Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Access to an all-season road

47%

 % of rural population

Within 2 kilometers (an estimated 20-minute walk) of a road that can be traveled by the prevailing means of transport all year round.

Data from  Bhutan Office of Census Commissioner

Based on the Census and HH Survey conducted in 2005

 

39%-85%

Total Number of Motor Vehicles

33,241

 

 

National Newspaper Kuensel, April 18, 2007

 

 

 

Motorized Vehicle "Ownership"

 

% households

 

 

 

 

 

Urban

NA

Rural

NA

Road Length - Total

4,393

km

 

Bhutan Department of Roads 

 

 

 

Main Roads

2,038

km

Roads connecting cities and towns (e.g. national, regional, provincial) and are under national and regional/provincial governments.

 

 

 

 

Classified Rural Roads

1,270

km

Classified rural roads – roads connecting villages with local government centers and main roads, under national or local governments.

 

 

 

 

Other Rural Roads

389

km

Roads connecting farms with feeder roads, other types of rural roads 

 

 

 

 

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

6.5

Road km/1000 people

Kilometer length of total road network per 1,000 people.

Calculated based on road data of 2006 and population data of 2005 provided by Bhutan Office of Census Commissioner

as the result of 4,393/ 672,475

2.8

0.6-6.5

Land

93

Road km/1000 sq km total land

Kilometer length of the total road network per 1,000 km2 of land area.

Calculated based on road data of 2006 and land data of 2005 (WB Indicators)

as the result of 4,393/ 47,000

745.4

 53-2,079

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Average Pump Price for Super Gasoline

0.99

US $/liter

 

Bhutan Department of Roads

 

0.90

0.68-1.01

Average Pump Price for Diesel Fuel

0.72

US $/liter

 

Bhutan Department of Roads 

 

0.70

0.45-0.75

Spending on Transport Services

NA

 % HH Expenditure

Aggregate average of reported share of total urban household expenditure on transport services

 

 

 

3.27% - 12%

Motor Fuel Tax

NA

US $/gallon

 

 

 

 

 

Petrol

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diesel

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual License Fees

NA

US $

 

 

 

 

 

Vehicle Registration Fees

NA

US $

 

 

 

 

 

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Paved Roads

56

 % of total roads

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).

 

 

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)

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Logistic Cost (ratio)

NA

 

Defined as "average CIF (cost-insurance-freight)/FOB (free on board) ratio". The CIF price measures the cost of the imported item at the point of entry into the importing country, inclusive of the costs of transport, insurance, and handling costs. The FOB price measures the cost of an imported item at the point of shipment by the exporter, specifically as it is loaded on to a carrier for transport.

Logistics costs study, WB.

For South Asia Region: Cost for Customs Inspection and Clearance (US$/ton): Regional 0.07 -16.24; International: 5.94 -27.00.

 

 

Goods Transported Annually by Road

NA

tones/km-yr

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger Transported Annually by Road

NA

passenger/km-yr

 

 

 

 

 

Private

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance Expenditures per km of Road Paved/Unpaved

NA

%

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Road Budget

NA

US $

 

 

 

 

 

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Annual Fatalities in Road Accidents

21.4

fatalities/10,000 vehicles

Number of fatalities from road motor vehicle accidents resulting in at least one person killed (with 30 days of the accident’s occurrence) per 10,000 road motor vehicles registered. Included in the accidents are: collisions between road vehicles, between road vehicles and pedestrians, between road vehicles and animals or fixed obstacles and with one road vehicle alone. Included are collisions between road and rail vehicles. Multi-vehicle collisions are counted as only one accident provided that any successive collisions happen at very short intervals (Glossary of Transport Statistics, 2003).

 

 

 

6.0 -85.6