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Figure A.26: Number of Vehicles per km of Road<br />

Vehicles (per km of road)<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Tonga<br />

Timor-Leste<br />

Vanuatu<br />

PNG<br />

Jamaica<br />

Kiribati<br />

Philippines<br />

St. Lucia<br />

Samoa<br />

Fiji<br />

New Zealand<br />

Source: WDI Indicators, Timor-Leste information from 2004 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Sector Investment Program Report, Kiribati vehicle<br />

statistics from Ministry of Works interview, Samoa statistics from <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Samoa Transport Sector Review Report 2003<br />

Note 1: Statistics are based on available data for the years 1996 – 2003 and some data may be outdated<br />

Note 2: PNG: Papua New Guinea<br />

Road Quality<br />

Road quality can be evaluated by reviewing the number of paved or all weather roads, the<br />

number of days per year of road closures on main routes and the need for repairs on major<br />

routes. We were able to obtain data on paved roads as a percentage of the total road<br />

network. This is shown in Figure A.27.<br />

Figure A.27: Paved Roads as a % of Total Roads<br />

Roads, paved (% of total roads)<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

Barbados<br />

Mauritius<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

PNG<br />

St. Lucia<br />

FSM<br />

Philippines<br />

Vanuatu<br />

Tonga<br />

Timor-Leste<br />

Fiji<br />

New Zealand<br />

Jamaica<br />

Samoa<br />

Mauritius<br />

Barbados<br />

Source: WDI Indicators, Timor-Leste information from 2004 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Sector Investment Program Report, Samoa statistics<br />

from <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Samoa Transport Sector Review Report 2003<br />

Notes: PNG: Papua New Guinea, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia<br />

Paved roads account for a far lower proportion of the total road network in the <strong>Pacific</strong> than<br />

in most comparator countries. Of the <strong>Pacific</strong> countries, Samoa, Fiji and Timor-Leste have<br />

the highest percentage of paved roads at over 40%, followed by Tonga, Vanuatu and the<br />

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