
28,234 km (2010)

Philippines

total:
216,387 km (2014)
paved:
61,093 km (2014)
unpaved:
155,294 km (2014)

Singapore

total:
3,496 km (2014)
paved:
3,496 km (includes 164 km of expressways) (2014)

Taiwan

total:
43,365 km (2016)
paved:
42,969 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways) (2016)
unpaved:
396 km (2016)

Thailand

total:
180,053 km (includes 450 km of expressways) (2006)

Timor-Leste

total:
6,040 km (2005)
paved:
2,600 km (2005)
unpaved:
3,440 km (2005)

Vietnam

total:
195,468 km (2013)
paved:
148,338 km (2013)
unpaved:
47,130 km (2013)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/2018.

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