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Country | Roadways (km)
Afghanistan | total: 34,789 km paved: 8,231 km unpaved: 26,558 km (2003)
Albania | total: 18,000 km paved: 7,020 km unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Algeria | total: 104,000 km paved: 71,656 km unpaved: 32,344 km (1999)
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: 105 km paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 1,165 km paved: 384 km unpaved: 781 km (2002)
Argentina | total: 229,144 km paved: 68,809 km (including 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)
Australia | total: 811,601 km paved: 316,524 km unpaved: 495,077 km (2002)
Austria | total: 133,718 km paved: 133,718 km (including 1,677 km of expressways) (2003)
Azerbaijan | total: 27,016 km paved: 12,698 km (including 128 km of expressways) unpaved: 14,318 km (2003)
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 (2003)
Belarus | total: 93,055 km paved: 93,055 km (2003)
Belgium | total: 149,757 km paved: 117,110 km (including 1,747 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,647 km (2003)
Belize | total: 2,872 km paved: 488 km unpaved: 2,384 km (1999)
Benin | total: 6,787 km paved: 1,357 km unpaved: 5,430 km (1999)
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: 60,762 km paved: 4,314 km (including 11 km of expressways) unpaved: 56,448 km (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 21,846 km paved: 11,425 km unpaved: 10,421 km (1999)
Botswana | total: 25,233 km paved: 8,867 km unpaved: 16,366 km (2003)
Brazil | total: 1,724,929 km paved: 94,871 km unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000)
British Virgin Islands | total: 177 km paved: 177 km (2002)
Brunei | total: 1,150 km paved: 399 km unpaved: 751 km (1999)
Bulgaria | total: 102,016 km paved: 93,855 km (including 328 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,161 km (2003)
Burkina Faso | total: 12,506 km paved: 2,001 km unpaved: 10,505 km (1999)
Burma | total: 27,000 km paved: 3,200 km unpaved: 23,800 km (2005)
Burundi | total: 14,480 km paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1999)
Cambodia | total: 12,323 km paved: 1,996 km unpaved: 10,327 km (2000)
Cameroon | total: 80,932 km paved: 5,398 km unpaved: 75,534 km (2002)
Canada | total: 1,408,900 km paved: 497,342 km (including 16,906 km of expressways) unpaved: 911,558 km (2002)
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 (including 407 km of expressways) unpaved: 63,525 km (2001)
China | total: 1,809,829 km paved: 1,447,682 km (with at least 29,745 km of expressways) unpaved: 362,147 km (2003)
Christmas Island | total: 142 km paved: 32 km unpaved: 110 km (2006)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total: 15 km (2005)
Colombia | total: 110,000 km paved: 26,000 km unpaved: 84,000 km (2000)
Comoros | total: 880 km paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1999)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways) (1999)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 12,800 km paved: 1,242 km unpaved: 11,558 km (1999)
Cook Islands | total: 320 km paved: 33 km unpaved: 287 km (2003)
Costa Rica | total: 35,889 km paved: 8,075 km unpaved: 27,814 km (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 50,400 km paved: 4,889 km unpaved: 45,511 km (1999)
Croatia | total: 28,588 km paved: 24,186 km (including 583 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,402 km (2003)
Cuba | total: 60,858 km paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1999)
Cyprus | total: 14,110 km (Republic of Cyprus: 11,760 km; north Cyprus: 2,350 km) paved: Republic of Cyprus: 7,403 km (including 268 km of expressways); north Cyprus: 1,370 km unpaved: Republic of Cyprus: 4,357 km; north Cyprus: 980 km (2003/1996 est.)
Czech Republic | total: 127,672 km paved: 127,672 km (including 518 km of expressways) (2002)
Denmark | total: 71,847 km paved: 71,847 km (including 920 km of expressways) (2002)
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)
East Timor | total: 5,000 km paved: 2,500 km unpaved: 2,500 km (2005)
Ecuador | total: 43,197 km paved: 7,287 km unpaved: 35,910 km (2003)
Egypt | total: 64,000 km paved: 49,984 km unpaved: 14,016 km (1999)
El Salvador | total: 10,029 km paved: 1,986 km unpaved: 8,043 km (1999)
Equatorial Guinea | total: 2,880 km (1999)
Eritrea | total: 4,010 km paved: 874 km unpaved: 3,136 km (1999)
Estonia | total: 56,849 km paved: 13,303 km (including 99 km of expressways) unpaved: 45,546 km (2003)
Ethiopia | total: 33,856 km paved: 4,367 km unpaved: 29,489 km (2003)
European Union | total: 4,634,810 km (including 56,704 km of expressways) paved: 4,161,318 km unpaved: 473,492 km (1999-2000)
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: 78,168 km paved: 50,616 km (including 653 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,552 km (2004)
France | total: 891,290 km paved: 891,290 km (including 10,390 km of expressways) (2003)
French Guiana | total: 817 km (1998)
French Polynesia | total: 2,590 km paved: 1,735 km unpaved: 855 km (1999)
Gabon | total: 32,333 km paved: 6,247 km unpaved: 26,086 km (2003)
Gambia, The | total: 3,742 km paved: 723 km unpaved: 3,019 km (2003)
Gaza Strip | note: see entry for West Bank
Georgia | total: 20,247 km paved: 7,973 km unpaved: 12,274 km (2003)
Germany | total: 231,581 km paved: 231,581 km (including 12,037 km of expressways) (2003)
Ghana | total: 47,787 km paved: 8,563 km unpaved: 39,224 km (2003)
Gibraltar | total: 29 km paved: 29 km (2002)
Greece | total: 116,470 km paved: 106,920 km (including 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,550 km (1999)
Grenada | total: 1,127 km paved: 687 km unpaved: 440 km (1999)
Guadeloupe | total: 947 km (2002)
Guam | total: 977 km (2004)
Guatemala | total: 14,095 km paved: 4,863 km (including 75 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,232 km (1999)
Guinea | total: 44,348 km paved: 4,342 km unpaved: 40,006 km (2003)
Guinea-Bissau | total: 4,400 km paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1999)
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: 1,831 km paved: 1,831 km (1999)
Hungary | total: 159,568 km paved: 70,050 km (including 527 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2002)
Iceland | total: 13,028 km paved/oiled gravel: 4,343 km unpaved: 8,685 km (2005)
India | total: 3,851,440 km paved: 2,411,001 km unpaved: 1,440,439 km (2002)
Indonesia | total: 368,360 km paved: 213,649 km unpaved: 154,711 km (2002)
Iran | total: 178,152 km paved: 118,115 km (including 751 km of expressways) unpaved: 60,037 km (2002)
Iraq | total: 45,550 km paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)
Ireland | total: 95,736 km paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways) (2002)
Isle of Man | total: 800 km paved: 800 km (1999)
Israel | total: 17,237 km paved: 17,237 km (including 126 km of expressways) (2002)
Italy | total: 479,688 km paved: 479,688 km (including 6,620 km of expressways) (1999)
Jamaica | total: 18,700 km paved: 13,009 km unpaved: 5,610 km (1999)
Japan | total: 1,177,278 km paved: 914,745 km (including 6,946 km of expressways) unpaved: 262,533 km (2002)
Jordan | total: 7,364 km paved: 7,364 km (2003)
Kazakhstan | total: 354,171 km paved: 247,347 km unpaved: 106,824 km (2003)
Kenya | total: 63,942 km paved: 7,737 km unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)
Kiribati | total: 670 km (1999)
Korea, North | total: 31,200 km paved: 1,997 km unpaved: 29,203 km (1999 est.)
Korea, South | total: 97,252 km paved: 74,641 km (including 2,778 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,611 km (2003)
Kuwait | total: 4,450 km paved: 3,587 km unpaved: 863 km (1999)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 18,500 km paved: 16,854 km unpaved: 1,646 km (1999)
Laos | total: 32,620 km paved: 4,590 km unpaved: 28,030 km (2002)
Latvia | total: 69,919 km paved: 69,919 km (2003)
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)
Lithuania | total: 78,893 km paved: 21,617 km (including 417 km of expressways) unpaved: 57,276 km (2003)
Luxembourg | total: 5,210 km paved: 5,210 km (including 147 km of expressways) (2002)
Macau | total: 345 km paved: 345 km (2003)
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: 28,400 km paved: 5,254 km unpaved: 23,146 km (1999)
Malaysia | total: 71,814 km paved: 55,943 km unpaved: 15,871 km (2001)
Mali | total: 15,100 km paved: 1,827 km unpaved: 13,273 km (1999)
Malta | total: 2,254 km paved: 1,973 km unpaved: 281 km (2003)
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)
Martinique | total: 2,105 km (including 261 km of expressways) (2000)
Mauritania | total: 7,660 km paved: 866 km unpaved: 6,794 km (1999)
Mauritius | total: 2,254 km paved: 2,254 km (including 75 km of expressways) (2003)
Mexico | total: 349,038 km paved: 116,928 km (including 6,979 km of expressways) unpaved: 232,110 km (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of | total: 240 km paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (1999)
Moldova | total: 12,730 km paved: 10,973 km unpaved: 1,757 km (2003)
Monaco | total: 50 km paved: 50 km (1999)
Mongolia | total: 49,250 km paved: 1,724 km unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)
Montserrat | total: 227 km (2003)
Morocco | total: 57,694 km paved: 32,551 km (including 417 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,143 km (2002)
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)
Nepal | total: 15,905 km paved: 8,573 km unpaved: 7,332 km (2003)
Netherlands | total: 116,500 km paved: 104,850 km unpaved: 11,650 km (1999)
New Caledonia | total: 5,432 km (2000)
New Zealand | total: 92,662 km paved: 59,109 km (including 169 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,553 km (2003)
Nicaragua | total: 18,658 km paved: 2,120 km unpaved: 16,538 km (2003)
Niger | total: 10,100 km paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1999)
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: 91,916 km paved: 71,235 km (including 213 km of expressways) unpaved: 20,681 km (2003)
Oman | total: 34,965 km paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)
Pakistan | total: 254,410 km paved: 152,646 km (including 367 km of expressways) unpaved: 101,764 km (2003)
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: 78,672 km paved: 10,314 km (including 276 km of expressways) unpaved: 68,358 km (2003)
Philippines | total: 200,037 km paved: 19,804 km unpaved: 180,233 km (2003)
Poland | total: 423,997 km paved: 295,356 km (including 484 km of expressways) unpaved: 128,641 km (2003)
Portugal | total: 72,600 km paved: 62,436 km (including 1,700 km of expressways) unpaved: 10,164 km (2002)
Puerto Rico | total: 25,645 km paved: 24,363 km (including 426 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,282 km (2004)
Qatar | total: 1,230 km paved: 1,107 km unpaved: 123 km (1999)
Reunion | total: 1,214 km (including 88 km of four-lane roads) (2001)
Romania | total: 198,817 km paved: 60,043 km (including 228 km of expressways) unpaved: 138,774 km (2003)
Russia | total: 537,289 km paved: 362,133 km unpaved: 175,156 km (2001)
Rwanda | total: 12,000 km paved: 996 km unpaved: 11,004 km (1999)
Saint Helena | total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km) paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118km, 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: 790 km paved: 332 km unpaved: 458 km (1999)
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 (including 7 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,604 km (2003)
Serbia and Montenegro | total: 45,290 km paved: 28,261 km unpaved: 17,029 km (2002)
Seychelles | total: 280 km paved: 176 km unpaved: 104 km (2002)
Sierra Leone | total: 11,300 km paved: 904 km unpaved: 10,396 km (2002)
Singapore | total: 3,165 km paved: 3,130 km (including 150 km of expressways) (2003)
Slovakia | total: 42,993 km paved: 37,533 km (including 313 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,460 km (2003)
Slovenia | total: 38,400 km paved: 38,400 km (including 417 km of expressways) (2003)
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 unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)
Spain | total: 666,292 km paved: 659,629 km (including 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: 4,492 km paved: 1,168 km unpaved: 3,324 km (2002)
Swaziland | total: 3,594 km paved: 1,078 km unpaved: 2,516 km (2002)
Sweden | total: 424,981 km paved: 132,339 km (including 1,544 km of expressways) unpaved: 292,642 km (2003)
Switzerland | total: 71,220 km paved: 71,220 km (including 1,726 of expressways) (2003)
Syria | total: 91,795 km paved: 18,451 km unpaved: 73,344 km (2003)
Taiwan | total: 37,299 km paved: 35,621 km (including 1,789 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)
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: 18,997 km paved: 12,424 km (including 142 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,573 km (2001)
Turkey | total: 354,421 km paved: 147,404 km (including 1,886 km of expressways) unpaved: 207,017 km (2003)
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: 169,739 km paved: 164,630 km (including 15 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,109 km (2003)
United Arab Emirates | total: 1,088 km paved: 1,088 km (including 253 km of expressways) (1999)
United Kingdom | total: 387,674 km paved: 387,674 km (including 3,523 km of expressways) (2004)
United States | total: 6,407,637 km paved: 4,164,964 km (including 74,950 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,242,673 km (2004)
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: 215,628 km (2000)
Virgin Islands | total: 1,257 km (2004)
West Bank | total: 4,158 km paved: 4,158 km note: includes Gaza Strip (2003)
World | total: 32,345,165 km paved: 19,403,061 km unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002)
Yemen | total: 67,000 km paved: 7,705 km unpaved: 59,295 km (1999)
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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