Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2011

Road System Measures for Selected Countries (Metric) 1/

Table IN-3

October 2012

	ASIA		EUROPE			NORTH AMERICA
	CHINA 2/	JAPAN 3/	FRANCE	GERMANY	U.K.	CANADA	MEXICO	U.S. 4/
Major Roads Total Kilometers	140,619	58,613	20,446	52,529	52,697	83,384	47,645	535,922
Major Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	0.10	0.46	0.31	0.65	0.84	2.43	0.41	1.71
Major Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.01	0.16	0.03	0.15	0.22	0.01	0.02	0.06
Secondary Roads Total Kilometers	3,869,686	277,966	1,008,000	591,253	366,931	958,916	321,291	6,009,404
Secondary Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	2.88	2.18	15.36	7.27	5.82	27.96	2.79	19.15
Secondary Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.40	0.76	1.57	1.70	1.52	0.11	0.17	0.66
All Roads Total Kilometers	4,010,305	336,579	1,028,446	643,782	419,628	1,042,300	368,936	6,545,326
All Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	2.99	2.64	15.67	7.92	6.66	30.39	3.21	20.86
All Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.42	0.92	1.61	1.85	1.73	0.11	0.19	0.71

1/ Sources: Country data sources is from the "World Road Statistics-2012," International Road Federation, including the United States which supplies the data to the International Road Federation, from FHWA's annual Highway Statistics report.

2/ Data includes mainland China and China Hong Kong.

3/ Japan excluded road networks with less than 5.5m in width.

4/ Data is from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics series, Table HM-20M. Major roads include: Interstate, Other Principal Arterials, Other Freeways and Expressways, and Major Collectors. Secondary roads include Minor Arterials, Minor Collectors, and Local roads . Does not include Puerto Rico. Data is for 2010.