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Paved roads (% of total roads)

Country Name	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Afghanistan	13.3	..	..	..	23.66	..	..
Albania	39	39	39	..	..	..	..
Algeria	68.9	..	..	..	70.2	..	..
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	10.4	10.4	..	..	..	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	32.96	..	..	..	..
Argentina	29.4	..	..	30	..	..	..
Armenia	..	..	..	91.27	90.12	89.97	..
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Austria	100	100	100	100	..	..	..
Azerbaijan	..	..	..	..	49.39	..	..
Bahamas, The	57.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	77.6	75.3	78.9	79.13	..	..	..
Bangladesh	9.53	..	..	9.5	..	..	..
Barbados	98.6	98.6	98.6	100	100	..	..
Belarus	..	..	..	86.4	87	88.64	..
Belgium	78.2	78.3	78.2	78	78	..	..
Belize	17	..	..	..	..	..	..
Benin	..	..	..	..	9.5	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	..	..	..	62	..	..	..
Bolivia	6.6	6.7	6.7	7	7	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	..	..	..	..	52.3	..
Botswana	..	..	35.3	35.14	33.2	..	..
Brazil	5.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam	34.7	..	..	..	..	77.23	..
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	99	..	..
Burkina Faso	..	..	..	..	4.17	..	..
Burundi	7.1	..	..	..	10.44	..	..
Cambodia	..	..	..	..	6.29	..	..
Cameroon	8.1	..	..	..	10	..	..
Canada	..	..	..	..	39.87	..	..
Cape Verde	69.04	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chad	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	18.4	20.2	..	..	..	..	..
China	..	..	78.34	79.49	81.03	81.62	..
Colombia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Comoros	76.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	1.82	..	..
Congo, Rep.	9.7	..	..	..	5	..	..
Costa Rica	22	22	12	24.6	24.4	..	..
Cote d'Ivoire	9.7	..	..	..	8.12	..	..
Croatia	85.4	84.9	84.7	84.7	84.7	84.4	89
Cuba	49	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	60.6	61.2	62.2	62.95	63	..	..
Czech Republic	100	100	100	100	100	..	..
Denmark	100	100	100	100	100	100	..
Djibouti	45	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	50.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	49.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ecuador	18.9	16.87	16.87	14.94	14.97	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	78.1	..	..	..	81	..	..
El Salvador	19.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	21.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	20.1	19.7	24.8	23.4	22.14	22.67	..
Ethiopia	12	12	12	12.9	19.14	13.4	12.7
Faeroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	49.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Finland	62	64	64	64.6	64.7	65.04	..
France	100	100	100	100	100	100	..
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	9.9	..	..	..	10.21	..	..
Gambia, The	35.4	..	..	19.32	19.32	..	..
Georgia	..	..	..	39.38	39.38	..	..
Germany	..	..	..	100	..	..	..
Ghana	29.6	18.4	..	17.92	..	..	..
Greece	91.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	60.96	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	34.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea	16.5	..	..	9.79	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	27.94	..	..	..	..
Guyana	7.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	24.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	20.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong, China	..	..	..	100	100	100	..
Hungary	..	43.7	43.9	43.9	..	..	..
Iceland	29.5	30.6	31.5	..	34.4	35.39	..
India	47.46	47.74	47.4	..	..	..	..
Indonesia	57.1	58.9	58	58.3	55.3	..	..
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	64.8	66.3	67.36	..	..	..
Iraq	84.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ireland	100	100	100	100	..	..	..
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	100	..	100	100	100	100	..
Italy	100	..	..	100	..	..	..
Jamaica	70.1	..	..	73.25	73.28	73.95	..
Japan	76.6	77.1	77.7	..	..	..	..
Jordan	..	..	..	100	100	100	..
Kazakhstan	..	..	..	93.97	93.43	83	84
Kenya	12.1	..	..	..	14.12	..	..
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. Rep.	6.4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	74.5	76.7	76.7	76.89	86.76	76.82	..
Kuwait	80.6	..	..	84.4	85	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	91.1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lao PDR	..	..	14.07	14.41	..	..	..
Latvia	..	..	100	100	100	100	..
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lesotho	18.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liberia	6.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Libya	57.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	78.16	..
Luxembourg	100	100	100	100	100	..	..
Macao,China	100	100	100	100	100	..	..
Macedonia,FYR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Madagascar	11.6	..	..	..	..	..	..
Malawi	..	..	..	45.02	..	..	..
Malaysia	75.3	77.9	..	80.85	81.32	..	..
Maldives	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mali	12.1	..	..	..	18	..	..
Malta	88	88	90	87.53	87.53	..	..
MarshallIslands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	11.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	97	98	98	100	100	..	..
Mayotte	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mexico	32.8	..	33.5	35.76	36.31	36.98	..
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	17.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	86.1	..	86	86.2	86.2	86.25	..
Monaco	100	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	3.5	3.5	3.5	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	56.42	56.42	56.42	56.9	56.9	61.89	..
Mozambique	18.7	..	..	..	..	..	..
Myanmar	11.44	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	..	..	12.8	..	..	..	..
Nepal	30.8	..	30.8	53.9	56.88	..	..
Netherlands	90	..	..	..	..	..	..
Netherlands Antilles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	62.8	63	64	64.33	64.5	64.89	..
Nicaragua	11.06	11.36	11.36	..	..	..	..
Niger	..	25.66	25.66	24.95	20.45	20.61	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	15	..	..
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	76	77	77.5	..	..	..	..
Oman	30	27.66	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	56	59	..	60	64.7	..	..
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	34.6	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	3.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Paraguay	50.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Peru	13.35	13.36	14.4	13.11	14.4	..	..
Philippines	..	..	9.5	9.9	..	..	..
Poland	68.3	68.3	..	69.66	..	..	..
Portugal	86	..	..	..	86	..	..
Puerto Rico	94	94	..	..	95	..	..
Qatar	90	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	49.5	50.5	50.4	30.2	30.2	..	..
Russian Federation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rwanda	8.3	..	..	..	19	..	..
Samoa	..	14.21	..	..	..	..	..
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	68.1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	29.9	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	29.3	..	..	29.26	..	..	..
Serbia	62.7	62.3	62.4	..	..	..	..
Seychelles	..	..	..	96	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	7.9	..	8	..	..	..	..
Singapore	100	100	100	100	100	100	..
Slovak Republic	87	87	87.3	87.31	87.31	..	..
Slovenia	100	100	100	100	100	100	..
Solomon Islands	2.44	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	11.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	20.3	17.3	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	99	99	..	99	..	..	..
Sri Lanka	..	..	85.84	81	..	..	..
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68	70	70	70	..	..	..
Sudan	36.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suriname	26	26	26	26.25	..	..	..
Swaziland	..	..	29.99	..	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..	31.16	30.51	31.48	..
Switzerland	..	..	..	100	100	100	..
Syrian Arab Republic	..	20.1	..	..	20.1	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	4.2	..	..	8.63	..	..	..
Thailand	98.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Timor-Leste	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Togo	31.6	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tonga	27	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	51.1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tunisia	68.4	65.4	..	..	65.8	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkmenistan	81.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	..	..	23	..	..	..
Ukraine	96.7	96.7	96.8	96.4	97.2	97.42	..
United Arab Emirates	100	..	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	100	100	100	100	100	100	..
United States	..	..	..	66.2	64.5	65.34	..
Uruguay	..	..	..	..	9.96	..	..
Uzbekistan	87.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	23.9	..	..	..	..	..	..
Venezuela,RB	33.6	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
VirginIslands(U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
WestBankandGaza	..	..	100	100	100	100	..
Yemen,Rep.	15.53	..	..	..	..	8.7	..
Zambia	..	22	..	..	..	..	..
Zimbabwe	..	..	19	..	..	..	..


World	35.85	..	..	..	..	..	..
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	12	..	..	..	..	..	..
Least developed countries: UN classification	12.05	..	..	..	..	..	..
Low income	12.1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Middle income	44	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lower middle income	49.2	..	..	..	65.8	..	..
Upper middle income	34.1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Low & middle income	26.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Asia & Pacific	11.44	..	..	..	..	..	..
Europe & Central Asia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Latin America & Caribbean	24.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Middle East & North Africa	62.8	..	..	..	70.2	..	..
South Asia	30.8	..	47.4	56.95	56.88	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa	11.9	..	..	..	..	..	..
High income	92.9	97.25	..	100	90.88	..	..
Euro area	99	100	100	100	..	..	..
High income: non-OECD	94	..	..	100	100	..	..
High income: OECD	91.8	99	89.1	100	86	..	..

Last updated: 2008-05-08

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