d: 287 km

note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large
tracts of the interior (1995)

Australia:
total: 913,000 km

paved: 353,331 km (including 1,363 km of expressways)

unpaved: 559,669 km (1996)

Austria:
total: 133,361 km

paved: 133,361 km (including 1,613 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1998)

Azerbaijan:
total: 24,981 km

paved: 23,057 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and
include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are
surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them
trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 1,924 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and
are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998)

Bahamas, The:
total: 2,693 km

paved: 1,546 km

unpaved: 1,147 km (1997)

Bahrain:
total: 3,164 km

paved: 2,433 km

unpaved: 731 km

note: there is a paved causeway connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia
(1997)

Bangladesh:
total: 201,182 km

paved: 19,112 km

unpaved: 182,070 km (1997)

Barbados:
total: 1,600 km

paved: 1,578 km

unpaved: 22 km (1998)

Belarus:
total: 63,355 km

paved: 60,567 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and
include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are
surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them
trafficable in all weather)

unpaved: 2,788 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and
are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1998)

Belgium:
total: 145,774 km

paved: 116,182 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)

unpaved: 29,592 km (1999)

Belize:
total: 2,872 km

paved: 488 km

unpaved: 2,384 km (1998 est.)

Benin:
total: 6,787 km

paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)

unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.)

Bermuda:
total: 225 km

paved: 225 km

unpaved: 0 km

note: in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that
are privately owned (1997)

Bhutan:
total: 3,285 km

paved: 1,994 km

unpaved: 1,291 km (1996)

Bolivia:
total: 49,400 km

paved: 2,500 km (including 30 km of expressways)

unpaved: 46,900 km (1996)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
total: 21,846 km

paved: 14,020 km

unpaved: 7,826 km

note: road system is in need of maintenance and repair (2001)

Botswana:
total: 18,482 km

paved: