Transport > Highways > Total > Per capita: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitcairn Islands | 139.13 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Canada | 44.92 km per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
| 3 | Iceland | 44.74 km per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 4 | Australia | 42.88 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 5 | Estonia | 37.54 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 6 | Namibia | 35.09 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 7 | Latvia | 30.86 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 8 | Montserrat | 25.24 km per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Austria | 24.96 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 10 | Ireland | 24.31 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 11 | Sweden | 23.95 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 12 | New Zealand | 23.86 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 13 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 23.81 km per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 14 | New Caledonia | 22.85 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 15 | Western Sahara | 22.71 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 16 | United States | 22.22 km per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
| 17 | Lithuania | 21.5 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 18 | Norway | 20.36 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 19 | Mongolia | 19.86 km per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Hungary | 18.38 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 21 | Cyprus | 17.8 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Spain | 16.63 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 23 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 16.26 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Libya | 15.99 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 25 | France | 15.18 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 26 | Finland | 14.99 km per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 27 | Belgium | 14.46 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 28 | Oman | 14.15 km per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
| 29 | Denmark | 13.41 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 30 | Luxembourg | 11.85 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 31 | Belize | 11.81 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 32 | French Polynesia | 11.16 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 33 | Dominica | 10.9 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 34 | Greece | 10.75 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 35 | Guyana | 10.75 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 36 | Suriname | 10.35 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 37 | Grenada | 10.33 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 38 | Slovenia | 10.14 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 39 | European Union | 10.14 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Brazil | 9.92 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 41 | Switzerland | 9.88 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 42 | Poland | 9.48 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 43 | Japan | 9.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 44 | Costa Rica | 9.14 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 45 | The Bahamas | 9.06 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.02 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 47 | Romania | 8.85 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 48 | Italy | 8.43 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 49 | South Africa | 8.23 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 50 | Slovakia | 7.93 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 51 | Virgin Islands | 7.88 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 7.87 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 53 | Kiribati | 7.58 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 54 | Brunei | 7.57 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 7.5 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 56 | Wallis and Futuna | 7.49 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Belarus | 7.43 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 58 | Netherlands | 7.37 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 59 | Jamaica | 7.26 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 7.19 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Bermuda | 7.17 km per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
| 62 | Tonga | 6.83 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 63 | Bhutan | 6.79 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 64 | Barbados | 6.76 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 65 | Portugal | 6.72 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 66 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.67 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Gabon | 6.65 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 68 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.57 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.5 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 70 | Bolivia | 6.47 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 71 | Central African Republic | 6.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 72 | Zambia | 6.37 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 73 | Jersey | 6.35 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 74 | United Kingdom | 6.33 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 75 | Croatia | 6.25 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 76 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6.12 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 77 | American Samoa | 6 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Argentina | 5.9 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 79 | Botswana | 5.89 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 80 | Albania | 5.88 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.83 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 82 | Turkey | 5.82 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 83 | Malta | 5.78 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 84 | Vanuatu | 5.7 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 85 | Cuba | 5.49 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 5.46 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 5.4 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 88 | Czech Republic | 5.39 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 89 | Guam | 5.22 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Chile | 5.18 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 91 | Armenia | 5.17 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 5.08 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 93 | Paraguay | 5 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Bahrain | 4.85 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 95 | Bulgaria | 4.63 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 4.55 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | |||
| =96 | Tajikistan | 4.5 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| =96 | Samoa | 4.5 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 98 | Georgia | 4.31 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 99 | Fiji | 4.29 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 100 | Laos | 4.24 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 101 | Chad | 4.2 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 102 | Djibouti | 4.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 103 | Venezuela | 4.03 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 104 | Panama | 3.94 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 105 | Nicaragua | 3.87 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 106 | Yemen | 3.85 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 107 | Congo, Republic of the | 3.85 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 108 | Angola | 3.81 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.8 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 3.8 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 111 | Guinea | 3.79 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 3.79 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 113 | Liberia | 3.64 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 114 | Russia | 3.64 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 115 | Ecuador | 3.51 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 116 | Algeria | 3.46 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 117 | Ukraine | 3.45 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 118 | Mexico | 3.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 3.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | |||
| 119 | Lesotho | 3.35 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 3.34 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 3.34 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| =122 | India | 3.32 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| =122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.32 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.31 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 125 | Netherlands Antilles | 3.29 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Somalia | 3.25 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 127 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.21 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 128 | Madagascar | 3.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 3.1 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.08 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 131 | Palau | 3.04 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Moldova | 3.01 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 133 | Malaysia | 2.93 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 134 | Mauritania | 2.92 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 135 | Peru | 2.85 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 2.84 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | |||
| 136 | Germany | 2.81 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 137 | Uruguay | 2.73 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 138 | Tanzania | 2.67 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 139 | Philippines | 2.67 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 140 | Syria | 2.65 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 141 | Colombia | 2.64 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| =142 | Israel | 2.59 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| =142 | Sierra Leone | 2.59 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 144 | Malawi | 2.53 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 145 | Cape Verde | 2.5 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 146 | Cameroon | 2.36 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.34 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 148 | Burundi | 2.27 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 149 | Federated States of Micronesia | 2.24 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 150 | Honduras | 2.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 151 | Qatar | 2.12 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 152 | The Gambia | 2.12 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 153 | Kuwait | 2.11 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 154 | Kenya | 2.08 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 155 | Ghana | 2.03 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 156 | Morocco | 2.03 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 157 | Tunisia | 1.99 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 158 | Lebanon | 1.96 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 159 | Pakistan | 1.89 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 160 | South Korea | 1.87 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 161 | Mozambique | 1.74 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 162 | Indonesia | 1.68 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 163 | Bangladesh | 1.64 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 164 | El Salvador | 1.63 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 165 | Mauritius | 1.62 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 166 | Rwanda | 1.6 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 167 | Nigeria | 1.6 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 168 | Jordan | 1.51 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 1.47 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| =170 | Comoros | 1.47 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| =170 | Dominican Republic | 1.47 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 172 | Togo | 1.45 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 173 | North Korea | 1.44 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 174 | Senegal | 1.41 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 175 | Mali | 1.33 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 176 | Guatemala | 1.29 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 177 | Vietnam | 1.2 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 178 | Eritrea | 1.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 179 | Uganda | 1.15 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 180 | Burkina Faso | 1.14 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 181 | China | 1.11 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 182 | Thailand | 1.06 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 183 | Benin | 0.972 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 184 | Egypt | 0.969 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 185 | Niger | 0.887 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 186 | Cambodia | 0.876 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 187 | Singapore | 0.776 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 188 | Macau | 0.611 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 189 | Nepal | 0.554 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 190 | Haiti | 0.532 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 191 | Mayotte | 0.517 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 192 | Ethiopia | 0.491 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
| 193 | Sudan | 0.369 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 194 | United Arab Emirates | 0.359 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
| 195 | Hong Kong | 0.277 km per 1,000 people | 1999 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Transport > Highways > Total > Per capita
- All of the top 2 countries by highways > total > per capita are Sparsely populated.
- All of the top 4 countries by highways > total > per capita are Christian.
- 2 of the top 3 countries by highways > total > per capita are Cold countries'.
- 2 of the top 3 countries by highways > total > per capita are Heavily indebted.
- 101 of the top 193 countries by highways > total > per capita are Hot countries.
- 6 of the top 11 countries by highways > total > per capita are European.
- 2 of the top 4 countries by highways > total > per capita are Former British Colonies'.
- 14 of the top 30 countries by highways > total > per capita are European Union.