In 2021, China's highway network density had reached approximately 55.01 kilometers per 100 square kilometers, an increase of 0.86 kilometers per 100 square kilometers from the previous year. Road density is the ratio of the length of the country's total road network to the national land area.
Road density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in kilometers of road per 100 square kilometers of land area)
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Ministry of Transport of China. (May 25, 2022). Road density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in kilometers of road per 100 square kilometers of land area) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258345/road-density-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Road density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in kilometers of road per 100 square kilometers of land area)." Chart. May 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258345/road-density-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China. (2022). Road density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in kilometers of road per 100 square kilometers of land area). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258345/road-density-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Road Density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in Kilometers of Road per 100 Square Kilometers of Land Area)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258345/road-density-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China, Road density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in kilometers of road per 100 square kilometers of land area) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258345/road-density-in-china/ (last visited December 02, 2023)
Road density in China from 2008 to 2021 (in kilometers of road per 100 square kilometers of land area) [Graph], Ministry of Transport of China, May 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/258345/road-density-in-china/