Japan: overall road length

As of March 31, 2020, 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 or thousand kilometers since 2012.

Total length of roads in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 kilometers)

Characteristic	Road length in thousand kilometers
2020	1,282
2019	1,281
2018	1,280
2017	1,280
2016	1,278
2015	1,277
2014	1,275
2013	1,273
2012	1,274
2011	1,242

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February 2022

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Japan

Survey time period

2011 to 2020*; as of March 31

Supplementary notes

*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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