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: 1,646 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and
are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996)

Laos:
total: 14,000 km

paved: 3,360 km

unpaved: 10,640 km (1991)

Latvia:
total: 59,178 km

paved: 22,843 km

unpaved: 36,335 km (1998 est.)

Lebanon:
total: 7,300 km

paved: 6,350 km

unpaved: 950 km (1999 est.)

Lesotho:
total: 4,955 km

paved: 887 km

unpaved: 4,068 km (1996)

Liberia:
total: 10,600 km

paved: 657 km

unpaved: 9,943 km

note: (there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy
rains and lack of maintenance) (1996 est.)

Libya:
total: 24,484 km

paved: 6,800 km

unpaved: 17,684 km (1996)

Liechtenstein:
total: 250 km

paved: 250 km

unpaved: 0 km

Lithuania:
total: 44,000 km

paved: 35,500 km

unpaved: 8,500 km (2000)

Luxembourg:
total: 5,166 km

paved: 5,166 km (including 118 km of expressways)

unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Macau:
total: 50 km

paved: 50 km

unpaved: 0 km (2001)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
total: 8,684 km

paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)

unpaved: 3,144 km (1997)

Madagascar:
total: 49,837 km

paved: 5,781 km

unpaved: 44,056 km (1996)

Malawi:
total: 16,451 km

paved: 3,126 km

unpaved: 13,325 km (1997)

Malaysia:
total: 64,672 km

paved: 48,707 km (including 1,192 km of expressways)

unpaved: 15,965 km

note: in addition to these national and main regional roads,
Malaysia has thousands of kilometers of local roads that are
maintained by local jurisdictions (1999)

Maldives:
total: NA km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km; note - Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the
city (1988 est.)

Mali:
total: 15,100 km

paved: 1,827 km

unpaved: 13,273 km (1996)

Malta:
total: 1,742 km

paved: 1,677 km

unpaved: 65 km (1997)

Man, Isle of:
total: 800 km

paved: 800 km

unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Marshall Islands:
total: NA km

paved: NA km

unpaved: NA km

note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise
stone-, coral-, or laterite-su