Within 2 kilometers (an estimated 20-minute walk) of a road that can be traveled by the prevailing means of transport all year round.
39% - 85%
Total Number of Motor Vehicles
NA
million
Motorized Vehicle "Ownership"
% households
Urban
NA
Rural
NA
Road Length - Total
34,782
km
NationMaster.Com
Main Roads
3,242
km
Main roads include roads connecting cities and towns (e.g. national, regional, provincial) and are under national and regional/provincial governments.
NationMaster.Com
Classified Rural Roads
30,000-50,000
km
Classified rural roads – roads connecting villages with local government centers and main roads, under national or local governments.
The Afghanistan Rural Access Policy Note, 2007, WB
Other Rural Roads
NA
km
Road Density in terms of
The total road network includes (a) motorways, (b) highways, main or national roads, (c) secondary or regional roads, (d) urban roads and (e) rural roads (Glossary of Transport Statistics, 2003).
Population
1.1
Road km/1000 people
Kilometer length of total road network per 1,000 people.
Calculated based on road and land data.
as the result of 34,782/31,889,923
2.8
0.6 -6.5
Land
53
Road km/1000 sq km total land
Kilometer length of the total road network per 1,000 km2 of land area.
The length of all roads that are surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents with concrete or with cobblestones as proportion of the kilometer length of the total road network. The total road network includes (a) motorways, (b) highways, main or national roads, (c) secondary or regional roads, (d) urban roads and (e) rural roads. (Glossary of Transport Statistics, 2003).
WRS
World Road Statistics 2006
47%
23.7% - 81%
NA
% of 2 lane roads
NA
% of 4 lane roads
Ratio of the Length of Built-Up Areas (without separate service lane for local/slow moving traffic) and Total Road Length (for main highways)
