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Transport > Roads > Roads, total network > Km: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: 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.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 6.55 million 2010
2 India 4.11 million 2008
3 China 4.01 million 2010
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 1.67 million 2010
4 Brazil 1.58 million 2010
South Asia average (profile) 1.1 million 2008
5 Canada 1.04 million 2010
6 France 1.03 million 2010
7 Russia 983,000 2009
8 Australia 825,500 2010
Non-religious countries average (profile) 778,808.21 2010
9 Spain 667,064 2007
10 Germany 643,782 2010
11 Sweden 578,274 2010
12 Italy 487,700 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 487,475.99 2010
13 Indonesia 476,337 2009
14 United Kingdom 419,628 2010
15 Poland 406,122.1 2010
16 Mexico 371,936 2010
17 Turkey 367,263 2010
18 South Africa 362,099 2000
19 Japan 336,578.3 2010
20 Pakistan 262,256 2010
21 Argentina 231,374 2003
22 Saudi Arabia 221,372 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 219,802.02 2010
23 Philippines 200,036.77 2003
24 Hungary 199,567.3 2010
25 Iran 198,866 2010
26 Nigeria 193,200 2004
European Union average (profile) 189,101.61 2010
27 Thailand 180,053 2006
Eurozone average (profile) 174,095.76 2008
28 Ukraine 169,496.2 2010
29 Vietnam 160,089 2007
30 Belgium 154,012 2010
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 153,497 2004
32 Malaysia 144,403 2010
33 Egypt 137,430 2010
34 Netherlands 137,347 2010
35 Czech Republic 130,671 2010
36 Colombia 129,485 2009
37 Peru 125,045 2010
38 Greece 116,960 2010
39 Sri Lanka 114,093 2010
40 Algeria 113,655 2010
41 Austria 110,206 2010
42 Ghana 109,515 2009
43 South Korea 104,983 2009
44 Zimbabwe 97,267 2002
45 Ireland 96,424 2008
46 Venezuela 96,155 2000
47 Kazakhstan 96,018 2010
48 New Zealand 94,277.3 2010
49 Norway 93,509 2010
OPEC countries average (profile) 92,200.56 1996
50 Tanzania 90,807 2009
51 Belarus 86,392 2010
52 Libya 83,200 2000
53 Romania 82,718 2010
54 Lithuania 82,131 2010
55 Cote d'Ivoire 81,996 2007
56 Uzbekistan 81,600 2000
57 Bolivia 80,488 2010
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 78,528.11 2000
58 Finland 78,161 2010
Eastern Europe average (profile) 78,118.69 2010
59 Chile 77,763.7 2010
60 Uruguay 77,732 2004
61 Denmark 74,054 2010
62 Switzerland 71,456 2010
63 Yemen 71,300 2005
64 Uganda 70,746 2003
65 Syria 69,873 2010
66 Latvia 68,941 2010
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) 67,961.14 2010
67 Zambia 66,781 2000
68 Kenya 61,947 2010
69 Estonia 58,412 2010
70 Morocco 58,395 2010
71 Oman 56,361 2009
72 Azerbaijan 52,942 2006
73 Angola 51,429 2000
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 48,147.33 1996
74 Ethiopia 44,359 2007
75 Guinea 44,348 2003
76 Serbia 44,248 2010
77 Namibia 44,138 2010
78 Slovakia 43,916.2 2010
79 Ecuador 43,670 2007
80 Afghanistan 42,150 2006
81 Iraq 41,716.2 2010
82 Chad 40,000 2006
83 Cambodia 39,618 2009
84 Laos 39,568 2009
85 Slovenia 39,026 2010
86 Costa Rica 39,018 2010
87 Madagascar 37,476 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 36,525.49 1996
88 Burma 34,377 2010
89 Kyrgyzstan 34,000 2007
90 Paraguay 32,059 2010
91 Mozambique 30,331 2009
Former French colonies average (profile) 29,496.64 1996
92 Croatia 29,333 2010
93 Cameroon 28,857 2008
94 Tajikistan 27,767 2000
95 Puerto Rico 26,855.8 2010
96 Botswana 25,798 2005
97 North Korea 25,554 2006
98 Turkmenistan 24,000 2000
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22,703 2010
100 Mali 22,474 2009
101 Jamaica 22,121 2010
102 Nicaragua 22,111 2010
103 Somalia 22,100 2000
104 Portugal 21,912 2010
105 Bangladesh 21,269 2010
106 Central African Republic 20,278 2010
107 Nepal 19,875 2008
108 Papua New Guinea 19,600 2000
109 Bulgaria 19,456 2010
110 Tunisia 19,418 2010
111 Niger 19,267 2010
112 Georgia 19,109 2010
113 Benin 19,000 2004
114 Israel 18,470 2010
115 Albania 18,000 2002
116 Republic of the Congo 17,000 2006
117 Malawi 15,451 2003
118 Burkina Faso 15,271.6 2010
119 Panama 15,137.1 2010
120 Senegal 14,785.1 2010
121 Rwanda 14,008 2004
122 Republic of Macedonia 13,934 2010
123 Honduras 13,600 2000
124 Iceland 12,862 2010
125 Moldova 12,837 2010
126 Dominican Republic 12,600 2000
127 Cyprus 12,483 2010
128 Burundi 12,322 2004
129 Sudan 11,900 2000
130 Togo 11,652 2007
131 Guatemala 11,500.7 2010
132 Sierra Leone 11,300 2002
133 Mongolia 11,218 2009
134 Mauritania 10,628 2010
135 Liberia 10,600 2000
136 Qatar 9,830 2010
137 Gabon 9,170 2007
138 Trinidad and Tobago 8,320 2000
139 Guyana 7,970 2000
140 Montenegro 7,763 2010
141 Armenia 7,705 2010
142 Jordan 7,100 2010
143 Lebanon 6,970 2005
144 Kosovo 6,955 2010
145 Bhutan 6,920.2 2010
146 El Salvador 6,918.1 2010
147 Kuwait 6,608 2010
148 Lesotho 5,940 2000
149 New Caledonia 5,622 2006
150 Suriname 4,304 2003
151 Haiti 4,160 2000
152 Bahrain 4,122 2010
153 United Arab Emirates 4,080 2008
154 Eritrea 4,010 2000
155 The Gambia 3,742 2004
156 Swaziland 3,594 2002
157 Guinea-Bissau 3,455 2002
158 Fiji 3,440 2000
159 Singapore 3,377 2010
160 Malta 3,096.4 2008
161 Djibouti 3,065 2000
162 Brunei 3,029.1 2010
=163 Luxembourg 2,880 2010
=163 Equatorial Guinea 2,880 2000
165 Belize 2,872 2000
166 The Bahamas 2,693 2000
167 Hong Kong 2,076 2010
168 Mauritius 2,066 2009
169 Barbados 1,600 2004
170 Dominica 1,512 2010
171 Solomon Islands 1,391 2000
172 Cape Verde 1,350 2000
173 Saint Lucia 1,210 1999
174 Antigua and Barbuda 1,165 2002
175 Grenada 1,127 2000
176 Vanuatu 1,070 2000
177 Comoros 880 2000
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 829 2003
179 Samoa 790 1998
180 Tonga 680 2000
181 Kiribati 670 2000
182 Seychelles 508 2010
183 Macau 413.4 2010
=184 Sao Tome and Principe 320 2000
=184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 320 1999
186 Federated States of Micronesia 240 2000
187 Maldives 88 2005
188 Monaco 77 2010

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Interesting observations about Transport > Roads > Roads, total network > Km

  • United States has had the highest roads > roads, total network > km since 1990.
  • France ranked first for roads > roads, total network > km amongst Europe in 2010.
  • Canada ranked first for roads > roads, total network > km amongst NATO countries in 2010.
  • Monaco has ranked last for roads > roads, total network > km since 1996.
  • Russia ranked first for roads > roads, total network > km amongst Eastern Europe in 2009.
  • China ranked second for roads > roads, total network > km amongst Cold countries in 2010.
  • Indonesia ranked first for roads > roads, total network > km amongst Muslim countries in 2009.
  • India ranked first for roads > roads, total network > km amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
  • Spain ranked second for roads > roads, total network > km amongst European Union in 2007.
  • Brazil ranked second for roads > roads, total network > km amongst Christian countries in 2010.
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