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ROAD SYSTEM MEASURES FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES

(Calendar year reported are noted in parentheses)

OCTOBER 2002TABLE IN-2
 ASIAEUROPEAMERICA
JAPAN

(1999)

FRANCE

(1999)

GERMANY

(1999)

SWEDEN

(2000)

UNITED KINGDOM

(1999)

CANADA

(1995)

MEXICO

(1999)

UNITED STATES

(2000)

Major Roads
Total Kilometers
60,14039,00052,83615,07951,552139,75848,194702,643
Major Roads
Kilometers per 1000 Persons
0.470.650.641.700.914.420.472.50
Major Roads
Kilometers per Square Kilometer
0.160.070.150.040.210.020.030.08
Secondary Roads
Total Kilometers
1,101,754855,000
(1997)
603,346
197,323320,361762,144281,3385,656,033
Secondary Roads
Kilometers per 1000 Persons
8.6914.367.2722.235.6624.122.7620.10
Secondary Roads
Kilometers per Square Kilometer
2.941.571.730.481.330.080.150.62
All Roads
Total Kilometers
1,161,894894,000656,182212,402371,913901,902329,5326,358,676
All Roads
Kilometers per 1000 Persons
9.1715.017.9023.936.5728.553.2322.59
All Roads
Kilometers per Square Kilometer
3.101.641.880.521.540.100.170.69

Sources: Prepared from "World Road Statistics-2002," International Road Federation and FHWA's "Highway Statistics 2000".

All Roads
All Roads Chart - data from the above table

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