Transport > Highways > Unpaved > Per capita: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Pitcairn Islands | 139.13 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
2 | Namibia | 30.24 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
3 | Estonia | 29.99 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
4 | Canada | 29.06 km per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
5 | Australia | 26.29 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
6 | Mongolia | 19.82 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
7 | Latvia | 18.95 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
8 | Western Sahara | 17.77 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
9 | New Caledonia | 12.02 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
10 | Hungary | 10.4 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
11 | Oman | 10.23 km per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
12 | Guyana | 9.95 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
13 | Belize | 9.81 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
14 | Brazil | 9.38 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
15 | New Zealand | 8.88 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
16 | United States | 7.83 km per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
17 | Suriname | 7.66 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
18 | Saint Lucia | 7.46 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
19 | Costa Rica | 7.13 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
20 | Libya | 6.84 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
21 | South Africa | 6.56 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
22 | Wallis and Futuna | 6.49 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
23 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6.42 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.24 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
25 | Central African Republic | 6.24 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
26 | Bolivia | 6.05 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
27 | Gabon | 6 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
28 | Dominica | 5.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
29 | Finland | 5.34 km per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
30 | Saudi Arabia | 5.24 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
31 | Sweden | 5.17 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
32 | Tonga | 4.98 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
33 | Japan | 4.95 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
34 | Norway | 4.89 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
35 | Romania | 4.47 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
36 | Vanuatu | 4.34 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
37 | Chile | 4.17 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
38 | Chad | 4.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
39 | Argentina | 4.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
40 | Albania | 4.12 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
41 | Grenada | 3.99 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
42 | The Bahamas | 3.86 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
43 | Turkey | 3.84 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.83 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
45 | French Polynesia | 3.69 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
46 | Papua New Guinea | 3.65 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
47 | Djibouti | 3.64 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
48 | Congo, Republic of the | 3.47 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
49 | Nicaragua | 3.44 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
50 | American Samoa | 3.43 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
51 | Liberia | 3.42 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
52 | Angola | 3.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
53 | Yemen | 3.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
54 | Solomon Islands | 3.26 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.18 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
56 | Guinea | 3.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
57 | Belgium | 3.08 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
58 | Poland | 3.01 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
59 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.97 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
60 | Somalia | 2.86 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
61 | Ecuador | 2.85 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
=62 | Madagascar | 2.8 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
=62 | Cuba | 2.8 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.78 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
65 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.78 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
66 | Lesotho | 2.73 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
67 | Venezuela | 2.67 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
68 | Bhutan | 2.67 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
69 | Botswana | 2.65 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
70 | Samoa | 2.61 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
71 | Mauritania | 2.6 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
72 | Panama | 2.58 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
73 | Tanzania | 2.56 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
74 | Peru | 2.49 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
75 | Paraguay | 2.46 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
76 | Sierra Leone | 2.38 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
77 | Laos | 2.35 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 2.33 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | |||
78 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2.31 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
79 | Mexico | 2.29 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
80 | Fiji | 2.18 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
81 | Jamaica | 2.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
82 | Burundi | 2.11 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
83 | Philippines | 2.11 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
84 | Malawi | 2.06 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
85 | Cameroon | 2.06 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
86 | Syria | 2.04 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
87 | Colombia | 2.02 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
88 | Lithuania | 1.87 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
89 | Federated States of Micronesia | 1.85 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
90 | Kenya | 1.83 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
91 | India | 1.8 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 1.76 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | |||
92 | Honduras | 1.73 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
93 | Netherlands Antilles | 1.64 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
94 | Bangladesh | 1.49 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
95 | Rwanda | 1.47 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
96 | Ireland | 1.43 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
97 | Ghana | 1.43 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
98 | Mozambique | 1.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
99 | The Gambia | 1.37 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
100 | North Korea | 1.35 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
101 | El Salvador | 1.31 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
102 | Palau | 1.24 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
103 | Guam | 1.24 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
104 | Russia | 1.19 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
105 | Mali | 1.17 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
106 | Nigeria | 1.1 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
107 | Bahrain | 1.09 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
108 | Algeria | 1.08 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
109 | Pakistan | 1.08 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
110 | Uganda | 1.07 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
111 | Slovakia | 1.05 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
112 | European Union | 1.04 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
113 | Turkmenistan | 1.01 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
114 | Senegal | 0.996 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
115 | Togo | 0.991 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
116 | Croatia | 0.962 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
117 | Burkina Faso | 0.958 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
118 | Portugal | 0.941 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
119 | Eritrea | 0.915 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
120 | Indonesia | 0.904 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
121 | Vietnam | 0.902 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
122 | Morocco | 0.884 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
123 | Greece | 0.882 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
124 | China | 0.862 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
125 | Guatemala | 0.848 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
126 | Belarus | 0.818 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
127 | Niger | 0.817 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
128 | Benin | 0.778 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
129 | Zimbabwe | 0.773 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.745 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
131 | Dominican Republic | 0.742 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
132 | Netherlands | 0.737 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
133 | Cambodia | 0.734 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
134 | Malta | 0.723 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
135 | Malaysia | 0.709 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
136 | Tunisia | 0.699 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
137 | Cape Verde | 0.55 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
138 | South Korea | 0.476 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
139 | Ethiopia | 0.432 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
140 | Uzbekistan | 0.425 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
141 | Kuwait | 0.41 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
142 | Haiti | 0.402 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
143 | Moldova | 0.392 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
144 | Nepal | 0.383 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
145 | Comoros | 0.345 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
146 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.338 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
147 | Lebanon | 0.296 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
148 | Kazakhstan | 0.29 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
149 | Georgia | 0.281 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
150 | Barbados | 0.279 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
151 | Bulgaria | 0.278 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
152 | Uruguay | 0.274 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
153 | Sri Lanka | 0.254 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
154 | Azerbaijan | 0.239 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
155 | Sudan | 0.235 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
=156 | Qatar | 0.212 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
=156 | Egypt | 0.212 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
158 | Armenia | 0.191 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
159 | Spain | 0.166 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
160 | Mayotte | 0.117 km per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
161 | Ukraine | 0.114 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
162 | Mauritius | 0.049 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
163 | Thailand | 0.027 km per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
164 | Slovenia | 0.01 km per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
=165 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
=165 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2002 | ||
=165 | Czech Republic | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Denmark | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Austria | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Israel | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Jordan | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | France | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Macau | 0.0 | 2000 | ||
=165 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 1999 | ||
=165 | Italy | 0.0 | 1999 | ||
=165 | United Kingdom | 0.0 | 1999 | ||
=165 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 1999 | ||
=165 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 1999 | ||
=165 | Germany | 0.0 | 1999 | ||
=165 | Singapore | 0.0 | 1999 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Transport > Highways > Unpaved > Per capita
- Pitcairn Islands ranked first for highways > unpaved > per capita amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2005.
- 29 of the top 159 countries by highways > unpaved > per capita are Catholic.
- 5 of the top 56 countries by highways > unpaved > per capita are Former French colonies'.
- 7 of the top 94 countries by highways > unpaved > per capita are Densely populated.
- 31 of the top 145 countries by highways > unpaved > per capita are Muslim.
- 26 of the top 92 countries by highways > unpaved > per capita are Latin American and Caribbean.
- 47 of the bottom 104 countries by highways > unpaved > per capita are Christian.