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Transport > Roads Stats: compare key data on Australia & South Africa

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  • Goods transported > Million ton-km: Goods transported by road are the volume of goods transported by road vehicles, measured in millions of metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • Goods transported > Million ton-km > Per capita: Goods transported by road are the volume of goods transported by road vehicles, measured in millions of metric tons times kilometers traveled." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people: Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people). Motor vehicles include cars, buses, and freight vehicles but do not include two-wheelers. Population refers to midyear population in the year for which data are available.
  • Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people: Passenger cars (per 1,000 people). Passenger cars refer to road motor vehicles, other than two-wheelers, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine people (including the driver).
  • Paved > % of total roads: Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length."
  • Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km: Roads, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by road are the volume of goods transported by road vehicles, measured in millions of metric tons times kilometers traveled.
  • Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000: Roads, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by road are the volume of goods transported by road vehicles, measured in millions of metric tons times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Roads, paved > % of total roads: Roads, paved (% of total roads). Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.
  • Roads, total network > Km: Roads, total network (km). Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country. A motorway is a road designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions.
  • Roads, total network > Km per 1000: Roads, total network (km). Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country. A motorway is a road designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Time index: Time Index is an average one way time needed to transport, in minutes.
  • Total network > Km: Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country. A motorway is a road designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions."
  • Traffic index: Traffic Index is a composite index of time consumed in traffic due to job commute, estimation of time consumption dissatisfaction, CO2 consumption estimation in traffic and overall inefficiencies in the traffic system.
STAT Australia South Africa HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 173,000
Ranked 8th. 399 times more than South Africa
434
Ranked 38th.

Goods transported > Million ton-km > Per capita 8.43 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 843 times more than South Africa
0.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th.

Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people 694.91
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than South Africa
165.14
Ranked 58th.

Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 556.19
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than South Africa
111.95
Ranked 62nd.

Paved > % of total roads 38.7%
Ranked 73th. 2 times more than South Africa
17.3%
Ranked 77th.

Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km 195,000
Ranked 9th. 449 times more than South Africa
434
Ranked 38th.

Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 8.84
Ranked 2nd. 914 times more than South Africa
0.00966
Ranked 39th.

Roads, paved > % of total roads 43.5%
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than South Africa
17.3%
Ranked 79th.

Roads, total network > Km 825,500
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than South Africa
362,099
Ranked 10th.

Roads, total network > Km per 1000 37.41
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than South Africa
8.23
Ranked 37th.

Time index 35.56
Ranked 18th.
41
Ranked 8th. 15% more than Australia
Total network > Km 815,074
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than South Africa
362,099
Ranked 13th.

Traffic index 137.93
Ranked 16th.
195.02
Ranked 5th. 41% more than Australia

SOURCES: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.; International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and data files.; International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted. 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.; traffic

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