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ROAD SYSTEM MEASURES FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES

(Calendar year reported are noted in parentheses)

OCTOBER 2001

TABLE 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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