The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 Transportation
Roadways In 35 editions of 36.
Roadways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2020 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2020 edition
- 232
- 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 entryAfrica
55 entriesChad
- total:
- 40,000 km (2018)
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
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 152,373 km (2015)
- paved:
- 3,047 km (2015)
- unpaved:
- 149,326 km (2015)
- urban:
- 7,400 km (2015)
- non-urban:
- 144,973 km
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 23,324 km (2017)
- paved:
- 3,111 km (2017)
- unpaved:
- 20,213 km (2017)
note: road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes
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
Kenya
- total:
- 177,800 km (2018)
- paved:
- 14,420 km (8,500 km highways, 1,872 urban roads, and 4,048 rural roads) (2017)
- unpaved:
- 147,032 km (2017)
Mauritius
- total:
- 2,428 km (2015)
- paved:
- 2,379 km (includes 99 km of expressways) (2015)
- unpaved:
- 49 km (2015)
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)
Senegal
- total:
- 16,665 km (2017)
- paved:
- 6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways) (2017)
- unpaved:
- 10,539 km (2017)
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 11,700 km (2015)
- paved:
- 1,051 km (2015)
- unpaved:
- 10,650 km (2015)
- urban:
- 3,000 km (2015)
- non-urban:
- 8,700 km (2015)
South Sudan
- total:
- 90,200 km (2019)
- paved:
- 300 km (2019)
- unpaved:
- 89,900 km (2019)
note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair
Uganda
- total:
- 20,544 km (excludes local roads) (2017)
- paved:
- 4,257 km (2017)
- unpaved:
- 16,287 km (2017)
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
23 entriesBritish Indian Ocean Territory
note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
China
- total:
- 4,960,600 km (2017)
- paved:
- 4,338,600 km (includes 136,500 km of expressways) (2017)
- unpaved:
- 622,000 km (2017)
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)
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)
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
Pakistan
- total:
- 263,775 km (2019)
- paved:
- 185,063 km (includes 708 km of expressways) (2019)
- unpaved:
- 78,712 km (2019)
Russia
- total:
- 1,283,387 km (2012)
- paved:
- 927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways) (2012)
- unpaved:
- 355,666 km (2012)
Central America and the Caribbean
28 entriesGuatemala
- total:
- 17,621 km (2016)
- paved:
- 7,489 km (2016)
- unpaved:
- 10,132 km (includes 4,960 km of rural roads) (2016)
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
Europe
47 entriesBosnia 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
Czechia
- total:
- 55,744 km (includes urban and category I, II, III roads) (2019)
- paved:
- 55,744 km (includes 1,252 km of expressways) (2019)
Estonia
- total:
- 58,412 km (includes urban roads) (2011)
- paved:
- 10,427 km (includes 115 km of expressways) (2011)
- unpaved:
- 47,985 km (2011)
Faroe Islands
- total:
- 960 km (2017)
- paved:
- 500 km (2017)
- unpaved:
- 460 km (2017)
note: those islands not connected by roads (bridges or tunnels) are connected by seven different ferry links operated by the nationally owned company SSL; 28 km of tunnels
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)
Germany
- total:
- 625,000 km (2017)
- paved:
- 625,000 km (includes 12,996 km of expressways) (2017)
note: includes local roads
Hungary
- total:
- 203,601 km (2014)
- paved:
- 77,087 km (includes 1,582 km of expressways) (2014)
- unpaved:
- 126,514 km (2014)
Kosovo
- total:
- 2,012 km (2015)
- paved:
- 1,921 km (includes 78 km of expressways) (2015)
- unpaved:
- 91 km (2015)
Lithuania
- total:
- 84,166 km (2012)
- paved:
- 72,297 km (includes 312 km of expressways) (2012)
- unpaved:
- 11,869 km (2012)
Malta
- total:
- 2,254 km (2001)
- paved:
- 1,973 km (2001)
- unpaved:
- 281 km (2001)
- urban:
- 1,422 km (2001)
- non-urban:
- 832 km (2001)
North Macedonia
- total:
- 14,182 km (includes 290 km of expressways) (2017)
- paved:
- 9,633 km (2017)
- unpaved:
- 4,549 km (2017)
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)
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)
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
Ukraine
- total:
- 169,694 km (2012)
- paved:
- 166,095 km (includes 17 km of expressways) (2012)
- unpaved:
- 3,599 km (2012)
Middle East
17 entriesCyprus
- total:
- 19,901 km (2016)
- government control:
- 12,901 km (includes 272 km of expressways) (2016)
- paved:
- 8,631 km (2016)
- unpaved:
- 4,270 km (2016)
- Turkish Cypriot control:
- 7,000 km (2011)
Oman
- total:
- 60,230 km (2012)
- paved:
- 29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways) (2012)
- unpaved:
- 30,545 km (2012)
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 221,372 km (2006)
- paved:
- 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways) (2006)
- unpaved:
- 173,843 km (2006)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 67,333 km (2018)
- paved:
- 24,082 km (includes 2,159 km of expressways) (2018)
- unpaved:
- 43,251 km (2018)
North America
5 entriesCanada
- total:
- 1,042,300 km (2011)
- paved:
- 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) (2011)
- unpaved:
- 626,700 km (2011)
Mexico
- total:
- 398,148 km (2017)
- paved:
- 174,911 km (includes 10,362 km of expressways) (2017)
- unpaved:
- 223,237 km (2017)
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
24 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
note - paved and unpaved circumferential roads, most interior roads are unpaved
New Zealand
- total:
- 94,000 km (2017)
- paved:
- 61,600 km (includes 199 km of expressways) (2017)
- unpaved:
- 32,400 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
South America
13 entriesPeru
- 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)
Southeast Asia
16 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/2020.