Australia - Roads
Roads, goods transported (million ton-km)
The value for Roads, goods transported (million ton-km) in Australia was 189,847 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 189,847 in 2008 and a minimum value of 152,777 in 2003.
Definition: Goods transported by road are the volume of goods transported by road vehicles, measured in millions of metric tons times kilometers traveled.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 152,777 |
| 2004 | 162,300 |
| 2005 | 168,630 |
| 2006 | 173,000 |
| 2007 | 182,734 |
| 2008 | 189,847 |
Roads, paved (% of total roads)
Roads, paved (% of total roads) in Australia was 43.45 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 43.45 in 2009, while its lowest value was 35.00 in 1990.
Definition: Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 35.00 |
| 1991 | 35.70 |
| 1992 | 36.40 |
| 1993 | 37.10 |
| 1994 | 37.90 |
| 1995 | 38.60 |
| 1996 | 38.70 |
| 1998 | 38.70 |
| 2004 | 41.57 |
| 2007 | 42.55 |
| 2008 | 42.70 |
| 2009 | 43.45 |
Roads, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
The value for Roads, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Australia was 301,524 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 302,369 in 2008 and a minimum value of 288,158 in 2004.
Definition: Passengers carried by road are the number of passengers transported by road times kilometers traveled.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 288,158 |
| 2005 | 290,280 |
| 2006 | 298,890 |
| 2007 | 302,123 |
| 2008 | 302,369 |
| 2009 | 301,524 |
Roads, total network (km)
The value for Roads, total network (km) in Australia was 817,089 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 913,000 in 1998 and a minimum value of 810,028 in 2007.
Definition: Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 810,264 |
| 1991 | 828,000 |
| 1992 | 844,000 |
| 1993 | 860,000 |
| 1994 | 878,000 |
| 1995 | 896,000 |
| 1996 | 913,000 |
| 1998 | 913,000 |
| 1999 | 811,601 |
| 2000 | 811,601 |
| 2003 | 812,972 |
| 2004 | 810,641 |
| 2007 | 810,028 |
| 2008 | 811,390 |
| 2009 | 817,089 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Transportation
