As of March 31, 2019, like the year before, the overall length of roads in Japan amounted to approximately 1.28 million kilometers. Nonetheless, each year the road network grew by several hundred to thousand kilometers since 2011.
Total length of roads in Japan from 2010 to 2019
(in 1,000 kilometers)
*Data prior to 2019 is as of April 1 of each year stated.
Figures refer to the total length of roads designated or approved by the Road Act.
Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, figures for 2011 and 2012 partly include data for city, town and village roads as of April 1, 2012 and before.
Data prior to 2019 come from previous reports.
The source does not provide an exact publication date. The date mentioned here is the day of data access.
Values have been rounded.
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MLIT (Japan). (April 20, 2021). Total length of roads in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/862519/japan-road-length/
MLIT (Japan). "Total length of roads in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 kilometers)." Chart. April 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/862519/japan-road-length/
MLIT (Japan). (2021). Total length of roads in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/862519/japan-road-length/
MLIT (Japan). "Total Length of Roads in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/862519/japan-road-length/
MLIT (Japan), Total length of roads in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/862519/japan-road-length/ (last visited January 27, 2022)
