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

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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 South Africa Switzerland HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 434
Ranked 38th.
16,337
Ranked 23th. 38 times more than South Africa

Goods transported > Million ton-km > Per capita 0.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th.
2.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 219 times more than South Africa

Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people 165.14
Ranked 58th.
566.03
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than South Africa

Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 111.95
Ranked 62nd.
520.8
Ranked 14th. 5 times more than South Africa

Paved > % of total roads 17.3%
Ranked 77th.
100%
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than South Africa

Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km 434
Ranked 38th.
16,800
Ranked 33th. 39 times more than South Africa

Roads, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.00966
Ranked 39th.
2.15
Ranked 31st. 222 times more than South Africa

Roads, paved > % of total roads 17.3%
Ranked 79th.
100%
Ranked 7th. 6 times more than South Africa

Roads, total network > Km 362,099
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Switzerland
71,456
Ranked 38th.

Roads, total network > Km per 1000 8.23
Ranked 37th.
9.13
Ranked 26th. 11% more than South Africa

Time index 41
Ranked 8th. 56% more than Switzerland
26.29
Ranked 13th.
Total network > Km 362,099
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Switzerland
71,354
Ranked 24th.

Traffic index 195.02
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Switzerland
86.39
Ranked 15th.

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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