Road density (km of road per 100 sq. km of land area) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Road density refers to the ratio of the length of the country’s total road network to the country’s land area. The road network includes all roads in the country--motorways, highways, main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and other urban and rural roads. Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics, supplemented by World Bank staff estimates.
Road density (km of road per 100 sq. km of land area) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2003)99.57
2Mauritius (2006)99.56
3Rwanda (2004)56.78
4Burundi (2004)47.98
5Comoros (2001)47.29
6Gambia (2004)37.42
7Uganda (2003)35.89
8Burkina Faso (2004)33.81
9Cape Verde (2001)33.5
10Sao Tome and Principe (2001)33.33
11South Africa (2001)29.98
12Ghana (2005)25.32
13Ivory Coast (2004)25.16
14Zimbabwe (2002)25.14
15Nigeria (2004)21.21
16Swaziland (2002)20.9
17Lesotho (2001)19.57
18Guinea (2003)18.05
19Benin (2004)17.18
20Malawi (2003)16.42
21Sierra Leone (2002)15.78
22Togo (2001)13.83
23Djibouti (2001)13.22
24Morocco (2006)12.91
25Tunisia (2004)12.38
26Zambia (2001)12.3
27Guinea-Bissau (2002)12.29
28Kenya (2004)11.12
29Cameroon (2004)11.03
30Liberia (2001)11
31Equatorial Guinea (2001)10.27
32Egypt (2004)9.28
33Tanzania (2003)8.91
34Madagascar (2001)8.57
35Senegal (2003)7.05
36North Africa (2004)6.97
37Sub-Saharan Africa (2000)6.91
38Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)6.77
39Africa (2000)6.64
40Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2000)5.42
41Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2000)5.42
42Namibia (2002)5.13
43Republic of the Congo (2004)5.06
44Libya (2001)4.73
45Algeria (2004)4.55
46Botswana (2005)4.55
47Angola (2001)4.13
48Eritrea (2001)3.97
49Ethiopia (2006)3.95
50Central African Republic (2001)3.9
51Mozambique (2001)3.87
52Gabon (2004)3.56
53Somalia (2001)3.52
54Chad (2006)3.18
55Mali (2004)1.53
56Niger (2006)1.46
57Mauritania (2006)1.07
58Sudan (2001)0.5
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