Roads, paved (% of total roads) by country
Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.
What the numbers show
Roads, paved (% of total roads) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 98.0% in Mauritius; the lowest is 0.8% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.7%, and the mean is 32.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 122.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 207.0%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 77.7%).
Roads, paved: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 98.0% | 2009 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 2 | Seychelles | 96.5% | 2010 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 92.2% | 2010 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 4 | Algeria | 77.1% | 2010 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 5 | Comoros | 76.5% | 2001 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 6 | Tunisia | 76.0% | 2010 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 7 | Morocco | 70.4% | 2010 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 69.0% | 2001 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.1% | 2001 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 10 | Libya | 57.2% | 2001 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 11 | Lesotho | 53.0% | 2005 | up 196.1% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 36.3% | 2001 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 13 | Senegal | 35.5% | 2010 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 14 | Botswana | 32.6% | 2005 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritania | 29.7% | 2010 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 27.9% | 2002 | up 207.0% | rising |
| 17 | Mali | 24.6% | 2009 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 22.0% | 2001 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 19 | Eritrea | 21.8% | 2001 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 20 | Togo | 21.0% | 2007 | down 33.5% | flat |
| 21 | Mozambique | 20.8% | 2009 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 20.6% | 2008 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 19.0% | 2002 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Rwanda | 19.0% | 2004 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 17.3% | 2001 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 26 | Cameroon | 17.0% | 2008 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 16.3% | 2010 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 28 | Namibia | 14.5% | 2010 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 29 | Kenya | 14.3% | 2010 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 13.7% | 2007 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 31 | Ghana | 12.6% | 2009 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 32 | Gabon | 12.0% | 2007 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 33 | Somalia | 11.8% | 2001 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 34 | Guinea | 9.8% | 2003 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 35 | Benin | 9.5% | 2004 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 8.0% | 2002 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 37 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.9% | 2007 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 38 | Congo | 7.1% | 2006 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 6.8% | 2010 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Liberia | 6.2% | 2001 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 4.2% | 2004 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 42 | Chad | 0.8% | 2000 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.