Note > Roadways statistics - countries compared

Countries (A to Z)	Description
Bermuda	public roads - 225 km; private roads - 222 km
British Indian Ocean Territory	short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
Côte d'Ivoire	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
Faroe Islands	no roads between towns
France	there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments
Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank
Germany	includes local roads
Greenland	although there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-urban transport takes place either by sea or air
Kenya	there also are 100,000 km of rural roads and 14,500 km of urban roads for a national total of 177,765 km
Maldives	village roads are mainly compacted coral
Marshall Islands	paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks
Montserrat	volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has been built in the north end of the island
Palau	estimated to have 60 km of roads as of 1996
Russia	includes public, local, and departmental roads
Serbia and Montenegro	roadways in Kosovo listed separately
Solomon Islands	includes 800 km of private plantation roads
Virgin Islands	the only US possession where driving on the left side of the road is practiced
West Bank	includes Gaza Strip

DEFINITION: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.

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

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