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Transport > Highways > Total: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: total length of the highway system.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 6.41 million km 2002
2 European Union 4.63 million km 2005
3 India 3.32 million km 1999
4 Brazil 1.72 million km 2000
5 Canada 1.41 million km 2002
6 China 1.4 million km 2000
7 Japan 1.16 million km 1999
8 France 894,000 km 2000
9 Australia 811,603 km 1999
South Asia average (profile) 761,246 km 1999
10 Spain 663,795 km 1999
11 Russia 532,393 km 2000
12 Italy 479,688 km 1999
13 Turkey 385,960 km 1999
14 United Kingdom 371,913 km 1999
15 Poland 364,656 km 2000
16 South Africa 362,099 km 2000
17 Indonesia 342,700 km 1999
18 Mexico 329,532 km 1999
19 Pakistan 254,410 km 1999
20 Germany 230,735 km 1999
21 Argentina 215,471 km 1999
22 Sweden 212,402 km 2000
23 Bangladesh 207,486 km 1999
24 Philippines 201,994 km 2000
25 Austria 200,000 km 2000
26 Romania 198,603 km 2000
27 Nigeria 194,394 km 1999
28 Hungary 188,203 km 1999
29 Ukraine 169,491 km 2000
30 Democratic Republic of the Congo 157,000 km 1999
31 Saudi Arabia 151,470 km 1999
32 Belgium 148,216 km 2000
33 Greece 117,000 km 1999
34 Netherlands 116,500 km 1999
35 Colombia 110,000 km 2000
36 Algeria 104,000 km 1999
37 Sri Lanka 96,695 km 1999
38 Venezuela 96,155 km 1999
39 Vietnam 93,300 km 1999
40 Ireland 92,500 km 2000
41 New Zealand 92,053 km 2000
42 Norway 91,454 km 2000
43 Tanzania 88,200 km 1999
44 South Korea 86,990 km 1999
45 Libya 83,200 km 1999
46 Uzbekistan 81,600 km 1999
47 Kazakhstan 81,331 km 2000
48 Chile 79,814 km 2000
49 Finland 78,137 km 2003
OPEC countries average (profile) 76,379.56 km 1999
50 Lithuania 75,243 km 2000
51 Belarus 74,385 km 2000
52 Latvia 73,202 km 2000
53 Peru 72,900 km 1999
54 Denmark 71,591 km 2000
55 Switzerland 71,011 km 2000
56 Portugal 68,732 km 2000
57 Yemen 67,000 km 1999
58 Zambia 66,781 km 1999
59 Namibia 66,467 km 2000
60 Malaysia 65,877 km 1999
61 Thailand 64,600 km 1999
62 Egypt 64,000 km 1999
63 Kenya 63,942 km 2000
failed states average (profile) 63,772.29 km 1999
64 Cuba 60,858 km 1999
65 Morocco 57,707 km 2000
66 Czech Republic 55,408 km 2000
67 Bolivia 53,790 km 2000
68 Angola 51,429 km 1999
69 Estonia 51,411 km 2000
70 Cote d'Ivoire 50,400 km 1999
71 Madagascar 49,827 km 1999
72 Serbia and Montenegro 49,805 km 2000
73 Mongolia 49,250 km 2003
74 Iraq 45,550 km 2000
75 Syria 43,381 km 1999
76 Ecuador 43,197 km 2000
77 Slovakia 42,717 km 2000
78 Ghana 39,409 km 1999
79 Bulgaria 37,286 km 2000
80 Taiwan 35,931 km 2000
81 Costa Rica 35,892 km 2000
82 Oman 34,965 km 2001
83 Cameroon 34,300 km 1999
84 Chad 33,400 km 1999
85 Ethiopia 31,571 km 2000
86 North Korea 31,200 km 1999
87 Guinea 30,500 km 1999
88 Mozambique 30,400 km 1999
89 Paraguay 29,500 km 2005
90 Malawi 28,400 km 1999
91 Croatia 28,123 km 2000
92 Tajikistan 27,767 km 2000
93 Uganda 27,000 km 1999
94 Azerbaijan 24,981 km 2000
95 Turkmenistan 24,000 km 1999
96 Central African Republic 23,810 km 1999
97 Somalia 22,100 km 1999
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,846 km 1999
99 Laos 21,716 km 1999
100 Afghanistan 21,000 km 1999
101 Georgia 20,363 km 2000
102 Slovenia 20,177 km 2000
103 Papua New Guinea 19,600 km 1999
104 Nicaragua 19,032 km 2000
105 Tunisia 18,997 km 2000
106 Jamaica 18,700 km 1999
107 Kyrgyzstan 18,500 km 1999
108 Zimbabwe 18,338 km 1999
109 Albania 18,000 km 2000
110 Israel 16,281 km 2000
111 Armenia 15,918 km 2000
112 Mali 15,100 km 1999
113 Senegal 14,576 km 2000
114 Burundi 14,480 km 1999
115 Puerto Rico 14,400 km 1999
116 Guatemala 14,118 km 1999
117 Honduras 13,603 km 1999
118 Cyprus 13,491 km 2005
119 Nepal 13,223 km 1999
120 Iceland 12,955 km 2003
121 Congo, Republic of the 12,800 km 1999
122 Moldova 12,657 km 1999
123 Dominican Republic 12,600 km 1999
124 Burkina Faso 12,506 km 1999
125 Cambodia 12,323 km 2005
126 Rwanda 12,000 km 1999
127 Sudan 11,900 km 1999
128 Panama 11,400 km 1999
129 Sierra Leone 11,330 km 1999
130 Liberia 10,600 km 1999
131 Botswana 10,217 km 1999
132 Niger 10,100 km 1999
133 El Salvador 10,029 km 1999
134 Uruguay 8,983 km 1999
135 Gabon 8,464 km 2000
136 Trinidad and Tobago 8,320 km 1999
137 Guyana 7,970 km 1999
138 Mauritania 7,720 km 2000
139 Togo 7,520 km 1999
140 Lebanon 7,300 km 1999
141 Jordan 7,245 km 2000
142 Benin 6,787 km 1999
143 Western Sahara 6,200 km 2005
144 Lesotho 5,940 km 1999
145 Luxembourg 5,189 km 2000
146 New Caledonia 4,825 km 1999
147 Suriname 4,492 km 2000
148 Kuwait 4,450 km 1999
149 Guinea-Bissau 4,400 km 1999
150 Haiti 4,160 km 1999
151 Eritrea 4,010 km 1999
152 Bhutan 3,690 km 1999
153 Fiji 3,440 km 1999
154 Bahrain 3,261 km 2000
155 Singapore 3,066 km 1999
156 Djibouti 2,890 km 1999
157 Equatorial Guinea 2,880 km 1999
158 Belize 2,872 km 1999
159 The Gambia 2,700 km 1999
160 The Bahamas 2,693 km 1999
161 French Polynesia 2,590 km 1999
162 Brunei 2,525 km 2000
163 Malta 2,254 km 2000
164 Martinique 2,105 km 2000
165 Mauritius 1,926 km 2000
166 Hong Kong 1,831 km 1999
167 Barbados 1,793 km 1999
168 Solomon Islands 1,360 km 1999
169 Qatar 1,230 km 1999
170 Saint Lucia 1,210 km 1999
171 Cape Verde 1,100 km 1999
172 United Arab Emirates 1,088 km 1999
173 Vanuatu 1,070 km 1999
=174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,040 km 1999
=174 Grenada 1,040 km 1999
176 Guam 885 km 2005
177 Comoros 880 km 2005
178 Virgin Islands 856 km 2000
179 Samoa 790 km 1999
180 Cayman Islands 785 km 2000
181 Dominica 780 km 1999
182 Tonga 680 km 1999
183 Kiribati 670 km 1999
184 Netherlands Antilles 600 km 2005
185 Jersey 577 km 2005
186 Faroe Islands 463 km 1999
187 Bermuda 450 km 2002
188 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 440 km 2002
189 American Samoa 350 km 2005
=190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 320 km 2005
=190 Cook Islands 320 km 2000
=190 Sao Tome and Principe 320 km 1999
193 Macau 271 km 2000
=194 Liechtenstein 250 km 2005
=194 Antigua and Barbuda 250 km 1999
=196 Christmas Island 240 km 2000
=196 Federated States of Micronesia 240 km 1999
198 Niue 234 km 2001
199 Montserrat 227 km 2003
200 San Marino 220 km 2001
201 Saint Helena 198 km 2000
202 British Virgin Islands 177 km 2000
203 Turks and Caicos Islands 121 km 2000
204 Wallis and Futuna 120 km 2005
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 114 km 2005
206 Mayotte 93 km 2005
207 Norfolk Island 80 km 2001
208 Palau 61 km 2005
209 Monaco 50 km 1999
210 Nauru 30 km 1999
211 Gibraltar 29 km 2002
212 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 15 km 2003
213 Tuvalu 8 km 1999
214 Pitcairn Islands 6.4 km 2005

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Interesting observations about Transport > Highways > Total

  • United States has had the highest highways > total since 2000.
  • 2 of the top 3 countries by highways > total are Former British Colonies'.
  • 21 of the top 33 countries by highways > total are Christian.
  • 99 of the top 183 countries by highways > total are Hot countries.
  • 3 of the top 6 countries by highways > total are Cold countries'.
  • 16 of the top 34 countries by highways > total are European.
  • 4 of the top 8 countries by highways > total are Heavily indebted.
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