FACTOID # 6: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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Transportation Statistics > Highways > Total (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Pitcairn Islands: 139.13 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 2   Iceland: 44.742 km per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 3   Australia: 42.883 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 4   Estonia: 37.54 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 5   Namibia: 35.085 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 6   Latvia: 30.861 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 7   Montserrat: 25.236 km per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 8   Austria: 24.964 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 9   Ireland: 24.308 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 10   Sweden: 23.949 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 11   New Zealand: 23.862 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 12   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 23.81 km per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 13   New Caledonia: 22.846 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 14   Western Sahara: 22.71 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 15   United States: 22.446 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 16   Lithuania: 21.501 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 17   Norway: 20.364 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 18   Mongolia: 19.862 km per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 19   Hungary: 18.384 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 20   Cyprus: 17.803 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 21   Spain: 16.626 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 22   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 16.258 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 23   Libya: 15.991 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 24   France: 15.179 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 25   Finland: 14.989 km per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 26   Belgium: 14.457 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 27   Denmark: 13.413 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 28   Luxembourg: 11.847 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 29   Belize: 11.814 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 30   French Polynesia: 11.163 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 31   Man, Isle of: 11.11 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 32   Dominica: 10.905 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 33   Greece: 10.751 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 34   Guyana: 10.749 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 35   Suriname: 10.35 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 36   Grenada: 10.328 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 37   Slovenia: 10.144 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 39   Brazil: 9.921 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 40   Switzerland: 9.884 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 41   Poland: 9.483 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 42   Japan: 9.174 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 43   Costa Rica: 9.136 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 44   Bahamas, The: 9.065 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 45   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 9.015 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 46   Romania: 8.849 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 47   Italy: 8.427 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 48   South Africa: 8.23 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 49   Slovakia: 7.927 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 50   Virgin Islands: 7.879 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 51   Saint Lucia: 7.872 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 52   Kiribati: 7.579 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 53   Brunei: 7.572 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 54   Saudi Arabia: 7.499 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 55   Wallis and Futuna: 7.488 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 56   Belarus: 7.435 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 57   Netherlands: 7.371 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 58   Jamaica: 7.264 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 59   Liechtenstein: 7.194 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 60   Tonga: 6.829 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 61   Bhutan: 6.791 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 62   Barbados: 6.757 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 63   Portugal: 6.721 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 64   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 6.667 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 65   Gabon: 6.654 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 66   Equatorial Guinea: 6.57 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 67   Trinidad and Tobago: 6.498 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 68   Bolivia: 6.468 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 69   Central African Republic: 6.411 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 70   Zambia: 6.368 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 71   Jersey: 6.354 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 72   United Kingdom: 6.332 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 73   Croatia: 6.246 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 74   Serbia and Montenegro: 6.121 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 75   American Samoa: 6.003 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 76   Argentina: 5.903 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 77   Botswana: 5.886 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 78   Albania: 5.879 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 79   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5.826 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 80   Turkey: 5.822 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 81   Malta: 5.779 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 82   Vanuatu: 5.701 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 83   Cuba: 5.492 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 84   Kazakhstan: 5.464 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 85   Turkmenistan: 5.4 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 86   Czech Republic: 5.393 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 87   Guam: 5.217 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 88   Chile: 5.179 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 89   Armenia: 5.165 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 90   Sri Lanka: 5.078 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 91   Paraguay: 5.001 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 92   Bahrain: 4.853 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 93   Bulgaria: 4.626 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
= 94   Tajikistan: 4.498 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
= 94   Samoa: 4.498 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 96   Macedonia, Republic of: 4.338 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 97   Georgia: 4.314 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 98   Fiji: 4.286 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 99   Laos: 4.236 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 100   Chad: 4.202 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 101   Djibouti: 4.168 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 102   Venezuela: 4.029 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 103   Panama: 3.94 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 104   Nicaragua: 3.868 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 105   Yemen: 3.853 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 106   Congo, Republic of the: 3.845 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 107   Angola: 3.809 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 108   Kyrgyzstan: 3.803 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 109   Puerto Rico: 3.801 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 110   Guinea: 3.79 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 111   Papua New Guinea: 3.786 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 112   Liberia: 3.644 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 113   Russia: 3.639 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 114   Ecuador: 3.51 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 115   Algeria: 3.463 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 116   Ukraine: 3.447 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 117   Mexico: 3.412 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 118   Lesotho: 3.348 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 119   Uzbekistan: 3.344 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 120   Solomon Islands: 3.339 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
= 121   India: 3.323 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
= 121   Antigua and Barbuda: 3.323 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 123   Guinea-Bissau: 3.314 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 124   Netherlands Antilles: 3.285 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 125   Somalia: 3.246 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 126   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 3.207 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 127   Madagascar: 3.168 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 128   Azerbaijan: 3.104 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 129   Côte d'Ivoire: 3.076 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 130   Palau: 3.035 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 131   Moldova: 3.013 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 132   Malaysia: 2.93 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 133   Mauritania: 2.919 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 134   Peru: 2.855 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 135   Germany: 2.811 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 136   Uruguay: 2.731 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 137   Tanzania: 2.67 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 138   Philippines: 2.666 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 139   Syria: 2.647 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 140   Colombia: 2.639 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
= 141   Israel: 2.589 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
= 141   Sierra Leone: 2.589 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 143   Malawi: 2.533 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 144   Cape Verde: 2.499 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 145   Cameroon: 2.357 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 146   São Tomé and Príncipe: 2.338 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 147   Burundi: 2.27 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 148   Micronesia, Federated States of: 2.24 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 149   Honduras: 2.171 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 150   Qatar: 2.123 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 151   Gambia, The: 2.118 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 152   Kuwait: 2.112 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 153   Kenya: 2.084 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 154   Ghana: 2.028 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 155   Morocco: 2.027 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 156   Tunisia: 1.986 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 157   Lebanon: 1.959 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 158   Pakistan: 1.887 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 159   Korea, South: 1.866 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 160   Mozambique: 1.735 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 161   Indonesia: 1.683 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 162   Bangladesh: 1.642 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 163   El Salvador: 1.629 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 164   Mauritius: 1.623 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 165   Rwanda: 1.6 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 166   Nigeria: 1.599 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 167   Jordan: 1.51 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 168   Zimbabwe: 1.47 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
= 169   Comoros: 1.465 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 169   Dominican Republic: 1.465 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 171   Togo: 1.449 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 172   Korea, North: 1.438 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 173   Senegal: 1.409 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 174   Mali: 1.334 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 175   Guatemala: 1.294 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 176   Vietnam: 1.204 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 177   Eritrea: 1.171 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 178   Uganda: 1.146 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 179   Burkina Faso: 1.141 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 180   China: 1.111 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 181   Thailand: 1.062 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 182   Benin: 0.972 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 183   Egypt: 0.969 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 184   Niger: 0.887 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 185   Cambodia: 0.876 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 186   Singapore: 0.776 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 187   Macau: 0.611 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 188   Nepal: 0.554 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 189   Haiti: 0.532 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 190   Mayotte: 0.517 km per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 191   Ethiopia: 0.491 km per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 192   Sudan: 0.369 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 193   United Arab Emirates: 0.359 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 194   Hong Kong: 0.277 km per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
Weighted average: 7.6 km per 1,000 people  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 10.143 km per 1,000 people  



DEFINITION: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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