Road Traffic - IRF World Road Statistics 2024

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2017 - 2022, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Reference period start 30 December 1999
Reference period end 29 December 2022
Geographies
    Regions ['worldwide']
    Topics ['vehicles']
    Category Public Data
    Sources
    Sources 1
    Title
    IRF
    Link
    https://www.irfofficial.org
    Overview Text

    Contains road traffic data (vehicle-kilometre) by vehicle class (passenger car, bus/motor coach, etc.) and by road category (motorway/highway, national road, etc.)
    Language en
    Is archived
    Sectors Road
    Modes All
    Services
    • Passenger
    • Freight
    Update frequency Annually
    Indicators
    1. Motorway Traffic
    2. Highway, Main or National Road Traffic
    3. Passenger Car Traffic
    4. Bus and Motor Coach Traffic
    5. Van and Pickup Traffic
    6. Lorry and Road Tractor Traffic
    7. Total Van, Pickup, Lorry and Road Tractor Traffic
    8. Total four wheeled Traffic
    9. Motorcycle and Moped Traffic
    10. Motorway or Highway Traffic
    11. Main or National Road Traffic - Total
    12. Main or National Road Traffic on Paved Roads
    13. Main or National Road Traffic on Unpaved Roads
    14. Secondary or Regional Road Traffic - Total
    15. Secondary or Regional Road Traffic on Paved Roads
    16. Secondary or Regional Road Traffic on Unpaved Roads
    17. Other Road Traffic - Combined (Urban and Rural) - Total
    18. Other Road Traffic - Combined (Urban and Rural) - Paved
    19. Other Road Traffic - Combined (Urban and Rural) - Unpaved
    20. Other Road Traffic - Urban - Total
    21. Other Road Traffic - Urban - Paved
    22. Other Road Traffic - Urban - Unpaved
    23. Other Road Traffic - Rural - Total
    24. Other Road Traffic - Rural - Paved
    25. Other Road Traffic - Rural - Unpaved
    Units
    1. Mio Vehicle-Km Annual
    Dimensioning By vehicle types; by road types
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      Contributors
        Data Provider IRF
        URL https://worldroadstatistics.org
        Data Access Recent 6 years of data (2017-2022 for the 2024 edition) are publicly available. WRS Millennium Data (2000-2022) is available for a fee.
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