Road Network 2022

2.1 Length of total road network by category(*) by country, end of 2019 (km)

	Motorways	Main or national roads	Secondary or regional roads	Other roads**	Total



BE	1 763	13 229	1 349	138 869	155 210
BG	790	2 900	4 019	12 170	19 879
CZ	1 276	5 826	48 666	74 919	130 687
DK	1 346	2 603	70 900		74 849
DE	13 183	37 842	178 751	—	229 776
EE	161	3 850	12 595	42 461	59 067
IE	995	4 314	13 120	80 548	98 977
EL	2 098	9 299	30 864	75 600	117 861
ES	15 585	14 870	135 171	501 053	666 679
FR	11 671	9 522	378 693	704 201	1 104 087
HR	1 310	7 049	9 523	8 831	26 713
IT	6 966	23 335	135 691	69 098	235 090
CY	257	5 461	2 394	4 950	13 062
LV	—	1 673	5 448	62 022	69 143
LT	403	6 679	14 559	50 870	72 511
LU	165	839	1 891	19	2 914
HU	1 723	30 128		188 551	220 402
MT	—	520		2 120	2 640
NL	2 790	2 668	7 813	127 173	140 444
AT	1 743	10 858	23 653	91 238	127 492
PL	1 676	17 775	153 675	251 789	424 915
PT	3 065	6 457	4 791	—	14 313
RO	866	17 007	35 083	33 435	86 391
SI	623	5 917	32 087	—	38 627
SK	495	3 594	13 972	39 671	57 732
FI	926	12 538	13 469	50 992	77 925
SE	2 133	13 556	140 803	42 805	199 297
UK	3 857	49 749	33 235	336 525	423 367
ME	—	8 172			8 172
MK	335	—	3 790	9 788	13 913
RS	645	3 864	9 651	30 402	44 562
TR	3 060	31 006	34 165	182 500	250 731
IS	41	4 370	3 380	5 158	12 949
NO	1 008	10 753	44 696	39 715	96 172
CH	1 462	397	17 772	51 927	71 558

Source: Eurostat [road_if_roadsc], International Road Federation (www.irfnet.ch) (BE, EL, LU, MT, IS), national statistics

Notes:
*BE end of 2015; EL: 2018; IT end of 2018; LU: 2018 (other roads); for MT end of 2017; UK 1st of April 2019;
**: the definition of road types varies from country to country, the data are therefore not fully comparable. MT, CY: data for 2016
“Other roads” sometimes includes roads without a hard surface.

2.2 Length of total road network by country, 2019 (km)

Source: EC, IRF
Notes: “Other roads” sometimes includes roads without a hard surface.

BE end of 2015
IT end of 2015
UK 1st of April 2019
MT end of 2017

2.3 Density of the total road network in EU countries, 2019 (km road/ km² land area)

Source: EC
Notes: *: the definition of road types varies from country to country, the data are therefore not comparable.
“Other roads” sometimes includes roads without a hard surface.

BE end of 2015
IT end of 2015
UK 1st of April 2019
MT end of 2017

2.4 Length of motorway network in EU countries, 2019 (km)

Notes:

LV, MT, ME : no data available
BE end of 2015
EL end of 2018
IT end of 2018
UK 1st April 2019
MT end of 2017

2.5 Proportion of motorways compared to the total road network in EU countries, 2019 (%)

Source: EC
Notes:
BE end of 2015
EL end of 2018
IT end of 2018
UK 1st April 2019
MT end of 2017
LV, MT, ME : no data available

2.6 Density of motorways in EU countries, 2019 (km motorway per 100 km² land area)

Source: Eurostat, EC

BE end of 2015
EL end of 2018
IT end of 2018
UK 1st April 2019
MT end of 2017
LV, MT, ME : no data available

2.7 Passenger cars per km of motorway in EU countries, 2019

Source: Eurostat [road_eqs_carage, tran_r_vehst], national statistics (IE, FI, UK, ME, AL, RS, IS)

Notes:
Stock at end of year, except for BE: 1 August (1 July in 2012), CH: 30 September, LI: 1 July.
Taxis are usually included.
FR: Data revision since 2012, due to new methodology developed in 2020; data until 2012 included private cars < 15 years old;

2.8 Transport network Comparison between EU 27, USA, Japan, Russia and China, 2019 (thousand km)

	EU 27	USA (1)	Japan (2)	China(4)	Russia(3)
Road network (paved)	4.409,8	4.676	1.008	4.699	1.189
Motorway network	74,0	92,5	9,4	149,6	57,0
Railway network	200,2	198,4	19,1	140,0	85,5
Electrified rail lines	112,1	–	11,8	75,9	44,0

Source: Chapter 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7, International Transport Forum (fatalities data for JP, RU all data) , Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (JP, CN), national statistics (CN, JP, US)

Notes:
(1): Divided highways with 4 or more lanes (rural or urban interstate, freeways, expressways, arterial and collector) with full access control by the authorities. For the railways data:a sum of partly overlapping networks.
(2): Japan: national expressways.2018 data.
(3): RU: roads of federal importance
(4): China: both oil and gas pipelines

2.9 Density of motorways Comparison between EU 27, USA, Japan, Russia and China, 2019 (km motorway per km² land area)

Source: EC

2.10 Passenger cars per km of motorway. Comparison between EU 27, USA, Japan, Russia and China, 2019

Source: Eurostat, International Road Federation, International Transport Forum, Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer, national statistics

2.11 Cars/1000 person in EU 27, USA, Japan, Russia and China, 2019