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Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 1998

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ROAD SYSTEM MEASURES FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES – 1997

OCTOBER 1999
TABLE IN-2

	ASIA	EUROPE				AMERICA
	JAPAN 1/	FRANCE	GERMANY	SWEDEN	UNITED KINGDOM	CANADA 2/	CHILE	MEXICO	UNITED STATES
Major RoadsTotal Kilometers	59,210	37,900	52,728	16,043	15,563	139,758	13,562	52,340	699,669
Major Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	0.47	0.65	0.64	1.81	0.27	4.61	0.94	0.54	2.61
Major Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.16	0.07	0.15	0.04	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.08
Secondary Roads Total Kilometers	1,088,322	855,000	603,346	196,145	354,304	762,144	65,515	199,500	6,619,708
Secondary Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	8.64	14.59	7.35	22.13	6.15	25.12	4.54	2.04	24.73
Secondary Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	2.90	1.57	1.73	0.48	1.47	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.61
All Roads Total Kilometers	1,147,532	892,900	656,074	210,760	369,887	901,902	79,077	252,000	7,319,377
All Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	9.11	15.23	7.99	23.77	6.42	29.73	5.48	2.58	27.35
All Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	3.06	1.64	1.88	0.51	1.53	0.10	0.11	0.13	0.69

Sources: Prepared from "World Road Statistics," International Road Federation, 1999, "Highway Statistics 1997," FHWA.

1/ Data for Japan are for 1996.

2/ Data for Canada are for 1995.

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