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Evolution of motorway construction in Asia

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This is a list of the motorways construction in Asian countries by total number of kilometers existing in that year; a list of the total number of motorways by country in Asia. It includes motorways (controlled-access highways), classified as being dual carriage ways, separated, have no stop lights or level crossings, turning left is forbidden on the motorway network where the driving is on the right and vice versa, have at least two lanes on each direction and a hard shoulder or an emergency lane on the exterior of the motorway, also has exits and overpasses for drivers who want to exit the motorway or want to turn left; and includes countries that are geographically situated in Asia or islands and dependent territories that are in the proximity of the Asian continent.

List of the Asian countries by the total number of kilometers of motorway built in that year during the 20th century.[edit]

Rank Country (or dependent territory) 1963 1966 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
1  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 220 - - - - - - - - - 10,000 -
2  Japan 193.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 517
3  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 708
4  Malaysia 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - - - - - 708

This is a list of Asian countries and dependent territories sorted by motorways' total length in kilometers, built in the 21st century.

Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015[1]
1  China 84,946 - 97355 - 104,000
2  Japan 7,600 7,803 8,730 11,739
3  South Korea 3,779 - - - 4,044 4,111
4  Saudi Arabia 3,891
5  Pakistan 2225 3504
6  United Arab Emirates 253 1392 2403
7  Malaysia 1821
8  Taiwan 988 1,335 1,348
9  India 1000 1208 1324
10  Syria 1103
11  Iraq 1200 1216
12  Indonesia 760
13  Iran 751 -
14  Vietnam 100 693
15  Myanmar 632
16  North Korea 543
17  Kazakhstan 200 270 420 490
18  Israel 449
19  Philippines 430.5
20  Kuwait 420
21  Qatar 356
22  Oman 313
23  Thailand 236
24  Sri Lanka 180
25  Singapore 161
26  Uzbekistan 89
27  Yemen 78.5
28  Bahrain 29 29 29
29  Turkmenistan 21.5
30  Bhutan 6
31  Afghanistan 0
32  Bangladesh 0
33  Brunei 0
34  Cambodia 0
35  Jordan 0
36  Kyrgyzstan 0 0
37  Laos 0 0
38  Lebanon 0 0
39  Maldives 0 0
40  Mongolia 0 0
41    Nepal 0 0
42  Tajikistan 0 0
43  Timor-Leste 0 0
Total                            

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. The data is given, from the latest official data. Some are from previous years, since no other data is available.

[1] 2013,length-of-expressways-world-countries

[2] 2015, CIA, the-world-factbook


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