Highway Statistics 2009

Road System Measures for Selected Countries (Metric) 1/

October 2010
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	ASIA		EUROPE			NORTH AMERICA
	CHINA 2/	JAPAN	FRANCE	GERMANY	U.K.	CANADA	MEXICO	U.S. 3/
Major Roads Total Kilometers	116,558	61,930	20,200	52,848	52,634	103,000	47,348	350,181
Major Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	0.09	0.49	0.32	0.64	0.86	3.05	0.42	1.13
Major Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.01	0.17	0.03	0.15	0.22	0.01	0.02	0.04
Secondary Roads Total Kilometers	3,615,646	1,138,928	931,000	591,440	52,634	1,306,000	307,323	6,156,040
Secondary Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	2.72	8.98	14.53	7.19	0.86	38.69	2.73	19.84
Secondary Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.38	3.12	1.45	1.70	0.22	0.14	0.16	0.67
All Roads Total Kilometers	3,732,204	1,200,858	951,200	644,288	105,268	1,409,000	354,671	6,506,221
All Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	2.81	9.47	14.85	7.83	1.72	41.74	3.15	20.97
All Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.39	3.29	1.49	1.85	0.44	0.15	0.18	0.71

1/ Sources: Country data sources is from the "World Road Statistics-2010," International Road Federation, except the United States which is from the "Highway Statistics 2009".

2/ Data includes mainland China and China Hong Kong.

3/ Data is from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2008, Table HM-20M. Major roads include: Interstate, Other Principal Arterials, nad Other Freeways and Expressways. Secondary roads include Minor Arterials, Minor Collectors, and Local roads . Does not include Puerto Rico.