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Afghanistan | total: 34,903 km (2017) paved: 17,903 km (2017) unpaved: 17,000 km (2017) |
Albania | total: 3,945 km (2018) |
Algeria | total: 104,000 km (2015) paved: 71,656 km (2015) unpaved: 32,344 km (2015) |
American Samoa | total: 241 km (2016) |
Andorra | total: 320 km (2019) |
Angola | total: 26,000 km (2018) paved: 13,600 km (2018) unpaved: 12,400 km (2018) |
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) |
Argentina | total: 281,290 km (2017) paved: 117,616 km (2017) unpaved: 163,674 km (2017) |
Armenia | total: 7,700 km (2019) urban: 3,780 km non-urban: 3,920 km |
Aruba | total: 1,000 km (2010) |
Australia | total: 873,573 km (2015) urban: 145,928 km (2015) non-urban: 727,645 km (2015) |
Austria | total: 137,039 km (2018) paved: 137,039 km (includes 2,232 km of expressways) (2018) |
Azerbaijan | total: 24,981 km (2013) |
Bahamas, The | total: 2,700 km (2011) paved: 1,620 km (2011) unpaved: 1,080 km (2011) |
Bahrain | total: 4,122 km (2010) paved: 3,392 km (2010) unpaved: 730 km (2010) |
Bangladesh | total: 369,105 km (2018) paved: 110,311 km (2018) unpaved: 258,794 km (2018) |
Barbados | total: 1,700 km (2015) paved: 1,700 km (2015) |
Belarus | total: 86,600 km (2017) |
Belgium | total: 118,414 km (2015) paved: 118,414 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways) (2015) |
Belize | total: 3,281 km (2017) paved: 601 km (2017) unpaved: 2,680 km (2017) |
Benin | total: 16,000 km (2006) paved: 1,400 km (2006) unpaved: 14,600 km (2006) |
Bermuda | total: 447 km (2010) paved: 447 km (2010) note: 225 km public roads; 222 km private roads |
Bhutan | total: 12,205 km (2017) urban: 437 km (2017) |
Bolivia | total: 90,568 km (2017) paved: 9,792 km (2017) unpaved: 80,776 km (2017) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 22,926 km (2010) paved: 19,426 km (4,652 km of interurban roads) (2010) unpaved: 3,500 km (2010) |
Botswana | total: 31,747 km (2017) paved: 9,810 km (2017) unpaved: 21,937 km (2017) |
Brazil | total: 2 million km (2018) paved: 246,000 km (2018) unpaved: 1.754 million km (2018) |
British Indian Ocean Territory | note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia |
British Virgin Islands | total: 200 km (2007) paved: 200 km (2007) |
Brunei | total: 2,976 km (2014) paved: 2,559 km (2014) unpaved: 417 km (2014) |
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 |
Burkina Faso | total: 15,304 km (2014) paved: 3,642 km (2014) unpaved: 11,662 km (2014) |
Burma | total: 157,000 km (2013) paved: 34,700 km (2013) unpaved: 122,300 km (2013) |
Burundi | total: 12,322 km (2016) paved: 1,500 km (2016) unpaved: 10,822 km (2016) |
Cambodia | total: 47,263 km (2013) paved: 12,239 km (2013) unpaved: 35,024 km (2013) |
Cameroon | total: 77,589 km (2016) paved: 5,133 km (2016) unpaved: 72,456 km (2016) |
Canada | total: 1,042,300 km (2011) paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) (2011) unpaved: 626,700 km (2011) |
Cayman Islands | total: 785 km (2007) paved: 785 km (2007) |
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 |
Chile | total: 77,801 km (2016) |
China | total: 4,960,600 km (2017) paved: 4,338,600 km (includes 136,500 km of expressways) (2017) unpaved: 622,000 km (2017) |
Christmas Island | total: 142 km (2011) paved: 32 km (2011) unpaved: 110 km (2011) |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total: 22 km (2007) paved: 10 km (2007) unpaved: 12 km (2007) |
Colombia | total: 206,500 km (2016) |
Comoros | total: 880 km (2002) paved: 673 km (2002) unpaved: 207 km (2002) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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 | 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 |
Cook Islands | total: 295 km (2018) paved: 207 km (2018) unpaved: 88 km (2018) |
Costa Rica | total: 5,035 km (2017) |
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 |
Croatia | total: 26,958 km (includes 1,416 km of expressways) (2015) |
Cuba | total: 60,000 km (2015) paved: 20,000 km (2001) unpaved: 40,000 km (2001) |
Curacao | total: 550 km |
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) |
Denmark | total: 74,558 km (2017) paved: 74,558 km (includes 1,205 km of expressways) (2017) |
Djibouti | total: 2,893 km (2013) |
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) |
Ecuador | total: 43,216 km (2015) paved: 8,161 km (2015) unpaved: 35,055 km (2015) |
Egypt | total: 65,050 km (2017) paved: 48,000 km (2017) unpaved: 17,050 km (2017) |
El Salvador | total: 9,012 km (2017) paved: 5,341 km (2017) unpaved: 3,671 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) |
Estonia | total: 58,412 km (includes urban roads) (2011) paved: 10,427 km (includes 115 km of expressways) (2011) unpaved: 47,985 km (2011) |
Ethiopia | total: 120,171 km (2018) |
European Union | total: 10,582,653 km (2013) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total: 440 km (2008) paved: 50 km (2008) unpaved: 390 km (2008) |
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 |
Fiji | total: 3,440 km (2011) paved: 1,686 km (2011) unpaved: 1,754 km (2011) |
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) |
French Polynesia | total: 2,590 km (1999) paved: 1,735 km (1999) unpaved: 855 km (1999) |
Gabon | total: 14,300 km (2001) paved: 900 km (2001) unpaved: 13,400 km (2001) |
Gambia, The | total: 2,977 km (2011) paved: 518 km (2011) unpaved: 2,459 km (2011) |
Gaza Strip | note: see entry for the West Bank |
Georgia | total: 20,295 km (2018) |
Germany | total: 625,000 km (2017) paved: 625,000 km (includes 12,996 km of expressways) (2017) note: includes local roads |
Ghana | total: 109,515 km (2009) paved: 13,787 km (2009) unpaved: 95,728 km (2009) |
Gibraltar | total: 29 km (2007) paved: 29 km (2007) |
Greece | total: 117,000 km (2018) |
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 |
Grenada | total: 1,127 km (2017) paved: 902 km (2017) unpaved: 225 km (2017) |
Guam | total: 1,045 km (2008) |
Guatemala | total: 17,621 km (2016) paved: 7,489 km (2016) unpaved: 10,132 km (includes 4,960 km of rural roads) (2016) |
Guernsey | total: 260 km (2017) |
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) |
Guyana | total: 3,995 km (2019) paved: 799 km (2019) unpaved: 3,196 km (2019) |
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 |
Hong Kong | total: 2,107 km (2017) paved: 2,107 km (2017) |
Hungary | total: 203,601 km (2014) paved: 77,087 km (includes 1,582 km of expressways) (2014) unpaved: 126,514 km (2014) |
Iceland | total: 12,898 km (2012) paved/oiled gravel: 5,647 km (excludes urban roads) (2012) unpaved: 7,251 km (2012) |
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 |
Indonesia | total: 496,607 km (2011) paved: 283,102 km (2011) unpaved: 213,505 km (2011) |
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) |
Ireland | total: 99,830 km (2018) paved: 99,830 km (includes 2,717 km of expressways) (2018) |
Israel | total: 19,555 km (2017) paved: 19,555 km (includes 449 km of expressways) (2017) |
Italy | total: 487,700 km (2007) paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007) |
Jamaica | total: 22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways) (2011) paved: 16,148 km (2011) unpaved: 5,973 km (2011) |
Japan | total: 1,218,772 km (2015) paved: 992,835 km (includes 8,428 km of expressways) (2015) unpaved: 225,937 km (2015) |
Jersey | total: 576 km (2010) |
Jordan | total: 7,203 km (2011) paved: 7,203 km (2011) |
Kazakhstan | total: 95,409 km (2017) paved: 81,814 km (2017) unpaved: 13,595 km (2017) |
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) |
Kiribati | total: 670 km (2017) |
Korea, North | total: 25,554 km (2006) paved: 724 km (2006) unpaved: 24,830 km (2006) |
Korea, South | total: 100,428 km (2016) paved: 92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways) (2016) unpaved: 7,633 km (2016) |
Kosovo | total: 2,012 km (2015) paved: 1,921 km (includes 78 km of expressways) (2015) unpaved: 91 km (2015) |
Kuwait | total: 5,749 km (2018) paved: 4,887 km (2018) unpaved: 862 km (2018) |
Kyrgyzstan | total: 34,000 km (2018) |
Laos | total: 39,586 km (2009) paved: 5,415 km (2009) unpaved: 34,171 km (2009) |
Latvia | total: 70,244 km (2018) paved: 15,158 km (2018) unpaved: 55,086 km (2018) |
Lebanon | total: 21,705 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) |
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) |
Macau | total: 428 km (2017) paved: 428 km (2017) |
Madagascar | total: 31,640 km (2018) |
Malawi | total: 15,452 km (2015) paved: 4,074 km (2015) unpaved: 11,378 km (2015) |
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) |
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 |
Mali | total: 139,107 km (2018) |
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) |
Marshall Islands | total: 2,028 km (2007) paved: 75 km (2007) unpaved: 1,953 km |
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) |
Mexico | total: 398,148 km (2017) paved: 174,911 km (includes 10,362 km of expressways) (2017) unpaved: 223,237 km (2017) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | note - paved and unpaved circumferential roads, most interior roads are unpaved |
Moldova | total: 9,352 km (2012) paved: 8,835 km (2012) unpaved: 517 km (2012) |
Mongolia | total: 113,200 km (2017) paved: 10,600 km (2017) unpaved: 102,600 km (2017) |
Montenegro | total: 7,762 km (2010) paved: 7,141 km (2010) unpaved: 621 km (2010) |
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 |
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) |
Nauru | total: 30 km (2002) paved: 24 km (2002) unpaved: 6 km (2002) |
Nepal | total: 27,990 km (2016) paved: 11,890 km (2016) unpaved: 16,100 km (2016) |
Netherlands | total: 139,124 km (includes 3,654 km of expressways) (2016) |
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) |
Nicaragua | total: 23,897 km (2014) paved: 3,346 km (2014) unpaved: 20,551 km (2014) |
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) |
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) |
Norway | total: 94,902 km (includes 455 km of expressways) (2018) |
Oman | total: 60,230 km (2012) paved: 29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways) (2012) unpaved: 30,545 km (2012) |
Pakistan | total: 263,775 km (2019) paved: 185,063 km (includes 708 km of expressways) (2019) unpaved: 78,712 km (2019) |
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) |
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) |
Philippines | total: 216,387 km (2014) paved: 61,093 km (2014) unpaved: 155,294 km (2014) |
Pitcairn Islands | total: 0 km |
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) |
Puerto Rico | total: 26,862 km (includes 454 km of expressways) (2012) |
Qatar | total: 7,039 km (2016) |
Romania | total: 84,185 km (2012) paved: 49,873 km (includes 337 km of expressways) (2012) unpaved: 34,312 km (2012) |
Russia | total: 1,283,387 km (2012) paved: 927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways) (2012) unpaved: 355,666 km (2012) |
Rwanda | total: 4,700 km (2012) paved: 1,207 km (2012) unpaved: 3,493 km (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) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total: 117 km (2009) paved: 80 km (2009) unpaved: 37 km (2009) |
Samoa | total: 1,150 km (2018) |
San Marino | total: 292 km (2006) paved: 292 km (2006) |
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 1,300 km (2018) paved: 230 km (2018) unpaved: 1,070 km (2018) |
Saudi Arabia | total: 221,372 km (2006) paved: 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways) (2006) unpaved: 173,843 km (2006) |
Senegal | total: 16,665 km (2017) paved: 6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways) (2017) unpaved: 10,539 km (2017) |
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) |
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) |
Singapore | total: 3,500 km (2017) paved: 3,500 km (includes 164 km of expressways) (2017) |
Sint Maarten | total: 53 km |
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) |
Solomon Islands | total: 1,390 km (2011) paved: 34 km (2011) unpaved: 1,356 km (2011) note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads |
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 |
Spain | total: 683,175 km (2011) paved: 683,175 km (includes 16,205 km of expressways) (2011) |
Sri Lanka | total: 114,093 km (2010) paved: 16,977 km (2010) unpaved: 97,116 km (2010) |
Sudan | total: 31,000 km (2019) paved: 8,000 km (2019) unpaved: 23,000 km (2019) urban: 1,000 km (2019) |
Suriname | total: 4,304 km (2003) paved: 1,119 km (2003) unpaved: 3,185 km (2003) |
Svalbard | total: 40 km (2020) |
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) |
Syria | total: 69,873 km (2010) paved: 63,060 km (2010) unpaved: 6,813 km (2010) |
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) |
Tajikistan | total: 30,000 km (2018) |
Tanzania | total: 87,581 km (2015) paved: 10,025 km (2015) unpaved: 77,556 km (2015) |
Thailand | total: 180,053 km (includes 450 km of expressways) (2006) |
Togo | total: 11,734 km (2081) paved: 1,794 km (2018) unpaved: 8,157 km (2018) urban: 1,783 km (2018) |
Tokelau | total: 10 km (2019) |
Tonga | total: 680 km (2011) paved: 184 km (2011) unpaved: 496 km (2011) |
Tunisia | paved: 20,000 km (2015) |
Turkey | total: 67,333 km (2018) paved: 24,082 km (includes 2,159 km of expressways) (2018) unpaved: 43,251 km (2018) |
Turkmenistan | total: 58,592 km (2002) paved: 47,577 km (2002) unpaved: 11,015 km (2002) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 121 km (2003) paved: 24 km (2003) unpaved: 97 km (2003) |
Tuvalu | total: 8 km (2011) paved: 8 km (2011) |
Uganda | total: 20,544 km (excludes local roads) (2017) paved: 4,257 km (2017) unpaved: 16,287 km (2017) |
Ukraine | total: 169,694 km (2012) paved: 166,095 km (includes 17 km of expressways) (2012) unpaved: 3,599 km (2012) |
United Arab Emirates | total: 4,080 km (2008) paved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008) |
United Kingdom | total: 394,428 km (2009) paved: 394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (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) |
Uruguay | total: 77,732 km (2010) paved: 7,743 km (2010) unpaved: 69,989 km (2010) |
Uzbekistan | total: 86,496 km (2000) paved: 75,511 km (2000) unpaved: 10,985 km (2000) |
Vanuatu | total: 1,070 km (2000) paved: 256 km (2000) unpaved: 814 km (2000) |
Venezuela | total: 96,189 km (2014) |
Vietnam | total: 195,468 km (2013) paved: 148,338 km (2013) unpaved: 47,130 km (2013) |
Virgin Islands | total: 1,260 km (2008) |
West Bank | total: 4,686 km (2010) paved: 4,686 km (2010) note: includes Gaza Strip |
World | total: 64,285,009 km (2013) |
Yemen | total: 71,300 km (2005) paved: 6,200 km (2005) unpaved: 65,100 km (2005) |
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) |
Source: CIA Factbook