Chapter 112

Puerto Rico:commonwealth

Qatar:traditional monarchy

Reunion:NA

Romania:republic

Russia:federation

Rwanda:republic; presidential, multiparty system

Saint Helena:NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis:constitutional monarchy withWestminster-style parliament

Saint Lucia:Westminster-style parliamentary democracy

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth

Samoa:constitutional monarchy under native chief

San Marino:independent republic

Sao Tome and Principe:republic

Saudi Arabia:monarchy

Senegal:republic under multiparty democratic rule

Seychelles:republic

Sierra Leone:constitutional democracy

Singapore:parliamentary republic

Slovakia:parliamentary democracy

Slovenia:parliamentary democratic republic

Solomon Islands:parliamentary democracy

Somalia:parliamentary

South Africa:republic

Spain:parliamentary monarchy

Sri Lanka:republic

Sudan:transitional - ruling military junta took power in 1989;government is dominated by members of Sudan's National Islamic Front(NIF), a fundamentalist political organization, which uses theNational Congress Party (NCP) as its legal front

Suriname:constitutional democracy

Svalbard:NA

Swaziland:monarchy; independent member of Commonwealth

Sweden:constitutional monarchy

Switzerland:federal republic

Syria:republic under military regime since March 1963

Tajikistan:republic

Tanzania:republic

Thailand:constitutional monarchy

Togo:republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule

Tokelau:NA

Tonga:hereditary constitutional monarchy

Trinidad and Tobago:parliamentary democracy

Tunisia:republic

Turkey:republican parliamentary democracy

Turkmenistan:republic

Turks and Caicos Islands:NA

Tuvalu:constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy;began debating republic status in 1992

Uganda:republic

Ukraine:republic

United Arab Emirates:federation with specified powers delegated tothe UAE federal government and other powers reserved to memberemirates

United Kingdom:constitutional monarchy

United States:federal republic; strong democratic tradition

Uruguay:constitutional republic

Uzbekistan:republic; effectively authoritarian presidential rule,with little power outside the executive branch

Vanuatu:republic

Venezuela:federal republic

Vietnam:Communist state

Virgin Islands:NA

Wallis and Futuna:NA

Western Sahara:legal status of territory and question ofsovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and PolisarioFront (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra andRio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed agovernment-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR);territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976,with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, underpressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to itsportion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortlythereafter and has since asserted administrative control; thePolisario's government-in-exile was seated as an OAU member in 1984;guerrilla activities continued sporadically, until a UN-monitoredcease-fire was implemented 6 September 1991

Yemen:republic

Yugoslavia:republic

Zambia:republic

Zimbabwe:parliamentary democracy

Taiwan:multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly electedpresident

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@Heliports

Afghanistan:3 (2000 est.)

Albania:1 (2000 est.)

Algeria:1 (2000 est.)

Antarctica:27 stations have helicopter landing facilities(helipads) (2001 est.)

Austria:1 (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:1 (2000 est.)

Bahrain:1 (2000 est.)

Belgium:1 (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:4 (2000 est.)

Brunei:3 (2000 est.)

Bulgaria:1 (2000 est.)

Burma:1 (2000 est.)

Cambodia:3 (2000 est.)

Canada:18 (2000 est.)

Croatia:1 (2000 est.)

Cyprus:7 (2000 est.)

Czech Republic:1 (2000 est.)

Ecuador:1 (2000 est.)

Egypt:2 (2000 est.)

El Salvador:1 (2000 est.)

France:3 (2000 est.)

Germany:59 (2000 est.)

Greece:2 (2000 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City):1 (2000 est.)

Hong Kong:2 (2000 est.)

Hungary:5 (2000 est.)

India:16 (2000 est.)

Indonesia:4 (2000 est.)

Iran:11 (2000 est.)

Iraq:4 (2000 est.)

Israel:2 (2000 est.)

Italy:4 (2000 est.)

Japan:16 (2000 est.)

Jordan:1 (2000 est.)

Korea, South:203 (2000 est.)

Kuwait:3 (2000 est.)

Luxembourg:1 (2000 est.)

Malaysia:1 (2000 est.)

Mexico:2 (2000 est.)

Monaco:1 (shuttle service between the international airport atNice, France, and Monaco's heliport at Fontvieille)

Morocco:1 (2000 est.)

Netherlands:1 (2000 est.)

New Caledonia:6 (2000 est.)

Nigeria:1 (2000 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands:1 (2000 est.)

Norway:1 (2000 est.)

Oman:1 (2000 est.)

Pakistan:8 (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea:2 (2000 est.)

Philippines:1 (2000 est.)

Poland:3 (2000 est.)

Qatar:1 (2000 est.)

Romania:1 (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia:5 (2000 est.)

Sierra Leone:1 (2000 est.)

Singapore:1 (2000 est.)

Spain:2 (2000 est.)

Sudan:1 (2000 est.)

Sweden:1 (2000 est.)

Syria:2 (2000 est.)

Thailand:2 (2000 est.)

Turkey:2 (2000 est.)

Uganda:1 (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates:2 (2000 est.)

United Kingdom:11 (2000 est.)

United States:131 (2000 est.)

Venezuela:1 (2000 est.)

Western Sahara:1 (2000 est.)

Yugoslavia:2 (2000 est.)

Taiwan:3 (2000 est.)

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@Highways

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)

Anguilla: total: 279 km

paved: 253 km

unpaved: 26 km (1998 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda: total: 1,165 km

paved: 384 km

unpaved: 781 km (1999 est.)

Argentina: total: 215,434 km

paved: 63,553 km (including 734 km of expressways)

unpaved: 151,881 km (1998 est.)

Armenia: total: 8,431 km ()

paved: NA

unpaved: NA (1997)

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)

Australia:total: 913,000 km

paved: 353,331 km (including 1,363 km of expressways)

unpaved: 559,669 km (1996)

Austria: total: 133,361 km

paved: 133,361 km (including 1,613 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1998)

Azerbaijan: total: 24,981 km

paved: 23,057 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 1,924 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998)

Bahamas, The:total: 2,693 km

paved: 1,546 km

unpaved: 1,147 km (1997)

Bahrain: total: 3,164 km

paved: 2,433 km

unpaved: 731 km

note: there is a paved causeway connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia (1997)

Bangladesh:total: 201,182 km

paved: 19,112 km

unpaved: 182,070 km (1997)

Barbados: total: 1,600 km

paved: 1,578 km

unpaved: 22 km (1998)

Belarus: total: 63,355 km

paved: 60,567 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 2,788 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998)

Belgium:total: 145,774 km

paved: 116,182 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)

unpaved: 29,592 km (1999)

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

note: in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that are privately owned (1997)

Bhutan:total: 3,285 km

paved: 1,994 km

unpaved: 1,291 km (1996)

Bolivia: total: 49,400 km

paved: 2,500 km (including 30 km of expressways)

unpaved: 46,900 km (1996)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: total: 21,846 km

paved: 14,020 km

unpaved: 7,826 km

note: road system is in need of maintenance and repair (2001)

Botswana: total: 18,482 km

paved: 4,343 km

unpaved: 14,139 km (1996)

Brazil: total: 1.98 million km

paved: 184,140 km

unpaved: 1,795,860 km (1996)

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: 132 km

paved: 132 km

unpaved: 0 km (1997)

Brunei: total: 1,712 km

paved: 1,284 km

unpaved: 428 km (1996)

Bulgaria: total: 36,724 km

paved: 33,786 km (including 314 km of expressways)

unpaved: 2,938 km (1999)

Burkina Faso: total: 12,506 km

paved: 2,001 km

unpaved: 10,505 km (1996)

Burma: total: 28,200 km

paved: 3,440 km

unpaved: 24,760 km (1996)

Burundi: total: 14,480 km

paved: 1,028 km

unpaved: 13,452 km (1996)

Cambodia: total: 35,769 km

paved: 4,165 km

unpaved: 31,604 km (1997)

Cameroon: total: 34,300 km

paved: 4,288 km

unpaved: 30,012 km (1995)

Canada: total: 901,902 km

paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways)

unpaved: 583,531 km (1999)

Cape Verde: total: 1,100 km

paved: 858 km

unpaved: 242 km (1996)

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 (2000)

Chad: total: 33,400 km

paved: 267 km

unpaved: 33,133 km (1996)

Chile: total: 79,800 km

paved: 11,012 km

unpaved: 68,788 km (1996)

China: total: 1.4 million km

paved: 271,300 km (with at least 16,000 km of expressways)

unpaved: 1,128,700 km (1999)

Christmas Island: total: 140 km (not including 100 km that is maintained by private industry)

paved: 30 km

unpaved: 110 km (1999)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: total: 15 km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km (2001)

Colombia: total: 110,000 km

paved: 26,000 km

unpaved: 84,000 km (2000)

Comoros: total: 880 km

paved: 673 km

unpaved: 207 km (1996)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: total: 157,000 km (including 30 km of expressways)(1996)

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

Congo, Republic of the: total: 12,800 km

paved: 1,242 km

unpaved: 11,558 km (1996)

Cook Islands: total: 320 km (1992)

paved: NA

unpaved: NA

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)

Croatia: total: 27,840 km

paved: 23,497 km (including 330 km of expressways)

unpaved: 4,343 km (1998)

Cuba: total: 60,858 km

paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)

unpaved: 31,038 km (1997)

Cyprus:total: Greek Cypriot area: 10,663 km (1998 est.); TurkishCypriot area: 2,350 km (1996 est.)

paved: Greek Cypriot area: 6,249 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriotarea: 1,370 km (1996 est.)

unpaved: Greek Cypriot area: 4,414 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriotarea: 980 km (1996 est.)

Czech Republic:total: 55,432 km

paved: 55,432 km (including 499 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (2000)

Denmark: total: 71,474 km

paved: 71,474 km (including 880 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Djibouti: total: 2,890 km

paved: 364 km

unpaved: 2,526 km (1996)

Dominica: total: 750 km

paved: 375 km

unpaved: 375 km (2001)

Dominican Republic: total: 12,600 km

paved: 6,224 km

unpaved: 6,376 km (1996)

Ecuador: total: 43,197 km

paved: 8,165 km

unpaved: 35,032 km (1999 est.)

Egypt: total: 64,000 km

paved: 50,000 km

unpaved: 14,000 km (1996)

El Salvador: total: 10,029 km

paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways)

unpaved: 8,043 km (1997)

Equatorial Guinea: total: 2,880 km

paved: 0 km

unpaved: 2,880 km (1996)

Eritrea: total: 3,850 km

paved: 810 km

unpaved: 3,040 km (2000)

Estonia: total: 30,300 km

paved: 29,200 km (including 75 km of expressways); note - these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather

unpaved: 1,100 km (2000)

Ethiopia: total: 24,145 km

paved: 3,290 km

unpaved: 20,855 km (1998)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): total: 440 km

paved: 50 km

unpaved: 390 km

Faroe Islands: total: 463 km

paved: 454 km

unpaved: 9 km (1999)

Fiji: total: 3,440 km

paved: 1,692 km

unpaved: 1,748 km (1996)

Finland: total: 77,796 km

paved: 49,789 km (including 444 km of expressways)

unpaved: 28,042 km (1999)

France: total: 892,900 km

paved: 892,900 km (including 9,900 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1999)

French Guiana: total: 1,817 km

paved: 817 km

unpaved: 1,000 km (1998)

French Polynesia: total: 792 km

paved: 264 km

unpaved: 528 km (2000)

Gabon: total: 7,670 km

paved: 629 km (including 30 km of expressways)

unpaved: 7,041 km (1996)

Gambia, The: total: 2,700 km

paved: 956 km

unpaved: 1,744 km (1996)

Gaza Strip: total: NA km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

note: small, poorly developed road network

Georgia: total: 33,900 km

paved: 29,500 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 4,400 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990)

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)

Gibraltar: total: 46.25 km

paved: 46.25 km

unpaved: 0 km (2001)

Greece: total: 117,000 km

paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)

unpaved: 9,594 km (1996)

Greenland: total: 150 km

paved: 60 km

unpaved: 90 km

Grenada: total: 1,040 km

paved: 638 km

unpaved: 402 km (1996)

Guadeloupe: total: 2,560 km

paved: 965 km

unpaved: 1,595 km (1996)

Guam: total: 885 km

paved: 675 km

unpaved: 210 km

note: there are also 685 km of roads classified non-public, including roads located on federal government installations

Guatemala:total: 13,856 km

paved: 4,370 km (including 140 km of expressways)

unpaved: 9,486 km (1998)

Guernsey: total: NA km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

Guinea: total: 30,500 km

paved: 5,033 km

unpaved: 25,467 km (1996)

Guinea-Bissau: total: 4,400 km

paved: 453 km

unpaved: 3,947 km (1996)

Guyana: total: 7,970 km

paved: 590 km

unpaved: 7,380 km (1996)

Haiti: total: 4,160 km

paved: 1,011 km

unpaved: 3,149 km (1996)

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 448 km of expressways)

unpaved: 106,523 km (1998 est.)

Iceland: total: 12,691 km

paved: 3,262 km

unpaved: 9,429 km (1999)

India: total: 3,319,644 km

paved: 1,517,077 km

unpaved: 1,802,567 km (1996)

Indonesia: total: 342,700 km

paved: 158,670 km

unpaved: 184,030 km (1997)

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 6460 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1997)

Jamaica: total: 19,000 km

paved: 13,433 km

unpaved: 5,567 km (1997)

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: NA km

paved: 150,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) (2000)

unpaved: NA km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather)

Kenya:total: 63,800 km

paved: 8,868 km

unpaved: 54,932 km (1996)

Kiribati: total: 670 km (1996)

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

Korea, North: total: 31,200 km

paved: 1,997 km

unpaved: 29,203 km (1996)

Korea, South: total: 87,534 km

paved: 65,388 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)

unpaved: 22,146 km (1999)

Kuwait: total: 4,450 km

paved: 3,590 km

unpaved: 860 km (1999 est.)

Kyrgyzstan: total: 18,500 km (including 140 km of expressways)

paved: 16,854 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 1,646 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996)

Laos:total: 14,000 km

paved: 3,360 km

unpaved: 10,640 km (1991)

Latvia: total: 59,178 km

paved: 22,843 km

unpaved: 36,335 km (1998 est.)

Lebanon: total: 7,300 km

paved: 6,350 km

unpaved: 950 km (1999 est.)

Lesotho: total: 4,955 km

paved: 887 km

unpaved: 4,068 km (1996)

Liberia: total: 10,600 km

paved: 657 km

unpaved: 9,943 km

note: (there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains and lack of maintenance) (1996 est.)

Libya:total: 24,484 km

paved: 6,800 km

unpaved: 17,684 km (1996)

Liechtenstein: total: 250 km

paved: 250 km

unpaved: 0 km

Lithuania: total: 44,000 km

paved: 35,500 km

unpaved: 8,500 km (2000)

Luxembourg: total: 5,166 km

paved: 5,166 km (including 118 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Macau: total: 50 km

paved: 50 km

unpaved: 0 km (2001)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: total: 8,684 km

paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)

unpaved: 3,144 km (1997)

Madagascar: total: 49,837 km

paved: 5,781 km

unpaved: 44,056 km (1996)

Malawi: total: 16,451 km

paved: 3,126 km

unpaved: 13,325 km (1997)

Malaysia: total: 64,672 km

paved: 48,707 km (including 1,192 km of expressways)

unpaved: 15,965 km

note: in addition to these national and main regional roads, Malaysia has thousands of kilometers of local roads that are maintained by local jurisdictions (1999)

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)

Malta: total: 1,742 km

paved: 1,677 km

unpaved: 65 km (1997)

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: 2,105 km (2000)

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

Mauritania: total: 7,660 km

paved: 866 km

unpaved: 6,794 km (1996)

Mauritius: total: 1,910 km

paved: 1,834 km (including 36 km of expressways)

unpaved: 76 km (1998)

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)

Micronesia, Federated States of: total: 240 km

paved: 42 km

unpaved: 198 km (1996)

Midway Islands: total: NA km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

Moldova: total: 20,000 km

paved: 13,900 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 6,100 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990)

Monaco:total: 50 km

paved: 50 km

unpaved: 0 km (2001)

Mongolia: total: 3,387 km

paved: 1,563 km

unpaved: 1,824 km

note: there are also 45,862 km of rural roads that consist of rough, unimproved, cross-country tracks (2000)

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)

Mozambique: total: 30,400 km

paved: 5,685 km

unpaved: 24,715 km (1996)

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)

Netherlands Antilles: total: 600 km

paved: 300 km

unpaved: 300 km (1992)

New Caledonia: total: 4,825 km

paved: 2,287 km

unpaved: 2,538 km (1999)

New Zealand: total: 92,200 km

paved: 53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways)

unpaved: 38,632 km (1996)

Nicaragua: total: 16,382 km

paved: 1,818 km

unpaved: 14,564 km (1998)

Niger: total: 10,100 km

paved: 798 km

unpaved: 9,302 km (1996)

Nigeria: total: 194,394 km

paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)

unpaved: 134,326 km

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 (1997)

Niue: total: 234 km

paved: 86 km

unpaved: 148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001)

Norfolk Island:total: 80 km

paved: 53 km

unpaved: 27 km (2001)

Northern Mariana Islands: total: 362 km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km (1991)

Norway: total: 91,180 km

paved: 67,838 km (including 109 km of expressways)

unpaved: 23,342 km (1999)

Oman: total: 32,800 km

paved: 9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways)

unpaved: 22,960 km (1996)

Pakistan: total: 247,811 km

paved: 141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways)

unpaved: 106,559 km (1998)

Palau: total: 61 km

paved: 36 km

unpaved: 25 km

Palmyra Atoll:much of the road and many causeways built duringWorld War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001)

Panama:total: 11,592 km

paved: 4,079 km (including 30 km of expressways)

unpaved: 7,513 km (2000)

Papua New Guinea: total: 19,600 km

paved: 686 km

unpaved: 18,914 km (1996)

Paraguay: total: 25,901 km

paved: 3,067 km

unpaved: 22,834 km (2001)

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)

Portugal: total: 68,732 km

paved: 59,110 km (including 797 km of expressways)

unpaved: 9,622 km (1999)

Puerto Rico: total: 14,400 km

paved: 14,400 km

unpaved: 0 km (1996)

Qatar: total: 1,230 km

paved: 1,107 km

unpaved: 123 km (1996)

Reunion: total: 2,724 km

paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of four-lane road)

unpaved: 1,424 km

note: 370 km of road are maintained by national authorities, 754 km by departmental authorities and 1600 km by local authorities (1994)

Romania:total: 153,359 km

paved: 103,671 km (including 133 km of expressways)

unpaved: 49,688 km (1998 est.)

Russia: total: 952,000 km

paved: 752,000 km (including, in addition to about 336,000 km of conventionally paved roads, about 416,000 km of roads, the surfaces of which have been stabilized with gravel or other coarse aggregates, making them trafficable in wet weather)

unpaved: 200,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998)

Rwanda:total: 12,000 km

paved: 1,000 km

unpaved: 11,000 km (1997 est.)

Saint Helena:total: 158 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km,Tristan da Cunha 0 km)

paved: 138 km (Saint Helena 98km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha0 km)

unpaved: NA km 20 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristanda Cunha 0 km)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:total: 320 km

paved: 136 km

unpaved: 184 km (2000)

Saint Lucia: total: 1,210 km

paved: 63 km

unpaved: 1,147 km (1996)

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)

Samoa: total: 835 km

paved: 267 km

unpaved: 569 km (1983)

San Marino: total: 220 km

paved: 220 km

unpaved: 0 km (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe: total: 320 km

paved: 218 km

unpaved: 102 km (1996)

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)

Seychelles: total: 373 km

paved: 315 km

unpaved: 58 km (1997)

Sierra Leone: total: 11,300 km

paved: 904 km

unpaved: 10,396 km (1997)

Singapore: total: 3,150 km

paved: 3,066 km (including 150 km of expressways)

unpaved: 84 km (2000)

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)

South Africa: total: 358,596 km

paved: 59,753 km (including 1927 km of expressways)

unpaved: 298,843 km (1996)

Spain: total: 346,858 km

paved: 343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways)

unpaved: 3,469 km (1997)

Sri Lanka: total: 11,285 km

paved: 10,721 km

unpaved: 564 km (1998 est.)

Sudan: total: 11,900 km

paved: 4,320 km


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