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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & United States

Definitions

  • Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
  • Paved > Per capita: total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Paved per 1000: total length of the paved parts of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Total: total length of the highway system
  • Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per 1000: total length of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Unpaved: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
  • Unpaved > Per capita: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Unpaved per 1000: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Costa Rica United States HISTORY
Paved 7,896 km
Ranked 43th.
4.15 million km
Ranked 1st. 525 times more than Costa Rica

Paved > Per capita 2.01 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 37th.
14.39 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Costa Rica

Paved per 1000 2.01 km
Ranked 37th.
14.42 km
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Costa Rica

Total 35,892 km
Ranked 39th.
6.41 million km
Ranked 1st. 178 times more than Costa Rica

Total > Per capita 9.14 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st.
22.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Costa Rica

Total per 1000 9.13 km
Ranked 22nd.
22.27 km
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Costa Rica

Unpaved 27,996 km
Ranked 21st.
2.26 million km
Ranked 1st. 81 times more than Costa Rica

Unpaved > Per capita 7.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th.
7.83 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than Costa Rica

Unpaved per 1000 7.12 km
Ranked 8th.
7.85 km
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than Costa Rica

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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