Evolution of motorway construction in African countries
Appearance
The first table includes countries that pioneered the construction of motorways in the 20th century
Rank | Country (or dependent territory) | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 |
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33.50 | 33.50 | 33.50 | 33.50 | 33.50 | 33.50 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 104 | 214 | 214 | 214 | 358 | 424[1] |
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31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 108 | 216 | 216 | 216 | 216 | 216 | 216 | 216 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
Some of the portions of the Trans-African Highways are already at motorway standard.
This is a list of African countries and dependent territories sorted by motorways' total length, which is sorted by kilometers built in the 21st century.
Rank | Country (or dependent territory) | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008[2] | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1600 | - | - | - | - | 1927 | 2160 | 2160[3] |
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481 | 496 | 496 | 539 | 604 | 632 | 632 | 794 | 876 | 1080 | 1420 | 1420 | 1515 | 1626 | 1783[4] |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1489 |
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76 | 106 | 135 | 255 | 645 | 925 | 965 | 1097 | 1110 | 1155 | 1185 | 1216 | 1300 | 1390 | 1394 |
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220 | 293 | 328 | 355 | 605 | 635 | 816 | 816 | 821 | 838 | 901 | 901 | 931 | 988 | 1111 |
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216 | 262 | 267 | 267 | 323 | 333 | 333 | 357 | 357 | 363 | 363 | 363 | 363 | 363 | 363 |
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55 | ||||||||||||||
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29 | ||||||||||||||
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27 | ||||||||||||||
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Rabat - Casablanca (1987), Rabat - Larrach (1996), Rabat - Fez (1998)
- ^ The data is given, from the latest official data. Some are from previous years, since no other data is available.
- ^ Statistics 2015 : 2 160 km of dual carriagways in South Africa
- ^ (in French) [1]
- ^ (in French)Côte d’Ivoire : une autoroute neuve de 230 km
- ^ Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.