Roads, paved (% of total roads) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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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. Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics, supplemented by World Bank staff estimates.
Roads, paved (% of total roads) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Mauritius (2006)100
2Seychelles (2003)96
3Egypt (2004)81
4Comoros (2001)76.5
5Algeria (2004)70.2
6Cape Verde (2001)69.04
7Sao Tome and Principe (2001)68.1
8North Africa (2004)68
9Tunisia (2004)65.8
10Morocco (2006)61.89
11Libya (2001)57.2
12Malawi (2003)45.02
13Djibouti (2001)45
14Sudan (2001)36.3
15Botswana (2005)32.6
16Togo (2001)31.6
17Swaziland (2002)29.99
18Senegal (2003)29.26
19Guinea-Bissau (2002)27.94
20Mauritania (2006)26.8
21Uganda (2003)23
22Zambia (2001)22
23Eritrea (2001)21.8
24Niger (2006)20.5
25Gambia (2004)19.32
26Zimbabwe (2002)19
27Rwanda (2004)19
28Mozambique (2001)18.7
29Lesotho (2001)18.3
30Africa (2000)18.3
31Mali (2004)18
32South Africa (2001)17.3
33Nigeria (2004)15
34Ghana (2005)14.93
35Kenya (2004)14.12
36Namibia (2002)12.8
37Ethiopia (2006)12.7
38Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2000)12.1
39Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2000)12.1
40Sub-Saharan Africa (2000)12.1
41Somalia (2001)11.8
42Madagascar (2001)11.6
43Burundi (2004)10.44
44Angola (2001)10.4
45Gabon (2004)10.21
46Guinea (2003)9.79
47Benin (2004)9.5
48Tanzania (2003)8.63
49Cameroon (2004)8.37
50Ivory Coast (2004)8.12
51Sierra Leone (2002)8
52Liberia (2001)6.2
53Republic of the Congo (2004)5
54Burkina Faso (2004)4.17
55Central African Republic (1998)2.7
56Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)1.82
57Chad (2000)0.8
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