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ROAD SYSTEM MEASURES FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES

(Calendar year reported are noted in parentheses)
OCTOBER 2001TABLE IN-2
  ASIA EUROPE AMERICA
JAPAN

(1998)

FRANCE

(1999)

GERMANY

(1999)

SWEDEN

(1998)

UNITED KINGDOM

(1999)

CANADA

(1995)

MEXICO

(1998)

UNITED STATES

(1999)

Major Roads
Total Kilometers
60,030 38,500 52,836 14,651 51,552 139,758 47,946 701,363
Major Roads
Kilometers per 1000 Persons
0.47 0.65 0.64 1.65 0.87 4.47 0.48 2.55
Major Roads
Kilometers per Square Kilometer
0.16 0.07 0.15 0.03 0.21 0.02 0.02 0.08
Secondary Roads
Total Kilometers
1,096,341 855,000 603346
(1997)
196,256 320,361 762,144 271,006 5,626,600
Secondary Roads
Kilometers per 1000 Persons
8.66 14.41 7.29 22.12 5.38 24.36 2.70 20.42
Secondary Roads
Kilometers per Square Kilometer
2.93 1.57 1.73 0.44 1.33 0.08 0.14 0.61
All Roads
Total Kilometers
1,156,371 893,500 656,182 210,907 371,913 901,902 318,952 6,327,963
All Roads
Kilometers per 1000 Persons
9.14 15.06 7.93 23.77 6.25 28.83 3.18 22.96
All Roads
Kilometers per Square Kilometer
3.09 1.64 1.88 0.47 1.54 0.10 0.17 0.69

Sources: Prepared from "World Road Statistics-2001," International Road Federation and FHWA's "Highway Statistics 1999".

Chart: All Roads - Kilometers per 1000 Persons and Kilometers per Square Kilometer - data from the above table

Chart: Major Roads - Kilometers per 1000 Persons and Kilometers per Square Kilometer - data from the above table


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