Evolution of motorway construction in African countries

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
1  Egypt 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220
2  Morocco 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]
3  Tunisia 31 31 31 31 31 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 108 216 216 216 216 216 216 216
3  Algeria 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
1  South Africa - - - - - - - 1600 - - - - 1927 2160 2160[3]
2  Morocco 481 496 496 539 604 632 632 794 876 1080 1420 1420 1515 1626 1783[4]
3  Nigeria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1489
4  Algeria 76 106 135 255 645 925 965 1097 1110 1155 1185 1216 1300 1390 1394
5  Egypt 220 293 328 355 605 635 816 816 821 838 901 901 931 988 1111
6  Tunisia 216 262 267 267 323 333 333 357 357 363 363 363 363 363 363
7  Ivory Coast 230 230 230[5]
8  Equatorial Guinea 178
9  Réunion (France) 115
10  Ethiopia 107
11  Mauritius 70 70 75 100
12  Angola 57
13  Eswatini 55
14  Zimbabwe 29
15  Namibia 27
16  Senegal 25.5
17  Libya 24
18  Gabon 20
19  Mauritania 18.5
20  Benin 16
21  Ghana 13
22  Burundi 0
23  Burkina Faso 0
24  Botswana 0
25  Central African Republic 0
26  Chad 0
27  Cameroon 0
28  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0
29  Comoros 0
30  Republic of the Congo 0
31  Cape Verde 0
32  Djibouti 0
33  Eritrea 0
34  Gambia 0
35  Guinea 0
36  Guinea-Bissau 0
37  Kenya 0
38  Lesotho 0
39  Liberia 0
40  Madagascar 0
41  Malawi 0
42  Mali 0
43  Mayotte (France) 0
44  Mozambique 0
45  Niger 0
46  Rwanda 0
47  Western Sahara[6] 0
48  Sierra Leone 0
49  Somalia 0
50  South Sudan 0
51  Sudan 0
52  São Tomé and Príncipe 0
53  Seychelles 0
54  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 0
55  Tanzania 0
56  Togo 0
57  Uganda 0
58  Zambia 0
Total                            

Notes

  1. ^ Rabat - Casablanca (1987), Rabat - Larrach (1996), Rabat - Fez (1998)
  2. ^ The data is given, from the latest official data. Some are from previous years, since no other data is available.
  3. ^ Statistics 2015 : 2 160 km of dual carriagways in South Africa
  4. ^ (in French) [1]
  5. ^ (in French)Côte d’Ivoire : une autoroute neuve de 230 km
  6. ^ Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.

See also

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