Highways (Country profile category: Transportation) |
Afghanistan:
total:
21,000 km
paved:
2,793 km
unpaved:
18,207 km (1998 est.)
Albania:
total:
18,000 km
paved:
5,400 km
unpaved:
12,600 km (1998 est.)
Algeria:
total:
104,000 km
paved:
71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways)
unpaved:
32,344 km (1996 est.)
American Samoa:
total:
350 km
paved:
150 km
unpaved:
200 km
Andorra:
total:
269 km
paved:
198 km
unpaved:
71 km (1994 est.)
Angola:
total:
76,626 km
paved:
19,156 km
unpaved:
57,470 km (1997 est.)
Anguilla:
total:
279 km
paved:
253 km
unpaved:
26 km (1998 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:
total:
250 km (1996 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Argentina:
total:
215,434 km
paved:
63,553 km (including 734 km of expressways)
unpaved:
151,881 km (1998 est.)
Armenia:
total:
15,998 km
paved:
15,998 km (including 7,567 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
Aruba:
total:
800 km
paved:
513 km
unpaved:
287 km
note:
most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior (1995 est.)
Australia:
total:
913,000 km
paved:
353,331 km (including 13,630 km of expressways)
unpaved:
559,669 km (1996 est.)
Austria:
200,000 km
paved:
200,000 km (including 1,613 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1999)
Azerbaijan:
total:
24,981 km
paved:
23,057 km
unpaved:
1,924 km (1998 est.)
Bahamas, The:
total:
2,693 km
paved:
1,546 km
unpaved:
1,147 km (1997 est.)
Bahrain:
total:
3,164 km
paved:
2,433 km
unpaved:
731 km (1998 est.)
note:
there is a paved causeway connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh:
total:
201,182 km
paved:
19,112 km
unpaved:
182,070 km (1997 est.)
Barbados:
total:
1,600 km
paved:
1,578 km
unpaved:
22 km (1998 est.)
Belarus:
total:
63,355 km
paved:
60,567 km
unpaved:
2,788 km (1998 est.)
Belgium:
total:
145,850 km
paved:
117,701 km (including 1,682 km of expressways)
unpaved:
28,149 km (1998)
Belize:
total:
2,872 km
paved:
488 km
unpaved:
2,384 km (1998 est.)
Benin:
total:
6,787 km
paved:
1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)
unpaved:
5,430 km (1997 est.)
Bermuda:
total:
225 km
paved:
225 km
unpaved:
0 km (1997 est.)
note:
in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that are privately owned
Bhutan:
total:
3,285 km
paved:
1,994 km
unpaved:
1,291 km (1996 est.)
Bolivia:
total:
52,216 km
paved:
2,872 km (including 27 km of expressways)
unpaved:
49,344 km (1995 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
total:
21,846 km
paved:
11,425 km
unpaved:
10,421 km (1996 est.)
note:
roads need maintenance and repair
Botswana:
total:
18,482 km
paved:
4,343 km
unpaved:
14,139 km (1996 est.)
Brazil:
total:
1.98 million km
paved:
184,140 km
unpaved:
1,795,860 km (1996 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territory:
total:
NA km
paved:
short stretch of paved road of NA km between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
unpaved:
NA km
British Virgin Islands:
total:
113 km (1995 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Brunei:
total:
1,150 km
paved:
399 km
unpaved:
751 km (1996 est.)
Bulgaria:
total:
36,759 km
paved:
33,818 km (including 319 km of expressways)
unpaved:
2,941 km (1998 est.)
Burkina Faso:
total:
12,506 km
paved:
2,001 km
unpaved:
10,505 km (1996 est.)
Burma:
total:
28,200 km
paved:
3,440 km
unpaved:
24,760 km (1996 est.)
Burundi:
total:
14,480 km
paved:
1,028 km
unpaved:
13,452 km (1996 est.)
Cambodia:
total:
35,769 km
paved:
4,165 km
unpaved:
31,604 km (1997 est.)
Cameroon:
total:
34,300 km
paved:
4,288 km
unpaved:
30,012 km (1995 est.)
Canada:
total:
901,902 km
paved:
318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways)
unpaved:
583,531 km (1999 est.)
Cape Verde:
total:
1,100 km
paved:
858 km
unpaved:
242 km (1996 est.)
Cayman Islands:
total:
406 km
paved:
304 km
unpaved:
102 km
Central African Republic:
total:
23,810 km
paved:
429 km
unpaved:
23,381 km (1998 est.)
Chad:
total:
33,400 km
paved:
267 km
unpaved:
33,133 km (1996 est.)
Chile:
total:
79,800 km
paved:
11,012 km
unpaved:
68,788 km (1996 est.)
China:
total:
1.21 million km
paved:
271,300 km (with at least 24,474 km of expressways)
unpaved:
938,700 km (1998 est.)
Christmas Island:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Colombia:
total:
115,564 km
paved:
13,868 km
unpaved:
101,696 km (1997 est.)
Comoros:
total:
880 km
paved:
673 km
unpaved:
207 km (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
total:
157,000 km
paved:
NA km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved:
NA km (1996 est.)
Congo, Republic of the:
total:
12,800 km
paved:
1,242 km
unpaved:
11,558 km (1996 est.)
Cook Islands:
total:
187 km
paved:
35 km
unpaved:
152 km (1980 est.)
Costa Rica:
total:
37,273 km
paved:
7,827 km
unpaved:
29,446 km (1998 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire:
total:
50,400 km
paved:
4,889 km
unpaved:
45,511 km (1996 est.)
Croatia:
total:
27,840 km
paved:
23,497 km (including 330 km of expressways)
unpaved:
4,343 km (1998 est.)
Cuba:
total:
60,858 km
paved:
29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved:
31,038 km (1997 est.)
Cyprus:
total:
Greek Cypriot area: 10,663 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 2,350 km (1996 est.)
paved:
Greek Cypriot area: 6,249 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 1,370 km (1996 est.)
unpaved:
Greek Cypriot area: 4,414 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 980 km (1996 est.)
Czech Republic:
total:
127,693 km
paved:
127,693 km (including 498 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
Denmark:
total:
71,437 km
paved:
71,437 km (including 843 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
Djibouti:
total:
2,890 km
paved:
364 km
unpaved:
2,526 km (1996 est.)
Dominica:
total:
780 km
paved:
393 km
unpaved:
387 km (1996 est.)
Dominican Republic:
total:
12,600 km
paved:
6,224 km
unpaved:
6,376 km (1996 est.)
Ecuador:
total:
43,197 km
paved:
8,165 km
unpaved:
35,032 km (1999 est.)
Egypt:
total:
64,000 km
paved:
49,984 km
unpaved:
14,016 km (1996 est.)
El Salvador:
total:
10,029 km
paved:
1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways)
unpaved:
8,043 km (1997 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:
total:
2,880 km
paved:
0 km
unpaved:
2,880 km (1996 est.)
Eritrea:
total:
4,010 km
paved:
874 km
unpaved:
3,136 km (1996 est.)
Estonia:
total:
49,480 km
paved:
10,935 km (including 75 km of expressways)
unpaved:
38,545 km (1998 est.)
Ethiopia:
total:
28,500 km
paved:
4,275 km
unpaved:
24,225 km (1996 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
total:
348 km
paved:
83 km
unpaved:
265 km
Faroe Islands:
total:
458 km
paved:
450 km
unpaved:
8 km (1995 est.)
Fiji:
total:
3,440 km
paved:
1,692 km
unpaved:
1,748 km (1996 est.)
Finland:
total:
77,895 km
paved:
49,853 km (including 473 km of expressways)
unpaved:
28,042 km (1998 est.)
France:
total:
893,300 km
paved:
893,300 km (including 10,300 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
French Guiana:
total:
1,817 km
paved:
727 km
unpaved:
1,090 km (1995 est.)
French Polynesia:
total:
792 km
paved:
792 km
unpaved:
0 km (1995 est.)
Gabon:
total:
7,670 km
paved:
629 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved:
7,041 km (1996 est.)
Gambia, The:
total:
2,700 km
paved:
956 km
unpaved:
1,744 km (1996 est.)
Gaza Strip:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
note:
small, poorly developed road network
Georgia:
total:
20,700 km
paved:
19,354 km
unpaved:
1,346 km (1996 est.)
Germany:
total:
656,140 km
paved:
650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways)
unpaved:
5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)
Ghana:
total:
39,409 km
paved:
11,653 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved:
27,756 km (1997 est.)
Gibraltar:
total:
49.9 km
paved:
49.9 km
unpaved:
0 km
Greece:
total:
117,000 km
paved:
107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)
unpaved:
9,594 km (1996 est.)
Greenland:
total:
150 km
paved:
60 km
unpaved:
90 km
Grenada:
total:
1,040 km
paved:
638 km
unpaved:
402 km (1996 est.)
Guadeloupe:
total:
2,082 km
paved:
1,742 km
unpaved:
340 km (1985 est.)
note:
in 1996 there were a total of 3,200 km of roads
Guam:
total:
885 km
paved:
675 km
unpaved:
210 km
note:
there is another 685 km of roads classified non-public, including roads located on federal government installations
Guatemala:
total:
13,100 km
paved:
3,616 km (including 140 km of expressways)
unpaved:
9,484 km (1996 est.)
Guernsey:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Guinea:
total:
30,500 km
paved:
5,033 km
unpaved:
25,467 km (1996 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:
total:
4,400 km
paved:
453 km
unpaved:
3,947 km (1996 est.)
Guyana:
total:
7,970 km
paved:
590 km
unpaved:
7,380 km (1996 est.)
Haiti:
total:
4,160 km
paved:
1,011 km
unpaved:
3,149 km (1996 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City):
none; all city streets
Honduras:
total:
15,400 km
paved:
3,126 km
unpaved:
12,274 km (1999 est.)
Hong Kong:
total:
1,831 km
paved:
1,831 km
unpaved:
0 km (1997)
Hungary:
total:
188,203 km
paved:
81,680 km (including 438 km of expressways)
unpaved:
106,523 km (1998 est.)
Iceland:
total:
12,689 km
paved:
3,439 km
unpaved:
9,250 km (1998 est.)
India:
total:
3,319,644 km
paved:
1,517,077 km
unpaved:
1,802,567 km (1996 est.)
Indonesia:
total:
342,700 km
paved:
158,670 km
unpaved:
184,030 km (1997 est.)
Iran:
total:
140,200 km
paved:
49,440 km (including 470 km of expressways)
unpaved:
90,760 km (1998 est.)
Iraq:
total:
45,550 km
paved:
38,400 km
unpaved:
7,150 km (1996 est.)
Ireland:
total:
92,500 km
paved:
87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways)
unpaved:
5,457 km (1999 est.)
Israel:
total:
15,965 km
paved:
15,965 km (including 56 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
Italy:
total:
654,676 km
paved:
654,676 km (including 6,957 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
Jamaica:
total:
18,700 km
paved:
13,100 km
unpaved:
5,600 km (1997 est.)
Japan:
total:
1,152,207 km
paved:
863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways)
unpaved:
289,204 km (1997 est.)
Jersey:
total:
577 km (1995)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Jordan:
total:
8,000 km
paved:
8,000 km
unpaved:
0 km (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan:
total:
119,390 km
paved:
103,272 km
unpaved:
16,118 km (1998 est.)
Kenya:
total:
63,800 km
paved:
8,868 km
unpaved:
54,932 km (1996 est.)
Kiribati:
total:
670 km (1996 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Korea, North:
total:
31,200 km
paved:
1,997 km
unpaved:
29,203 km (1996 est.)
Korea, South:
total:
86,990 km
paved:
64,808 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved:
22,182 km (1998 est.)
Kuwait:
total:
4,450 km
paved:
3,590 km
unpaved:
860 km (1999 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:
total:
18,500 km
paved:
16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways)
unpaved:
1,646 km (1996 est.)
Laos:
total:
21,716 km
paved:
9,673.5 km
unpaved:
12,042.5 km (1998 est.)
Latvia:
total:
59,178 km
paved:
22,843 km
unpaved:
36,335 km (1998 est.)
Lebanon:
total:
7,300 km
paved:
6,200 km
unpaved:
1,100 km (1999 est.)
Lesotho:
total:
4,955 km
paved:
887 km
unpaved:
4,068 km (1996 est.)
Liberia:
total:
10,600 km (there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains and lack of maintenance)
paved:
657 km
unpaved:
9,943 km (1996 est.)
Libya:
total:
83,200 km
paved:
47,590 km
unpaved:
35,610 km (1996 est.)
Liechtenstein:
total:
250 km
paved:
250 km
unpaved:
0 km
Lithuania:
total:
71,375 km
paved:
64,951 km (including 417 km of expressways)
unpaved:
6,424 km (1998 est.)
Luxembourg:
total:
5,166 km
paved:
5,166 km (including 118 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
Macau:
total:
50 km
paved:
50 km
unpaved:
0 km (1996 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
total:
8,684 km
paved:
5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)
unpaved:
3,144 km (1997 est.)
Madagascar:
total:
49,837 km
paved:
5,781 km
unpaved:
44,056 km (1996 est.)
Malawi:
total:
28,400 km
paved:
5,254 km
unpaved:
23,146 km (1996 est.)
Malaysia:
total:
94,500 km
paved:
70,970 km (including 580 km of expressways)
unpaved:
23,530 km (1996 est.)
Maldives:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km; note - Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city (1988 est.)
Mali:
total:
15,100 km
paved:
1,827 km
unpaved:
13,273 km (1996 est.)
Malta:
total:
1,742 km
paved:
1,677 km
unpaved:
65 km (1997 est.)
Man, Isle of:
total:
800 km
paved:
800 km
unpaved:
0 km (1999)
Marshall Islands:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
note:
paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks
Martinique:
total:
2,724 km (1994)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Mauritania:
total:
7,660 km
paved:
866 km
unpaved:
6,794 km (1996 est.)
Mauritius:
total:
1,910 km
paved:
1,834 km (including 36 km of expressways)
unpaved:
76 km (1998 est.)
Mayotte:
total:
93 km
paved:
72 km
unpaved:
21 km
Mexico:
total:
323,977 km
paved:
96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways)
unpaved:
227,756 km (1997 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of:
total:
240 km
paved:
42 km
unpaved:
198 km (1996 est.)
Midway Islands:
total:
32 km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Moldova:
total:
12,300 km
paved:
10,738 km
unpaved:
1,562 km (1996 est.)
Monaco:
total:
50 km
paved:
50 km
unpaved:
0 km (1996 est.)
Mongolia:
total:
49,250 km
paved:
1,674 km
unpaved:
47,576 km (1998 est.)
note:
much of the unpaved rural road system consists of rough cross-country tracks
Montserrat:
total:
269 km
paved:
203 km
unpaved:
66 km (1995)
Morocco:
total:
57,847 km
paved:
30,254 km (including 327 km of expressways)
unpaved:
27,593 km (1998 est.)
Mozambique:
total:
30,400 km
paved:
5,685 km
unpaved:
24,715 km (1996 est.)
Namibia:
total:
63,258 km
paved:
5,250 km
unpaved:
58,008 km (1997 est.)
Nauru:
total:
30 km
paved:
24 km
unpaved:
6 km (1998 est.)
Nepal:
total:
13,223 km
paved:
4,073 km
unpaved:
9,150 km (April 1999)
Netherlands:
total:
125,575 km
paved:
113,018 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved:
12,557 km (1998 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:
total:
600 km
paved:
300 km
unpaved:
300 km (1992 est.)
New Caledonia:
total:
5,562 km
paved:
975 km
unpaved:
4,587 km (1993)
New Zealand:
total:
92,200 km
paved:
53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways)
unpaved:
38,632 km (1996 est.)
Nicaragua:
total:
16,382 km
paved:
1,818 km
unpaved:
14,564 km (1998 est.)
Niger:
total:
10,100 km
paved:
798 km
unpaved:
9,302 km (1996 est.)
Nigeria:
total:
194,394 km
paved:
60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)
unpaved:
134,326 km (1998 est.)
note:
many of the roads reported as paved may be graveled; because of poor maintenance and years of heavy freight traffic (in part the result of the failure of the railroad system), much of the road system is barely usable
Niue:
total:
234 km
paved:
0 km
unpaved:
234 km
Norfolk Island:
total:
80 km
paved:
53 km
unpaved:
27 km
Northern Mariana Islands:
total:
362 km (1991 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Norway:
total:
90,741 km
paved:
67,602 km (including 128 km of expressways)
unpaved:
23,139 km (1998 est.)
Oman:
total:
32,800 km
paved:
9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways)
unpaved:
22,960 km (1996 est.)
Pakistan:
total:
247,811 km
paved:
141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways)
unpaved:
106,559 km (1998 est.)
Palau:
total:
61 km
paved:
36 km
unpaved:
25 km
Palmyra Atoll:
much of the road and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown
Panama:
total:
11,258 km
paved:
3,783 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved:
7,475 km (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea:
total:
19,600 km
paved:
686 km
unpaved:
18,914 km (1996 est.)
Paraguay:
total:
29,500 km
paved:
15,000 km
unpaved:
14,500 km (1999)
Peru:
total:
72,900 km
paved:
8,700 km
unpaved:
64,200 km (1999 est.)
Philippines:
total:
199,950 km
paved:
39,590 km
unpaved:
160,360 km (1998 est.)
Pitcairn Islands:
total:
6.4 km
paved:
0 km
unpaved:
6.4 km
Poland:
total:
381,046 km
paved:
249,966 km (including 268 km of expressways)
unpaved:
131,080 km (1998 est.)
Portugal:
total:
68,732 km
paved:
59,110 km (including 797 km of expressways)
unpaved:
9,622 km (1999 est.)
Puerto Rico:
total:
14,400 km
paved:
14,400 km
unpaved:
0 km (1996 est.)
Qatar:
total:
1,230 km
paved:
1,107 km
unpaved:
123 km (1996 est.)
Reunion:
total:
2,784 km
paved:
2,187 km
unpaved:
597 km (1987 est.)
Romania:
total:
153,359 km
paved:
103,671 km (including 133 km of expressways)
unpaved:
49,688 km (1998 est.)
Russia:
total:
948,000 km (including 416,000 km which serve specific industries or farms and are not maintained by governmental highway maintenance departments)
paved:
336,000 km
unpaved:
612,000 km (including 411,000 km of graveled or some other form of surfacing and 201,000 km of unstabilized earth) (1995 est.)
Rwanda:
total:
12,000 km
paved:
1,000 km
unpaved:
11,000 km (1997 est.)
Saint Helena:
total:
NA km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km)
paved:
180.7 km (Saint Helena 98 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha 2.70 km)
unpaved:
NA km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
total:
320 km
paved:
136 km
unpaved:
184 km (1996 est.)
Saint Lucia:
total:
1,210 km
paved:
63 km
unpaved:
1,147 km (1996 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
total:
114 km
paved:
69 km
unpaved:
45 km (1994 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
total:
1,040 km
paved:
320 km
unpaved:
720 km (1996 est.)
Samoa:
total:
790 km
paved:
332 km
unpaved:
458 km (1996 est.)
San Marino:
total:
220 km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Sao Tome and Principe:
total:
320 km
paved:
218 km
unpaved:
102 km (1996 est.)
Saudi Arabia:
total:
146,524 km
paved:
44,104 km
unpaved:
102,420 km (1997 est.)
Senegal:
total:
14,576 km
paved:
4,271 km
unpaved:
10,305 km (1996 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro:
total:
48,603 km
paved:
28,822 km (including 560 km of expressways)
unpaved:
19,781 km (1998 est.)
note:
because of the 1999 Kosovo conflict, many road bridges were destroyed; since the end of the conflict in June 1999, Serbia has had a rapid reconstruction program to either reconstruct bridges or build by-pass routes
Seychelles:
total:
280 km
paved:
176 km
unpaved:
104 km (1996 est.)
Sierra Leone:
total:
11,300 km
paved:
904 km
unpaved:
10,396 km (1999 est.)
Singapore:
total:
3,122 km
paved:
3,038 km (including 150 km of expressways)
unpaved:
84 km (1998)
Slovakia:
total:
17,710 km
paved:
17,533 km (including 288 km of expressways)
unpaved:
177 km (1998 est.)
Slovenia:
total:
19,586 km
paved:
17,745 km (including 249 km of expressways)
unpaved:
1,841 km (1998 est.)
Solomon Islands:
total:
1,360 km
paved:
34 km
unpaved:
1,326 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (1996 est.)
Somalia:
total:
22,100 km
paved:
2,608 km
unpaved:
19,492 km (1996 est.)
South Africa:
total:
534,131 km
paved:
63,027 km (including 2,032 km of expressways)
unpaved:
471,104 km (1998 est.)
Spain:
total:
346,858 km
paved:
343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways)
unpaved:
3,469 km (1997 est.)
Sri Lanka:
total:
11,285 km
paved:
10,721 km
unpaved:
564 km (1998 est.)
Sudan:
total:
11,900 km
paved:
4,320 km
unpaved:
7,580 km (1996 est.)
Suriname:
total:
4,530 km
paved:
1,178 km
unpaved:
3,352 km (1996 est.)
Svalbard:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Swaziland:
total:
2,896 km (1997 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Sweden:
total:
210,907 km
paved:
163,453 km (including 1,439 km of expressways)
unpaved:
47,454 km (1998 est.)
Switzerland:
total:
71,059 km (including 1,638 km of expressways) (1998 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Syria:
total:
36,377 km
paved:
26,299 km (including 877 km of expressways)
unpaved:
10,078 km (1999 est.)
Tajikistan:
total:
13,700 km
paved:
11,330 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
unpaved:
2,370 km (1996 est.)
Tanzania:
total:
88,200 km
paved:
3,704 km
unpaved:
84,496 km (1996 est.)
Thailand:
total:
64,600 km
paved:
62,985 km
unpaved:
1,615 km (1996 est.)
Togo:
total:
7,520 km
paved:
2,376 km
unpaved:
5,144 km (1996 est.)
Tokelau:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Tonga:
total:
680 km
paved:
184 km
unpaved:
496 km (1996 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago:
total:
8,320 km
paved:
4,252 km
unpaved:
4,068 km (1996 est.)
Tunisia:
total:
23,100 km
paved:
18,226 km
unpaved:
4,874 km (1996 est.)
Turkey:
total:
382,397 km
paved:
95,599 km (including 1,726 km of expressways)
unpaved:
286,798 km (1999 est.)
Turkmenistan:
total:
24,000 km
paved:
19,488 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
unpaved:
4,512 km (1996 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands:
total:
121 km
paved:
24 km
unpaved:
97 km
Tuvalu:
total:
8 km (1996 est.)
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Uganda:
total:
27,000 km
paved:
1,800 km
unpaved:
25,200 km (of which about 4,800 km are all-weather roads) (1990 est.)
Ukraine:
total:
176,310 km
paved:
170,139 km (including 1,770 km of expressways); note - these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel-surfaced
unpaved:
6,171 km (1998 est.)
United Arab Emirates:
total:
1,088 km
paved:
1,088 km
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
United Kingdom:
total:
371,603 km
paved:
371,603 km (including 3,303 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
United States:
total:
6,348,227 km
paved:
3,732,757 km (including 88,727 km of expressways)
unpaved:
2,615,470 km (1997 est.)
Uruguay:
total:
8,983 km
paved:
8,085 km
unpaved:
898 km (1999 est.)
Uzbekistan:
total:
81,600 km
paved:
71,237 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel-surfaced)
unpaved:
10,363 km (dirt) (1996 est.)
Vanuatu:
total:
1,070 km
paved:
256 km
unpaved:
814 km (1996 est.)
Venezuela:
total:
96,155 km
paved:
32,308 km
unpaved:
63,847 km (1997 est.)
Vietnam:
total:
93,300 km
paved:
23,418 km
unpaved:
69,882 km (1996 est.)
Virgin Islands:
total:
856 km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Wallis and Futuna:
total:
120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
paved:
16 km (all on Ile Uvea)
unpaved:
104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
West Bank:
total:
4,500 km
paved:
2,700 km
unpaved:
1,800 km (1997 est.)
note:
Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements
Western Sahara:
total:
6,200 km
paved:
1,350 km
unpaved:
4,850 km (1991 est.)
World:
total:
NA km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km
Yemen:
total:
67,000 km
paved:
7,700 km
unpaved:
59,300 km (1996 est.)
Zambia:
total:
66,781 km
paved:
NA km
unpaved:
NA km (1997 est.)
Zimbabwe:
total:
18,338 km
paved:
8,692 km
unpaved:
9,646 km (1996 est.)
Taiwan:
total:
34,901 km
paved:
31,271 km (including 538 km of expressways)
unpaved:
3,630 km (1998 est.)