Roadways

This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.

Afghanistan

total: 34,903 km

paved: 17,903 km

unpaved: 17,000 km (2021)

Angola

total: 76,000 km

paved: 13,680 km (2020)

Anguilla

total: 175 km

paved: 82 km

unpaved: 93 km (2004)

Antigua and Barbuda

total: 1,170 km

paved: 386 km

unpaved: 784 km (2011)

Argentina

total: 240,000 km

paved: 81,355 km

unpaved: 158,645 km (2017)

Armenia

total: 7,700 km (2019)

urban: 3,780 km

non-urban: 3,920 km

Australia

total: 873,573 km

urban: 145,928 km

non-urban: 727,645 km (2015)

total: 24,981 km (2013)

note: total roadway length has increased significantly and continues to grow due to the recovery of Armenian-held territories and related reconstruction efforts. No updated figure is currently available.

Bahamas, The

total: 2,700 km

paved: 1,620 km

unpaved: 1,080 km (2011)

Bahrain

total: 4,122 km

paved: 3,392 km

unpaved: 730 km (2010)

Bangladesh

total: 369,105 km

paved: 110,311 km

unpaved: 258,794 km (2018)

Barbados

total: 1,700 km

paved: 1,700 km (2015)

Belarus

total: 86,600 km (2017)

Belgium

total: 118,414 km

paved: 118,414 km (2015) (includes 1,747 km of expressways)

Belize

total: 3,281 km

paved: 601 km

unpaved: 2,680 km (2017)

Benin

total: 16,000 km (2018)

Bermuda

total: 447 km

paved: 447 km (2010)

note: 225 km public roads; 222 km private roads

Bhutan

total: 12,205 km (2017)

urban: 437 km

Bolivia

total: 90,568 km

paved: 9,792 km

unpaved: 80,776 km (2017)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total: 8,619 km (2022)

Botswana

total: 31,747 km

paved: 9,810 km

unpaved: 21,937 km (2017)

Brazil

total: 2 million km

paved: 246,000 km

unpaved: 1.754 million km (2018)

British Indian Ocean Territory

note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia

British Virgin Islands

total: 200 km

paved: 200 km (2007)

Brunei

total: 2,976 km

paved: 2,559 km

unpaved: 417 km (2014)

Bulgaria

total: 19,117 km (2022)

note: does not include Category IV local roads

Burkina Faso

total: 15,304 km (2017)

paved: 3,642 km (2014)

unpaved: 11,662 km (2014)

Burma

total: 157,000 km (2013)

paved: 57,840 km (2017)

unpaved: 99,160 km (2017)

Burundi

total: 12,000 km

paved: 1,500 km (2020)

Cabo Verde

total: 1,350 km

paved: 932 km

unpaved: 418 km (2013)

Cambodia

total: 61,810 km

paved: 15,000 km

unpaved: 46,810 km (2021)

Cameroon

total: 77,589 km

paved: 5,133 km

unpaved: 72,456 km (2019)

Canada

total: 1,042,300 km

paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways)

unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)

Cayman Islands

total: 785 km

paved: 785 km (2007)

Central African Republic

total: 24,000 km

paved: 700 km

unpaved: 23,300 km (2018)

Chad

total: 40,000 km (2018)

note: consists of 25,000 km of national and regional roads and 15,000 km of local roads; 206 km of urban roads are paved

Chile

total: 77,801 km (2016)

China

total: 5.2 million km (2020)

paved: 4.578 million km (2020) (includes 168000 km of expressways)

unpaved: 622,000 km (2017)

Christmas Island

total: 142 km

paved: 32 km

unpaved: 110 km (2011)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

total: 22 km

paved: 10 km

unpaved: 12 km (2007)

Colombia

total: 206,102 km (2022)

Comoros

total: 849 km

paved: 673 km

unpaved: 207 km (2019)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 152,373 km

paved: 3,047 km

unpaved: 149,326 km

urban: 7,400 km

non-urban: 144,973 km (2015)

Congo, Republic of the

total: 23,324 km

paved: 3,111 km

unpaved: 20,213 km (2017)

note: road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes

Cook Islands

total: 295 km

paved: 207 km

unpaved: 88 km (2018)

Costa Rica

total: 5,035 km (2017)

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 81,996 km

paved: 6,502 km

unpaved: 75,494 km (2007)

note: includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable

Croatia

total: 26,958 km (2022)

Cuba

total: 60,000 km (2015)

paved: 20,000 km (2001)

unpaved: 40,000 km (2001)

Curacao

total: 550 km

Cyprus

total: 13,027 km (2022)

Turkish Cypriot control: 7,000 km (2011)

Czechia

total: 129,418 km (2022)

Denmark

total: 73,591 km (2022)

Djibouti

total: 2,893 km (2013)

Dominica

total: 1,512 km

paved: 762 km

unpaved: 750 km (2018)

Dominican Republic

total: 19,705 km

paved: 9,872 km

unpaved: 9,833 km (2002)

Ecuador

total: 43,950 km

paved: 8,895 km

unpaved: 35,055 km (2022)

Egypt

total: 65,050 km

paved: 48,000 km

unpaved: 17,050 km (2019)

El Salvador

total: 9,012 km

paved: 5,341 km

unpaved: 3,671 km (2017)

Equatorial Guinea

total: 2,880 km (2017)

Eritrea

total: 16,000 km (2018)

paved: 1,600 km (2000)

unpaved: 14,400 km (2000)

Estonia

total: 89,382 km (2022)

Eswatini

total: 4,594 km

paved: 1,500 km

unpaved: 3,000 km (2022)

Ethiopia

total: 180,000 km (2023)

European Union

total: 4,894,173 km (2019) 4,894,173

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total: 440 km

paved: 50 km

unpaved: 390 km (2008)

Faroe Islands

total: 960 km

paved: 500 km

unpaved: 460 km (2017)

note: those islands not connected by roads (bridges or tunnels) are connected by seven different ferry links operated by the nationally owned company SSL; 28 km of tunnels

Fiji

total: 7,500 km (2023)

Finland

total: 108,637 km (2019)

private and forest roads: 350,000 km (2012)

urban: 26,000 km (2012)

France

total: 1,090,059 km (2022)

French Polynesia

total: 2,590 km

paved: 1,735 km

unpaved: 855 km (1999)

Gabon

total: 14,300 km

paved: 900 km

unpaved: 13,400 km (2001)

Gambia, The

total: 2,977 km

paved: 518 km

unpaved: 2,459 km (2011)

Gaza Strip

note: see entry for the West Bank

Georgia

total: 40,044 km (2021)

Germany

total: 830,000 km 830,000 km

paved: 830,000 km (2022) (includes 13,155 km of expressways)

note: includes local roads

Ghana

total: 65,725 km

paved: 14,948 km

unpaved: 50,777 km (2021)

urban: 28,480 km 27% total paved 73% total unpaved

Gibraltar

total: 29 km

paved: 29 km (2007)

Greece

total: 117,000 km (2018)

Greenland

note: although there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-urban transport is either by sea or by air

Grenada

total: 1,127 km

paved: 902 km

unpaved: 225 km (2017)

Guam

total: 1,045 km (2008)

Guatemala

total: 17,440 km

paved: 7,420 km

unpaved: 9,440 km (2022)

Guernsey

total: 260 km (2017)

Guinea

total: 44,301 km

paved: 3,346 km

unpaved: 40,955 km (2018)

Guinea-Bissau

total: 4,400 km

paved: 453 km

unpaved: 3,947 km (2016)

Guyana

total: 3,995 km

paved: 799 km

unpaved: 3,196 km (2019)

Haiti

total: 3,875 km (2022)

Honduras

total: 14,742 km

paved: 3,367 km

unpaved: 11,375 km (2012) (1,543 km summer only)

note: an additional 8,951 km of non-official roads used by the coffee industry

Hong Kong

total: 2,193 km

paved: 2,193 km (2021)

Hungary

total: 216,443 km (2022)

Iceland

total: 12,905 km (2021)

India

total: 6,371,847 km (2021) note: includes 140,995 km of national highways and expressways, 171.039 km of state highways , and 6,059,813 km of other roads

note: includes 96,214 km of national highways and expressways, 147,800 km of state highways, and 4,455,010 km of other roads

Indonesia

total: 496,607 km

paved: 283,102 km

unpaved: 213,505 km (2011)

Iran

total: 223,485 km

paved: 195,618 km

unpaved: 27,867 km (2016)

Iraq

total: 58,592 km (2021)

Ireland

total: 102,227 km (2022)

Isle of Man

total: 1,107 km (2022)

paved: 1,107 km

Israel

total: 20,391 km

paved: 20,391 km (2021) (includes 449 km of expressways)

Italy

total: 228,863 km (2021)

Jamaica

total: 25,595 km (2017)

Japan

total: 1,218,772 km

paved: 992,835 km (includes 8,428 km of expressways)

unpaved: 225,937 km (2015)

Jersey

total: 576 km (2010)

Jordan

total: 7,203 km

paved: 7,203 km (2011)

Kazakhstan

total: 96,167 km

paved: 83,813 km

unpaved: 12,354 km (2021)

Kenya

total: 161,451 km

paved: 18,603 km

unpaved: 157,596 km (2023)

Kiribati

total: 670 km (2017)

Korea, North

total: 25,554 km

paved: 724 km

unpaved: 24,830 km (2006)

Korea, South

total: 100,428 km

paved: 92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways)

unpaved: 7,633 km (2016)

Kosovo

total: 2,248 km (2022)

Kuwait

total: 5,749 km (201)

paved: 4,887 km

unpaved: 862 km (2018)

Kyrgyzstan

total: 34,000 km (2022)

paved: 22,600 km (2020)

unpaved: 7,700 km (2020)

Laos

total: 59,647 km

paved: 13,718 km

unpaved: 45,929 km (2024)

Latvia

total: 57,972 km (2022)

Lebanon

total: 21,705 km (2017)

Lesotho

total: 6,906 km

paved: 1,799 km

unpaved: 5,107 km (2022)

Liberia

total: 10,600 km

paved: 657 km

unpaved: 9,943 km (2021)

Libya

total: 34,000 km (2021)

Liechtenstein

total: 420 km (2022)

Lithuania

total: 83,821 km (2022)

Luxembourg

total: 2,746 km (2022)

Macau

total: 428 km

paved: 428 km (2017)

Madagascar

total: 31,640 km (2017)

Malawi

total: 15,451 km

paved: 4,038 km

unpaved: 11,413 km (2022)

Malaysia

total: 144,403 km (excludes local roads)

paved: 116,169 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways)

unpaved: 28,234 km (2010)

Maldives

total: 93 km

paved: 93 km (2018) - 60 km in Malée; 16 km on Addu Atolis; 17 km on Laamu

note: island roads are mainly compacted coral

Mali

total: 139,107 km (2014)

Malta

total: 2,855 km (2021)

Marshall Islands

total: 2,028 km

paved: 75 km

unpaved: 1,953 km (2007)

Mauritania

total: 12,253 km

paved: 3,988 km

unpaved: 8,265 km

Mauritius

total: 2,428 km

paved: 2,379 km (includes 99 km of expressways)

unpaved: 49 km (2015)

Mexico

total: 704,884 km

paved: 175,526 km (includes 10,845 km of expressways)

unpaved: 529,358 km (2017)

Micronesia, Federated States of

total: 388 km (2022)

note - paved and unpaved circumferential roads, most interior roads are unpaved

Moldova

total: 9,488 km (2022)

Mongolia

total: 113,200 km

paved: 10,600 km

unpaved: 102,600 km (2017)

Montenegro

total: 9,825 km (2022)

Montserrat

note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has been built on the north end of the island

Morocco

total: 57,300 km (2018)

Mozambique

total: 30,562 km

paved: 5,958 km

unpaved: 24,604 km (2018)

Namibia

total: 48,875 km

paved: 7,893 km

unpaved: 40,982 km (2018)

Nauru

total: 30 km

paved: 24 km

unpaved: 6 km (2002)

Nepal

total: 64,500 km (2020)

Netherlands

total: 139,027 km (2022)

New Caledonia

total: 5,622 km (2006)

New Zealand

total: 94,000 km

paved: 61,600 km (includes 199 km of expressways)

unpaved: 32,400 km (2017)

Nicaragua

total: 24,033 km

paved: 3,447 km

unpaved: 20,586 km (2013)

Niger

total: 18,949 km

paved: 3,979 km

unpaved: 14,969 km (2018)

Nigeria

total: 195,000 km

paved: 60,000 km

unpaved: 135,000 km (2019)

Niue

total: 234 km

paved: 210 km

unpaved: 24 km (2017)

Norfolk Island

total: 80 km

paved: 53 km

unpaved: 27 km (2008)

North Macedonia

total: 15,170 km (2022)

Northern Mariana Islands

total: 536 km (2008)

Norway

total: 95,120 km (2022)

Oman

total: 60,230 km

paved: 29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways)

unpaved: 30,545 km (2012)

Pakistan

total: 264,175 km

paved: 185,463 km (includes 708 km of expressways)

unpaved: 78,712 km (2021)

Palau

total: 121 km

paved: 85 km

unpaved: 36 km (2018)

Papua New Guinea

total: 24,862 km

paved: 2,647 km

unpaved: 22,215 km (2015)

Paraguay

total: 78,811 km

paved: 8,573 km

unpaved: 70,238 km (2020)

Peru

total: 70,000 km (2021)

paved: 18,699 km (2022)

note: includes 27,109 km of national roads (21,434 km paved), 247,505 km of departmental roads (3,623 km paved), and 113,857 km of local roads (1,858 km paved)

Philippines

total: 216,387 km

paved: 61,093 km

unpaved: 155,294 km (2014)

Poland

total: 427,580 km (2022)

Portugal

total: 11,217 km (2022)

Puerto Rico

total: 26,862 km (2012) (includes 454 km of expressways)

Qatar

total: 7,039 km (2016)

Romania

total: 85,387 km (2022)

Russia

total: 1,283,387 km

paved: 927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways)

unpaved: 355,666 km (2012)

Rwanda

total: 7,797 km

paved: 2,652 km

unpaved: 5,145 km (2024)

Saint Barthelemy

total: 40 km

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)

paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)

unpaved: 30 km (2002) (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total: 383 km

paved: 163 km

unpaved: 220 km (2002)

Saint Lucia

total: 1,210 km

paved: 847 km

unpaved: 363 km (2011)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total: 117 km

paved: 80 km

unpaved: 37 km (2009)

Samoa

total: 1,150 km (2018)

San Marino

total: 292 km

paved: 292 km (2006)

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 1,300 km

paved: 230 km

unpaved: 1,070 km (2018)

Saudi Arabia

total: 221,372 km

paved: 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)

unpaved: 173,843 km (2006)

Senegal

total: 16,665 km

paved: 6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways)

unpaved: 10,539 km (2017)

Serbia

total: 45,022 km (2022)

Seychelles

total: 526 km

paved: 514 km

unpaved: 12 km (2015)

Sierra Leone

total: 11,701 km

paved: 1,051 km

unpaved: 10,650 km (2015)

urban: 3,000 km (2015)

non-urban: 8,700 km (2015)

Singapore

total: 3,500 km

paved: 3,500 km (2017) (includes 164 km of expressways)

Sint Maarten

total: 53 km

Slovakia

total: 45,106 km (2022)

Slovenia

total: 38,125 km (2022)

Solomon Islands

total: 1,390 km

paved: 34 km

unpaved: 1,356 km (2011)

note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads

Somalia

total: 15,000 km (2013)

South Africa

total: 750,000 km

paved: 158,124 km

unpaved: 591,876 km (2016)

South Sudan

total: 90,200 km

paved: 300 km

unpaved: 89,900 km (2015)

note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair; the Juba-Nimule highway connecting Juba to the border with Uganda is the main paved road in South Sudan