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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on Switzerland & United States

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  • Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
  • Paved > Per capita: total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Paved per 1000: total length of the paved parts of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Total: total length of the highway system
  • Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per 1000: total length of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Unpaved: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
  • Unpaved > Per capita: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Unpaved per 1000: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Switzerland United States HISTORY
Paved 71,011 km
Ranked 16th.
4.15 million km
Ranked 1st. 58 times more than Switzerland

Paved > Per capita 9.88 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 14th.
14.39 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 46% more than Switzerland

Paved per 1000 9.88 km
Ranked 15th.
14.42 km
Ranked 2nd. 46% more than Switzerland

Total 71,011 km
Ranked 24th.
6.41 million km
Ranked 1st. 90 times more than Switzerland

Total > Per capita 9.88 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th.
22.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Switzerland

Total per 1000 9.88 km
Ranked 19th.
22.27 km
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Switzerland

Unpaved 0.0
Ranked 57th.
2.26 million km
Ranked 1st.

Unpaved > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 51st.
7.83 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd.

Unpaved per 1000 0.0
Ranked 52nd.
7.85 km
Ranked 2nd.

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. 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.

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