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Projected health losses from traffic accidents as a proportion of the total health losses in each region, plus ranking of road deaths and injuries as a cause of healthy life–years lost, by region, 2002–2030
World Bank region	Proportion of healthy life–years lost in region due to road deaths and injuries (%)		Ranking in region of road deaths and injuries as cause of healthy life–years lost
	2002	2030	2002	2030
Africa	2	4	10th	6th
East Asia and Pacific	3	4	6th	5th
Europe and Central Asia	2	2	7th	9th
Latin America and the Caribbean	3	3	8th	8th
Middle East and North Africa	5	8	3rd	1st
South Asia	2	5	12th	5th

Source: WHO, 2005

Basic data on road networks and vehicles (2005)
	Africa	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Africa
Roads, total network (km, thousand)	353	2,010	1,384	589	99	239
Vehicles (per 1,000 people)	..	20	..	..	..	..
Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)	..	14	..	..	..	..

Source: WDI

Roads, paved (% of total roads)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Afghanistan	..	..	..	..	23.66	..
Albania	39	39	39	..	..	..
Algeria	..	..	..	..	70.2	..
Angola	10.4	10.4	..	..	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	32.96	..	..	..
Argentina	..	..	..	30	..	..
Armenia	..	..	96.25	100	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..
Austria	100	100	100	100	..	..
Azerbaijan	..	..	..	..	49.39	..
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	77.6	75.3	78.9	79.13	..	..
Bangladesh	..	..	..	9.5	..	..
Barbados	98.6	98.6	98.6	100	100	..
Belarus	..	..	..	86.4	87	..
Belgium	78.2	78.3	78.2	78	78	..
Belize	..	..	..	..	..	..
Benin	..	..	..	..	9.5	..
Bhutan	..	..	..	62	..	..
Bolivia	6.6	6.7	6.7	7	7	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	..	..	..	..	..
Botswana	..	..	35.3	35.14	36.45	..
Brazil	5.5	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei	..	..	..	..	78.06	78.07
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	99	..
Burkina Faso	..	..	..	..	31.21	..
Burundi	..	..	..	..	10.44	..
Cambodia	..	..	..	..	6.29	..
Cameroon	..	..	..	..	10	..
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cape Verde	69.04	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	18.4	20.2	..	..	..	..
China	..	..	78.34	79.49	81.03	82.5
Colombia	..	..	..	..	..	..
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	1.82	..
Congo, Rep.	..	..	..	..	5	..
Costa Rica	22	22	..	24.6	24.4	..
Cote d'Ivoire	..	..	..	..	8.12	..
Croatia	85.4	84.9	84.7	84.7	84.7	84
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	60.6	61.2	62.2	62.95	63	..
Czech Republic	100	100	100	100	..	..
Denmark	100	100	100	100	..	..
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Asia & Pacific	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ecuador	18.9	16.87	16.87	14.94	14.97	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	..	..	..	..	81	..
El Salvador	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	20.1	19.7	24.8	23.4	23.54	..
Ethiopia	12	12	12	12.9	19.14	..
Europe & Central Asia	..	..	..	..	..	..
European Monetary Union	99.5	99.5	..	100	..	..
Fiji	..	..	..	..	..	..
Finland	62	64	64	64.6	64.7	..
France	100	100	100	100	100	..
Gabon	9.9	..	..	..	10.21	..
Gambia, The	..	..	..	19.32	19.32	..
Georgia	..	..	..	39.38	39.38	..
Germany	..	..	..	100	..	..
Ghana	..	18.4	..	17.92	..	..
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea	..	..	..	9.79	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	27.94	..	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	..	..	..	..	..	..
High income	99	95.5	..	100	..	..
High income: nonOECD	..	..	..	100	100	..
High income: OECD	99.5	99	89.1	100	..	..
Honduras	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong, China	..	..	..	100	100	..
Hungary	..	43.7	43.9	43.9	..	..
Iceland	29.5	30.6	31.5	..	34.4	..
India	47.46	47.74	47.4	..	..	..
Indonesia	57.1	58.9	58	..	..	..
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	64.8	66.3	67.36	..	..
Iraq	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ireland	100	100	100	100	..	..
Israel	100	..	100	100	100	..
Italy	..	..	..	100	..	..
Jamaica	..	..	..	73.25	73.28	..
Japan	76.6	77.1	77.7	..	..	..
Jordan	..	..	..	100	100	..
Kazakhstan	..	..	..	93.97	93.43	..
Kenya	12.1	..	..	..	14.12	..
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	..	76.7	76.7	76.89	86.76	..
Kuwait	..	..	..	84.4	85	..
Kyrgyz Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lao PDR	..	..	14.07	14.41	..	..
Latin America & Caribbean	..	..	..	..	..	..
Latvia	..	..	100	100	100	..
Least developed countries: UN classification	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lesotho	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liberia	..	..	..	..	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	91.3	91.3	..	..	..	..
Low & middle income	..	..	..	..	..	..
Low income	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lower middle income	..	..	..	..	..	..
Luxembourg	100	100	100	100	100	..
Macao, China	100	100	100	100	100	..
Macedonia, FYR	..	..	..	..	..	..
Madagascar	..	..	..	..	..	..
Malawi	..	..	..	45.02	..	..
Malaysia	..	77.9	..	80.85	81.32	..
Mali	..	..	..	..	18	..
Malta	88	88	90	87.53	87.53	..
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	97	98	98	100	100	..
Mexico	..	..	33.5	48.14	49.54	..
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	..	..
Middle East & North Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..
Middle income	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	86.1	..	86	86.2	86.2	..
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	3.5	3.5	3.5	..	..	..
Morocco	56.42	56.42	56.42	56.9	56.9	..
Mozambique	..	..	..	..	..	..
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	..	..	12.8	..	..	..
Nepal	..	..	30.8	..	30.3	..
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	62.8	63	64	64.33	..	..
Nicaragua	11.06	11.36	11.36	..	..	..
Niger	..	..	..	..	25	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	15	..
Norway	76	77	77.5	..	..	..
Oman	..	27.66	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	56	59	..	60	64.7	..
Panama	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..
Peru	13.35	13.36	14.4	13.11	14.4	..
Philippines	21	21	..	21.64	..	..
Poland	68.3	68.3	..	69.66	..	..
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerto Rico	94	94	..	..	95	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	49.5	50.5	50.4	..	50.7	..
Russian Federation	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rwanda	..	..	..	..	19	..
Samoa	..	14.21	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	29.9	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	29.3	..	..	29.26	..	..
Serbia and Montenegro	63	62	62	..	..	..
Seychelles	..	..	..	96	..	..
Sierra Leone	..	..	8	..	..	..
Singapore	100	100	100	100	100	..
Slovak Republic	87	87	87.3	87.31	87.31	..
Slovenia	..	..	..	100	100	..
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	20.3	17.3	..	..	..	..
South Asia	..	..	47.4	60	30.3	..
Spain	99	99	..	..	..	..
Sri Lanka	..	..	85.84	81	..	..
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68	70	70	70	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suriname	26	26	26	26.25	..	..
Swaziland	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	..	100	100	..
Syrian Arab Republic	..	20.1	..	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	..	..	..	8.63	..	..
Thailand	98.5	..	..	..	..	..
Togo	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tunisia	68.4	65.4	..	..	65.8	..
Turkey	35.3	35.5	41.59	..	..	..
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	..	..	23	..	..
Ukraine	96.7	96.7	96.8	96.4	97.2	..
United Arab Emirates	..	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	100	100	100	100	100	..
United States	..	..	..	66.2	64.5	..
Upper middle income	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uruguay	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uzbekistan	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	..	..
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	100	100	100	..
World	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	..	22	..	..	..	..
Zimbabwe	..	..	19	..	..	..

Source: WDI

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