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 entry

World

total:
64,285,009 km (2013)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:
104,000 km (2015)
paved:
71,656 km (2015)
unpaved:
32,344 km (2015)

Angola

total:
26,000 km (2018)
paved:
13,600 km (2018)
unpaved:
12,400 km (2018)

Benin

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

Botswana

total:
31,747 km (2017)
paved:
9,810 km (2017)
unpaved:
21,937 km (2017)

Burkina Faso

total:
15,304 km (2014)
paved:
3,642 km (2014)
unpaved:
11,662 km (2014)

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:
77,589 km (2016)
paved:
5,133 km (2016)
unpaved:
72,456 km (2016)

Central African Republic

total:
24,000 km (2018)
paved:
700 km (2018)
unpaved:
23,300 km (2018)

Chad

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

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:
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

Djibouti

total:
2,893 km (2013)

Egypt

total:
65,050 km (2017)
paved:
48,000 km (2017)
unpaved:
17,050 km (2017)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
2,880 km (2017)

Eritrea

total:
16,000 km (2018)
paved:
1,600 km (2000)
unpaved:
14,400 km (2000)

Eswatini

total:
3,769 km (2019)

Ethiopia

total:
120,171 km (2018)

Gabon

total:
14,300 km (2001)
paved:
900 km (2001)
unpaved:
13,400 km (2001)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
2,977 km (2011)
paved:
518 km (2011)
unpaved:
2,459 km (2011)

Ghana

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

Guinea

total:
44,301 km (2018)
paved:
3,346 km (2018)
unpaved:
40,955 km (2018)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
4,400 km (2018)
paved:
453 km (2018)
unpaved:
3,947 km (2018)

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)

Lesotho

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

Liberia

total:
10,600 km (2018)
paved:
657 km (2018)
unpaved:
9,943 km (2018)

Libya

total:
37,000 km (2010)
paved:
34,000 km (2010)
unpaved:
3,000 km (2010)

Madagascar

total:
31,640 km (2018)

Malawi

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

Mali

total:
139,107 km (2018)

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:
57,300 km (2018)

Mozambique

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

Namibia

total:
48,875 km (2018)
paved:
7,893 km (2018)
unpaved:
40,982 km (2018)

Niger

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

Nigeria

total:
195,000 km (2017)
paved:
60,000 km (2017)
unpaved:
135,000 km (2017)

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:
1,300 km (2018)
paved:
230 km (2018)
unpaved:
1,070 km (2018)

Senegal

total:
16,665 km (2017)
paved:
6,126 km (includes 241 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:
11,700 km (2015)
paved:
1,051 km (2015)
unpaved:
10,650 km (2015)
urban:
3,000 km (2015)
non-urban:
8,700 km (2015)

Somalia

total:
15,000 km (2018)

South Africa

total:
750,000 km (2016)
paved:
158,124 km (2016)
unpaved:
591,876 km (2016)

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

Sudan

total:
31,000 km (2019)
paved:
8,000 km (2019)
unpaved:
23,000 km (2019)
urban:
1,000 km (2019)

Tanzania

total:
87,581 km (2015)
paved:
10,025 km (2015)
unpaved:
77,556 km (2015)

Togo

total:
11,734 km (2081)
paved:
1,794 km (2018)
unpaved:
8,157 km (2018)
urban:
1,783 km (2018)

Tunisia

paved:
20,000 km (2015)

Uganda

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

Zambia

total:
67,671 km (2018)
paved:
14,888 km (2018)
unpaved:
52,783 km (2018)

Zimbabwe

total:
97,267 km (2019)
paved:
18,481 km (2019)
unpaved:
78,786 km (2019)

Arctic Region

3 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:
12,898 km (2012)
paved/oiled gravel:
5,647 km (excludes urban roads) (2012)
unpaved:
7,251 km (2012)

Svalbard

total:
40 km (2020)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

total:
34,903 km (2017)
paved:
17,903 km (2017)
unpaved:
17,000 km (2017)

Armenia

total:
7,700 km (2019)
urban:
3,780 km
non-urban:
3,920 km

Azerbaijan

total:
24,981 km (2013)

Bangladesh

total:
369,105 km (2018)
paved:
110,311 km (2018)
unpaved:
258,794 km (2018)

Bhutan

total:
12,205 km (2017)
urban:
437 km (2017)

British 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)

Georgia

total:
20,295 km (2018)

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:
95,409 km (2017)
paved:
81,814 km (2017)
unpaved:
13,595 km (2017)

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:
113,200 km (2017)
paved:
10,600 km (2017)
unpaved:
102,600 km (2017)

Nepal

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

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)

Sri Lanka

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

Tajikistan

total:
30,000 km (2018)

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

28 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)

Aruba

total:
1,000 km (2010)

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:
3,281 km (2017)
paved:
601 km (2017)
unpaved:
2,680 km (2017)

British Virgin Islands

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

Cayman Islands

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

Costa Rica

total:
5,035 km (2017)

Cuba

total:
60,000 km (2015)
paved:
20,000 km (2001)
unpaved:
40,000 km (2001)

Curacao

total:
550 km

Dominica

total:
1,512 km (2018)
paved:
762 km (2018)
unpaved:
750 km (2018)

Dominican Republic

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

El Salvador

total:
9,012 km (2017)
paved:
5,341 km (2017)
unpaved:
3,671 km (2017)

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)

Puerto Rico

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

Saint Barthelemy

total:
40 km

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)

Sint Maarten

total:
53 km

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:
3,945 km (2018)

Andorra

total:
320 km (2019)

Austria

total:
137,039 km (2018)
paved:
137,039 km (includes 2,232 km of expressways) (2018)

Belarus

total:
86,600 km (2017)

Belgium

total:
118,414 km (2015)
paved:
118,414 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways) (2015)

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:
55,744 km (includes urban and category I, II, III roads) (2019)
paved:
55,744 km (includes 1,252 km of expressways) (2019)

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)
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)

France

total:
1,053,215 km (2011)
urban:
654,201 km (2011)
non-urban:
399,014 km (2011)

Germany

total:
625,000 km (2017)
paved:
625,000 km (includes 12,996 km of expressways) (2017)

note: includes local roads

Gibraltar

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

Greece

total:
117,000 km (2018)

Guernsey

total:
260 km (2017)

Hungary

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

Ireland

total:
99,830 km (2018)
paved:
99,830 km (includes 2,717 km of expressways) (2018)

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:
70,244 km (2018)
paved:
15,158 km (2018)
unpaved:
55,086 km (2018)

Liechtenstein

total:
630 km (2019)

Lithuania

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

Luxembourg

total:
2,875 km (2019)

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)

Moldova

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

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)

North Macedonia

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

Norway

total:
94,902 km (includes 455 km of expressways) (2018)

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:
71,557 km (2017)
paved:
71,557 km (includes 1,458 of expressways) (2017)

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:
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)

Gaza Strip

note: see entry for the West Bank

Iran

total:
223,485 km (2018)
paved:
195,485 km (2018)
unpaved:
28,000 km (2018)

Iraq

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

Israel

total:
19,555 km (2017)
paved:
19,555 km (includes 449 km of expressways) (2017)

Jordan

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

Kuwait

total:
5,749 km (2018)
paved:
4,887 km (2018)
unpaved:
862 km (2018)

Lebanon

total:
21,705 km (2017)

Oman

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

Qatar

total:
7,039 km (2016)

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:
67,333 km (2018)
paved:
24,082 km (includes 2,159 km of expressways) (2018)
unpaved:
43,251 km (2018)

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:
398,148 km (2017)
paved:
174,911 km (includes 10,362 km of expressways) (2017)
unpaved:
223,237 km (2017)

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

24 entries

American Samoa

total:
241 km (2016)

Australia

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

Cook Islands

total:
295 km (2018)
paved:
207 km (2018)
unpaved:
88 km (2018)

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)
unpaved:
1,953 km

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

note - paved and unpaved circumferential roads, most interior roads are unpaved

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)
unpaved:
24 km

Norfolk Island

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

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
536 km (2008)

Palau

total:
125 km (2018)
paved:
89 km (2018)
unpaved:
36 km (2018)

Papua New Guinea

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

Pitcairn Islands

total:
0 km

Samoa

total:
1,150 km (2018)

Solomon Islands

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

note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads

Tokelau

total:
10 km (2019)

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:
281,290 km (2017)
paved:
117,616 km (2017)
unpaved:
163,674 km (2017)

Bolivia

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

Brazil

total:
2 million km (2018)
paved:
246,000 km (2018)
unpaved:
1.754 million km (2018)

Chile

total:
77,801 km (2016)

Colombia

total:
206,500 km (2016)

Ecuador

total:
43,216 km (2015)
paved:
8,161 km (2015)
unpaved:
35,055 km (2015)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

Guyana

total:
3,995 km (2019)
paved:
799 km (2019)
unpaved:
3,196 km (2019)

Paraguay

total:
74,676 km (2017)
paved:
6,167 km (2017)
unpaved:
68,509 km (2017)

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:
1,119 km (2003)
unpaved:
3,185 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:
157,000 km (2013)
paved:
34,700 km (2013)
unpaved:
122,300 km (2013)

Cambodia

total:
47,263 km (2013)
paved:
12,239 km (2013)
unpaved:
35,024 km (2013)

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:
2,107 km (2017)
paved:
2,107 km (2017)

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:
428 km (2017)
paved:
428 km (2017)

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:
3,500 km (2017)
paved:
3,500 km (includes 164 km of expressways) (2017)

Taiwan

total:
43,206 km (2017)
paved:
42,793 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways) (2017)
unpaved:
413 km (2017)

Thailand

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

Timor-Leste

total:
6,040 km (2008)
paved:
2,600 km (2008)
unpaved:
3,440 km (2008)

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 2020, “Roadways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/roadways/2020.

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