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Country | Roadways (km)
Afghanistan | total: 34,782 km paved: 8,229 km unpaved: 26,553 km (2004)
Albania | total: 18,000 km paved: 7,020 km unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Algeria | total: 108,302 km paved: 76,028 km unpaved: 32,274 km (2004)
American Samoa | total: 185 km (2004)
Andorra | total: 269 km paved: 198 km unpaved: 71 km
Angola | total: 51,429 km paved: 5,349 km unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)
Anguilla | total: 175 km paved: 82 km unpaved: 93 km (2004)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 1,165 km paved: 384 km unpaved: 781 km (2002)
Argentina | total: 229,144 km paved: 68,809 km (includes 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 160,335 km (2004)
Armenia | total: 7,633 km paved: 7,633 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) (2003)
Aruba | total: 800 km paved: 513 km unpaved: 287 km
Australia | total: 810,641 km paved: 336,962 km unpaved: 473,679 km (2004)
Austria | total: 133,718 km paved: 133,718 km (includes 1,677 km of expressways) (2003)
Azerbaijan | total: 59,141 km paved: 29,210 km unpaved: 29,931 km (2004)
Bahamas, The | total: 2,693 km paved: 1,546 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1999)
Bahrain | total: 3,498 km paved: 2,768 km unpaved: 730 km (2003)
Bangladesh | total: 239,226 km paved: 22,726 km unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)
Barbados | total: 1,600 km paved: 1,600 km (2004)
Belarus | total: 93,310 km paved: 81,180 km unpaved: 12,130 km (2004)
Belgium | total: 150,567 km paved: 117,442 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,125 km (2004)
Belize | total: 2,872 km paved: 488 km unpaved: 2,384 km (1999)
Benin | total: 16,000 km paved: 1,400 km unpaved: 14,600 km (2005)
Bermuda | total: 447 km paved: 447 km note: public roads - 225 km; private roads - 222 km (2002)
Bhutan | total: 8,050 km paved: 4,991 km unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)
Bolivia | total: 62,479 km paved: 3,749 km unpaved: 58,730 km (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 21,846 km paved: 11,425 km (4,714 km of interurban roads) unpaved: 10,421 km (2006)
Botswana | total: 24,355 km paved: 8,914 km unpaved: 15,441 km (2004)
Brazil | total: 1,751,868 km paved: 96,353 km unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)
British Indian Ocean Territory | total: NA paved: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands | total: 177 km paved: 177 km (2002)
Brunei | total: 3,650 km paved: 2,819 km unpaved: 831 km (2005)
Bulgaria | total: 44,033 km paved: 43,593 km (includes 333 km of expressways) unpaved: 440 km (2004)
Burkina Faso | total: 15,272 km paved: 4,766 km unpaved: 10,506 km (2004)
Burma | total: 27,000 km paved: 3,200 km unpaved: 23,800 km (2005)
Burundi | total: 12,322 km paved: 1,286 km unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)
Cambodia | total: 38,257 km paved: 2,406 km unpaved: 35,851 km (2004)
Cameroon | total: 50,000 km paved: 5,000 km unpaved: 45,000 km (2004)
Canada | total: 1,042,300 km paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 626,700 km (2006)
Cape Verde | total: 1,350 km paved: 932 km unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Cayman Islands | total: 785 km paved: 785 km (2002)
Central African Republic | total: 23,810 km (1999)
Chad | total: 33,400 km paved: 267 km unpaved: 33,133 km (1999)
Chile | total: 79,605 km paved: 16,080 km (includes 407 km of expressways) unpaved: 63,525 km (2001)
China | total: 1,870,661 km paved: 1,515,797 km (with at least 34,288 km of expressways) unpaved: 354,864 km (2004)
Christmas Island | total: 142 km paved: 32 km unpaved: 110 km (2006)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total: 22 km paved: 10 km unpaved: 12 km (2006)
Colombia | total: 112,988 km paved: 16,270 km unpaved: 96,718 km (2004)
Comoros | total: 880 km paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1999)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 153,497 km paved: 2,794 km unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 17,289 km paved: 864 km unpaved: 16,425 km (2004)
Cook Islands | total: 320 km paved: 33 km unpaved: 287 km (2003)
Costa Rica | total: 35,330 km paved: 8,621 km unpaved: 26,709 km (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 80,000 km paved: 6,500 km unpaved: 73,500 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 (2006)
Croatia | total: 28,436 km paved: 28,436 km (includes 792 km of expressways) (2006)
Cuba | total: 60,858 km paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1999)
Cyprus | total: 14,630 km (area under government control: 12,280 km; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2,350 km) paved: area under government control: 7,979 km (includes 257 km of expressways); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 1,370 km unpaved: area under government control: 4,301 km; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 980 km (2006)
Czech Republic | total: 127,865 km paved: 127,865 km (includes 633 km of expressways) (2006)
Denmark | total: 72,257 km paved: 72,257 km (includes 1,032 km of expressways) (2005)
Djibouti | total: 2,890 km paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1999)
Dominica | total: 780 km paved: 393 km unpaved: 387 km (1999)
Dominican Republic | total: 12,600 km paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1999)
Ecuador | total: 43,197 km paved: 6,467 km unpaved: 36,730 km (2004)
Egypt | total: 92,370 km paved: 74,820 km unpaved: 17,550 km (2004)
El Salvador | total: 10,886 km paved: 2,827 km unpaved: 8,059 km (2000)
Equatorial Guinea | total: 2,880 km (1999)
Eritrea | total: 4,010 km paved: 874 km unpaved: 3,136 km (1999)
Estonia | total: 56,856 km paved: 13,384 km (includes 99 km of expressways) unpaved: 43,472 km (2004)
Ethiopia | total: 36,469 km paved: 6,980 km unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
European Union | total: 2,394,641 km (includes 61,522 km of expressways) paved: 1,809,821 km unpaved: 584,820 km (2005)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total: 440 km paved: 50 km unpaved: 390 km (2003)
Faroe Islands | total: 458 km note: no roads between towns (2003)
Fiji | total: 3,440 km paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (1999)
Finland | total: 78,189 km paved: 50,760 km (includes 700 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,429 km (2007)
France | total: 956,303 km (includes 5,083 km of roads in the overseas departments) paved: 951,220 km (metropolitan France; including 10,490 km of expressways) (2004)
French Polynesia | total: 2,590 km paved: 1,735 km unpaved: 855 km (1999)
Gabon | total: 9,170 km paved: 937 km unpaved: 8,233 km (2004)
Gambia, The | total: 3,742 km paved: 723 km unpaved: 3,019 km (2004)
Gaza Strip | note: see entry for West Bank
Georgia | total: 20,247 km paved: 7,973 km unpaved: 12,274 km (2004)
Germany | total: 231,581 km paved: 231,581 km (includes 12,200 km of expressways) (2005)
Ghana | total: 42,623 km paved: 3,267 km unpaved: 39,356 km (2004)
Gibraltar | total: 29 km paved: 29 km (2002)
Greece | total: 114,931 km paved: 105,507 km (includes 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,424 km (2004)
Greenland | total: NA note: while there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-town transport takes place either by sea or air (2005)
Grenada | total: 1,127 km paved: 687 km unpaved: 440 km (1999)
Guam | total: 977 km (2004)
Guatemala | total: 14,095 km paved: 4,863 km (includes 75 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,232 km (1999)
Guernsey | total: NA
Guinea | total: 44,348 km paved: 4,342 km unpaved: 40,006 km (2003)
Guinea-Bissau | total: 3,455 km paved: 965 km unpaved: 2,490 km (2002)
Guyana | total: 7,970 km paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (1999)
Haiti | total: 4,160 km paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1999)
Honduras | total: 13,603 km paved: 2,775 km unpaved: 10,828 km (1999)
Hong Kong | total: 1,955 km paved: 1,955 km (2005)
Hungary | total: 159,568 km paved: 70,050 km (30,874 km of interurban roads including 626 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2005)
Iceland | total: 13,028 km paved/oiled gravel: 4,241 km (does not include urban roads) unpaved: 8,787 km (2005)
India | total: 3,383,344 km paved: 1,603,705 km unpaved: 1,779,639 km (2002)
Indonesia | total: 368,360 km paved: 213,649 km unpaved: 154,711 km (2002)
Iran | total: 179,388 km paved: 120,782 km (includes 878 km of expressways) unpaved: 58,606 km (2003)
Iraq | total: 45,550 km paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)
Ireland | total: 96,602 km paved: 96,602 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2003)
Isle of Man | total: 800 km paved: 800 km (1999)
Israel | total: 17,446 km paved: 17,446 km (includes 144 km of expressways) (2004)
Italy | total: 484,688 km paved: 484,688 km (includes 6,621 km of expressways) (2004)
Jamaica | total: 20,996 km paved: 15,386 km (includes 33 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,610 km (2004)
Japan | total: 1.183 million km paved: 925,000 km (includes 6,946 km of expressways) unpaved: 258,000 km (2003)
Jersey | total: 577 km
Jordan | total: 7,500 km paved: 7,500 km (2004)
Kazakhstan | total: 90,018 km paved: 84,104 km unpaved: 5,914 km (2004)
Kenya | total: 63,265 km (interurban roads) paved: 8,933 km unpaved: 54,332 km note: there also are 100,000 km of rural roads and 14,500 km of urban roads for a national total of 177,765 km (2004)
Kiribati | total: 670 km (1999)
Korea, North | total: 31,200 km paved: 1,997 km unpaved: 29,203 km (1999 est.)
Korea, South | total: 100,279 km paved: 87,032 km (includes 3,060 km of expressways) unpaved: 13,247 km (2004)
Kuwait | total: 5,749 km paved: 4,887 km unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 18,500 km paved: 16,854 km unpaved: 1,646 km (1999)
Laos | total: 31,210 km paved: 4,494 km unpaved: 26,716 km (2003)
Latvia | total: 69,532 km paved: 69,532 km (2004)
Lebanon | total: 7,300 km paved: 6,198 km unpaved: 1,102 km (1999)
Lesotho | total: 5,940 km paved: 1,087 km unpaved: 4,853 km (1999)
Liberia | total: 10,600 km paved: 657 km unpaved: 9,943 km (1999)
Libya | total: 83,200 km paved: 47,590 km unpaved: 35,610 km (1999)
Liechtenstein | total: 380 km paved: 380 km (2006)
Lithuania | total: 79,497 km paved: 70,549 km (includes 417 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,948 km (2005)
Luxembourg | total: 5,227 km paved: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2004)
Macau | total: 368 km paved: 368 km (2005)
Macedonia | total: 8,684 km paved: 5,540 km unpaved: 3,144 km (1999)
Madagascar | total: 49,827 km paved: 5,780 km unpaved: 44,047 km (1999)
Malawi | total: 15,451 km paved: 6,956 km unpaved: 8,495 km (2003)
Malaysia | total: 98,721 km paved: 80,280 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways) unpaved: 18,441 km (2004)
Maldives | total: 88 km paved roads: 88 km - 60 km in Male; 14 km on Addu Atolis; 14 km on Laamu note: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006)
Mali | total: 18,709 km paved: 3,368 km unpaved: 15,341 km (2004)
Malta | total: 2,227 km paved: 2,014 km unpaved: 213 km (2004)
Marshall Islands | total: 64.5 km paved: 64.5 km note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks (2002)
Mauritania | total: 7,660 km paved: 866 km unpaved: 6,794 km (1999)
Mauritius | total: 2,020 km paved: 2,020 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2005)
Mayotte | total: 93 km paved: 72 km unpaved: 21 km
Mexico | total: 235,670 km paved: 116,751 km (includes 6,144 km of expressways) unpaved: 118,919 km (2004)
Micronesia, Federated States of | total: 240 km paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (1999)
Midway Islands | total: NA
Moldova | total: 12,733 km paved: 10,976 km unpaved: 1,757 km (2004)
Monaco | total: 50 km paved: 50 km (1999)
Mongolia | total: 49,250 km paved: 1,724 km unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)
Montenegro | total: 7,353 km paved: 4,274 km unpaved: 3,079 km (2005)
Montserrat | total: 227 km note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the road system (2003)
Morocco | total: 57,493 km paved: 32,716 km (includes 507 km of expressways) unpaved: 24,777 km (2004)
Mozambique | total: 30,400 km paved: 5,685 km unpaved: 24,715 km (1999)
Namibia | total: 42,237 km paved: 5,406 km unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)
Nauru | total: 30 km paved: 24 km unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.)
Nepal | total: 17,380 km paved: 9,886 km unpaved: 7,494 km (2004)
Netherlands | total: 134,000 km (includes 3,270 km of expressways) (2004)
New Caledonia | total: 5,432 km (2000)
New Zealand | total: 92,931 km paved: 59,783 km (includes 171 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,148 km (2003)
Nicaragua | total: 19,036 km paved: 2,299 km unpaved: 16,737 km (2005)
Niger | total: 14,565 km paved: 3,641 km unpaved: 10,924 km (2004)
Nigeria | total: 194,394 km paved: 60,068 km unpaved: 134,326 km (1999)
Niue | total: 234 km paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (2001)
Norfolk Island | total: 80 km paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands | total: 536 km (2004)
Norway | total: 92,513 km paved: 71,832 km (includes 664 km of expressways) unpaved: 20,681 km (2005)
Oman | total: 34,965 km paved: 9,673 km (includes 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)
Pakistan | total: 258,340 km paved: 167,146 km (includes 711 km of expressways) unpaved: 91,194 km (2004)
Palau | total: 61 km paved: 36 km unpaved: 25 km
Panama | total: 11,643 km paved: 4,028 km unpaved: 7,615 km (2000)
Papua New Guinea | total: 19,600 km paved: 686 km unpaved: 18,914 km (1999)
Paraguay | total: 29,500 km paved: 14,986 km unpaved: 14,514 km (1999)
Peru | total: 78,829 km paved: 11,351 km (includes 276 km of expressways) unpaved: 67,478 km (2004)
Philippines | total: 200,037 km paved: 19,804 km unpaved: 180,233 km (2003)
Pitcairn Islands | total: 6 km unpaved: 6 km (dirt roads)
Poland | total: 423,997 km paved: 295,356 km (includes 484 km of expressways) unpaved: 128,641 km (2004)
Portugal | total: 78,470 km paved: 67,484 km (includes 2,002 km of expressways) unpaved: 10,986 km (2004)
Puerto Rico | total: 25,735 km paved: 24,353 km (includes 427 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,382 km (2005)
Qatar | total: 1,230 km paved: 1,107 km unpaved: 123 km (1999)
Romania | total: 198,817 km paved: 60,043 km (includes 228 km of expressways) unpaved: 138,774 km (2004)
Russia | total: 871,000 km paved: 738,000 km (includes 29,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 133,000 km note: includes public and departmental roads (2004)
Rwanda | total: 14,008 km paved: 2,662 km unpaved: 11,346 km (2004)
Saint Helena | 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, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 320 km paved: 138 km unpaved: 182 km (1999 est)
Saint Lucia | total: 910 km paved: 48 km unpaved: 862 km (2000)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 829 km paved: 580 km unpaved: 249 km (2003)
Samoa | total: 2,337 km paved: 332 km unpaved: 2,005 km (2004)
San Marino | total: 104 km paved: 104 km (2003)
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 320 km paved: 218 km unpaved: 102 km (1999)
Saudi Arabia | total: 152,044 km paved: 45,461 km unpaved: 106,583 km (2000)
Senegal | total: 13,576 km paved: 3,972 km (includes 7 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,604 km (2003)
Serbia | total: 37,887 km paved: 23,937 km unpaved: 13,950 km (2002)
Seychelles | total: 458 km paved: 440 km unpaved: 18 km (2003)
Sierra Leone | total: 11,300 km paved: 904 km unpaved: 10,396 km (2002)
Singapore | total: 3,234 km paved: 3,234 km (includes 150 km of expressways) (2005)
Slovakia | total: 42,993 km paved: 37,533 km (includes 316 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,460 km (2004)
Slovenia | total: 38,451 km paved: 38,451 km (includes 483 km of expressways) (2004)
Solomon Islands | total: 1,360 km paved: 34 km unpaved: 1,326 km (1999)
Somalia | total: 22,100 km paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1999)
South Africa | total: 362,099 km paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways) unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)
Spain | total: 666,292 km paved: 659,629 km (includes 12,009 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,663 km (2003)
Sri Lanka | total: 97,287 km paved: 78,802 km unpaved: 18,485 km (2003)
Sudan | total: 11,900 km paved: 4,320 km unpaved: 7,580 km (1999)
Suriname | total: 4,304 km paved: 1,130 km unpaved: 3,174 km (2003)
Swaziland | total: 3,594 km paved: 1,078 km unpaved: 2,516 km (2002)
Sweden | total: 424,947 km paved: 129,651 km (includes 1,591 km of expressways) unpaved: 295,296 km (2004)
Switzerland | total: 71,297 km paved: 71,297 km (includes 1,728 of expressways) (2004)
Syria | total: 94,890 km paved: 19,073 km unpaved: 75,817 km (2004)
Taiwan | total: 37,299 km paved: 35,621 km (includes 789 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,678 km (2002)
Tajikistan | total: 27,767 km (2000)
Tanzania | total: 78,891 km paved: 6,808 km unpaved: 72,083 km (2003)
Thailand | total: 57,403 km paved: 56,542 km unpaved: 861 km (2000)
Timor-Leste | total: 5,000 km paved: 2,500 km unpaved: 2,500 km (2005)
Togo | total: 7,520 km paved: 2,376 km unpaved: 5,144 km (1999)
Tonga | total: 680 km paved: 184 km unpaved: 496 km (1999)
Trinidad and Tobago | total: 8,320 km paved: 4,252 km unpaved: 4,068 km (1999)
Tunisia | total: 19,232 km paved: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,577 km (2004)
Turkey | total: 426,906 km paved: 177,550 km (includes 1,892 km of expressways) unpaved: 249,356 km (2004)
Turkmenistan | total: 24,000 km paved: 19,488 km unpaved: 4,512 km (1999)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 121 km paved: 24 km unpaved: 97 km (2003)
Tuvalu | total: 8 km paved: 8 km (2002)
Uganda | total: 70,746 km paved: 16,272 km unpaved: 54,474 km (2003)
Ukraine | total: 169,477 km paved: 164,732 km (includes 15 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,745 km (2004)
United Arab Emirates | total: 1,088 km paved: 1,088 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (1999)
United Kingdom | total: 388,008 km paved: 388,008 km (includes 3,520 km of expressways) (2005)
United States | total: 6,430,366 km paved: 4,165,110 km (includes 75,009 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,265,256 km (2005)
Uruguay | total: 77,732 km paved: 7,743 km unpaved: 69,989 km (2004)
Uzbekistan | total: 81,600 km paved: 71,237 km unpaved: 10,363 km (1999)
Vanuatu | total: 1,070 km paved: 256 km unpaved: 814 km (1999)
Venezuela | total: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1999)
Vietnam | total: 222,179 km paved: 42,167 km unpaved: 180,012 km (2004)
Virgin Islands | total: 1,257 km (2004)
West Bank | total: 4,996 km paved: 4,996 km note: includes Gaza Strip (2004)
World | total: 32,345,165 km paved: 19,403,061 km unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002)
Yemen | total: 71,300 km paved: 6,200 km unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)
Zambia | total: 91,440 km paved: 20,117 km unpaved: 71,323 km (2001)
Zimbabwe | total: 97,440 km paved: 18,514 km unpaved: 78,926 km (2002)
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