Road Network - IRF World Road Statistics 2024

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2017 - 2022, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Reference period start December 30, 1999
Reference period end December 29, 2022
Geographies
    Regions ['worldwide']
    Topics ['vehicles']
    Category Public Data
    Sources
    Sources 1
    Title
    IRF
    Link
    https://www.irfofficial.org
    Overview Text

    Contains data on the total length of the road network and disaggregated data on network length by road type:Motorways/HighwaysMain/National roadsSecondary/Regional roadsOther roads
    Language en
    Is archived
    Sectors Road
    Modes
    • All
    • Cycling
    • Two-/Three-wheelers
    • Cars
    • Private cars
    • Taxis
    • Truck
    • Bus
    Services
    • Passenger
    • Freight
    Update frequency Annually
    Indicators
    1. Paved Network Ratio
    2. Network Density by Land Area
    3. Total Road Network - All Road Types - Total
    4. Total Road Network - All Road Types - Paved
    5. Total Road Network - All Road Types - Unpaved
    6. Motorway or Highway Network
    7. Main or National Road Network - Total
    8. Main or National Road Network - Paved
    9. Main or National Road Network - Unpaved
    10. Secondary or Regional Road Network - Total
    11. Secondary or Regional Road Network - Paved
    12. Secondary or Regional Road Network - Unpaved
    13. Other Roads - Combined (Urban and Rural) - Total
    14. Other Roads - Combined (Urban and Rural) - Paved
    15. Other Roads - Combined (Urban and Rural) - Unpaved
    16. Other Roads - Urban - Total
    17. Other Roads - Urban - Paved
    18. Other Roads - Urban - Unpaved
    19. Other Roads - Rural - Total
    20. Other Roads - Rural - Paved
    21. Other Roads - Rural - Unpaved
    22. Motorway Highway Ratio
    Units
    1. km
    2. % paved of total roads
    3. km roads / km² land area
    Dimensioning By Road types
    Related datasets
      Contributors
        Data Provider IRF
        URL https://worldroadstatistics.org
        Data Access Recent 6 years of data (2017-2022 for the 2024 edition) are publicly available. WRS Millennium Data (2000-2022) is available for a fee.
        Comments
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