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Transport > Roads Stats: compare key data on Ireland & United States

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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, passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Roads, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by road are the number of passengers transported by road times kilometers traveled.
  • Roads, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per 1000: Roads, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by road are the number of passengers transported by road 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.
  • Vehicles > Per km of road: Vehicles (per km of road). Vehicles per kilometer of road include cars, buses, and freight vehicles but do not include two-wheelers. Roads refer to motorways, highways, main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and other roads. A motorway is a road specially designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions.
  • 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.
STAT Ireland United States HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 15,900
Ranked 26th.
1.89 million
Ranked 1st. 119 times more than Ireland

Goods transported > Million ton-km > Per capita 3.98 per 1,000 people
Ranked 11th.
6.32 per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 59% more than Ireland

Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people 513
Ranked 28th.
797
Ranked 2nd. 55% more than Ireland

Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 433.82
Ranked 28th. 3% more than United States
423
Ranked 30th.

Paved > % of total roads 100%
Ranked 14th. 53% more than United States
65.34%
Ranked 26th.

Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km 10,940
Ranked 39th.
2.13 million
Ranked 2nd. 194 times more than Ireland

Roads, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 52,900
Ranked 31st.
6.83 million
Ranked 1st. 129 times more than Ireland

Roads, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per 1000 11.82
Ranked 12th.
22.08
Ranked 1st. 87% more than Ireland

Roads, paved > % of total roads 100%
Ranked 14th. The same as United States
100%
Ranked 11th.

Roads, total network > Km 96,424
Ranked 32nd.
6.55 million
Ranked 1st. 68 times more than Ireland

Roads, total network > Km per 1000 21.79
Ranked 9th. 3% more than United States
21.16
Ranked 10th.

Time index 23.56
Ranked 37th.
36.85
Ranked 15th. 56% more than Ireland
Total network > Km 96,602
Ranked 27th.
6.54 million
Ranked 1st. 68 times more than Ireland

Traffic index 76.8
Ranked 37th.
163.55
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Ireland
Vehicles > Per km of road 24
Ranked 48th.
37.69
Ranked 29th. 57% more than Ireland

Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 2.45
Ranked 29th.
6.93
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Ireland

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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