Historical map of 1926 of the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and the Autostrada A9) opened on 21 September 1924 in Italy, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world.[ 1] [ 2] The evolution of motorways construction in European countries by total number of kilometers existing in that year. This is a list of the total number of Motorways by country in Europe . It includes motorways (controlled-access highways), classified as such by the Eurostat and includes countries that are not members of the European Union but geographically are situated in Europe.
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Countries by motorways built before 1952 Country 1924 1932 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1950 1952 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 - 16.8 Belgium 0 0 0 0 110 - - - - - - - - - 50 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 - - - - 0 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 - - - - Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 - - 300 300 300 300 300 300 Germany 0 18 108 1086 1010 3046 3301 3737 3827 3861 3896 - - 2128 - Italy 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 400 - - - - - - - - Poland 0 0 0 93 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 133 133 133 133 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 8
Countries by motorways built between 1955 and 1970 Country 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Austria 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 Belgium 80 100 150 - 200 - 300 - - 400 - - - - 570 Denmark 300 300 509 - - - - - - - - - - - France 0 14.2 70.4 106 - 168.5 - 218.3 - - 246.4 - - - Germany 2187 - - - 2551 - - - - 3204 - - - - 4110 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 - - - - Poland 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 Portugal 8 8 8 8 11.6 - 36.6 - - 44 - - - - 59.1 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 108.9 - - 108.9 - - - Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 - - - - - - - United Kingdom [ 3] 0 0 0 13 153 219 243 322 480 566 629 761 884 964 1057
Countries by motorways built between 1971 and 1985 Country 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Austria - 292 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Belgium - 848 - - 956 956 1130 1130 1137 1137 1152 - - 1395 - Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 - - 120 152 - - - - Croatia - 39.3 - - 39.3 39.3 39.3 39.3 246 246 246 246 - - - Czech Republic 21.3 29.1 48.6 48.6 64.7 81.7 135.4 166.5 194.4 257.7 257.7 270.6 281.1 305.3 314.8 Germany - - - - 5742 - 7292 - - - - - - - - Hungary 85 - 107 - 136 136 168 182 184 213 213 230 245 245 302 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 15 Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 23 23 23 42 Poland - 133 133 133 133 133 169 169 190 190 190 190 255 278 321 Portugal 59.1 Romania 0 0 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 Russia 108.9 180.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 Slovakia [ 4] 0 0 29.3 29.3 46.1 53.3 67.6 115.6 115.6 115.6 115.6 142.7 150.1 150.1 165.2 Slovenia 0 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Spain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sweden - - - - - - - 721 - - - - - - - Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - United Kingdom 1270 1669 1730 1869 1975 2155 2237 2394 2455 2556 2647 2692 2741 2786 2813
Countries by motorways built between 1986 and 2000 Country 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Austria - - - - 1145 - - - - - - - - - 1633 Belgium - - - 1613 1666 - - - - - - - - - 1702 Bulgaria - - - 273 - - - - - - - - - 324 Croatia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 411 Czech Republic [ 5] 317.4 317.4 326.4 335.4 355.7 365.1 368.7 391.5 392.3 416.7 425.6 488.2 500.9 500.9 500.9 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 - 154 - - - - - - - - 240 Denmark - - - - 601 - - - - - - - - - 953 Estonia - - - - 41 - - - - - - - 93 93 96 Finland 0 0 0 225 - - - - - - - - - 549 France - - - - 6824 8500 - - - - - - - - 9776 Germany - - 8198 8822 10854 - - - - - - 11143 - 11515 11712 Greece 0 0 0 0 190 - - - - - - - 346 416 553 Hungary 310 310 316 346 361 361 361 361 398 398 440 456 533 571 571 Ireland - - - - 26 - - - - - - - - - 103 Italy - - - - 6193 - - - - - - - - 6478 6478 Lithuania - - - - 421 - - - - - - - - - 147 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 78 - - - - - 114 115 126 146 147 Netherlands - - - - 2092 - - - - - - - - 2265 2274 North Macedonia 42 70 70 70 70 90 90 90 90 105 105 120 120 145 145 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 Poland 327 327 348 366 381 399 399 403 405 440 453 456 490 502 592 Portugal - - - - 316 - - - - - - - - - 1482 Romania 96 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 Russia 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 108.9 - Serbia 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 33 Slovakia [ 4] 173.1 173.1 191.9 191.9 195.4 197.4 197.4 197.4 197.4 197.4 216.1 219.2 288.6 290.6 290.6 Slovenia - - - - 228 - - - - - - - - - 427 Spain 0 0 0 0 4693 - - - - - - - - - 9049 Sweden - - - - 939 - - - - - - - - - 1499 Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1270 Turkey [ 6] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1674 United Kingdom [ 3] 2920 2975 2992 2995 3070 3102 3133 3211 3242 3269 3298 3378 3421 3449 3467
Countries by motorways built between 2001 and 2015 Motorway construction in European nations by 2012 Rank Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1 Spain 9,571 9,739 10,296 10,747 11,432 12,073 13,013 13,518 14,021 14,262 14,531 14,701 14,981 15,049 15,336 2 Germany 11,786 12,037 12,044 12,174 12,363 12,531 12,594 12,645 12,813 12,819 12,845 12,879 12,917 12,949 12,993 3 France 10,068 10,223 10,379 10,486 10,800 10,848 10,958 11,042 11,163 11,392 11,413 11,413 11,552 11,560 11,599 4 Italy 6,478 6,487 6,487 6,532 6,542 6,554 6,588 6,629 6,661 6,668 6,668 6,726 6,751 6,844 - 5 Poland 630 639 727 781 848 1,013 1,083 1,282 1,454 1,560 1,865 2,495 2,805 3,100 3,131 6 United Kingdom [ 7] 3,519 3,610 3,611 3,657 3,629 3,665 3,669 3,673 3,673 3,673 3,685.7 3,732.5 3,756 3,759.6 3,768.4 7 Turkey [ 6] 1,696 1,714 1,753 1,862 1,867 1,908 1,908 1,922 2,036 2,080 2,119 2,127 2,244 2,278 2,282 8 Portugal 1,659 1,835 - - - 2,545 2,613 2,673 2,705 2,737 2,737 2,988 3,035 3,065 3,080 9 Netherlands 2,499 2,516 2,542 2,585 2,600 2,604 2,582 2,637 2,631 2,631 2,631 2,658 2,666 2,678 2,730 10 Greece 670 845 849 866 1,062 1,233 1,364 1,569 1,744 1,744 1,744 1,744 1,879 2,250 - 11 Sweden 1,507 1,544 1,591 1,684 1,677 1,744 1,836 1,857 1,923 1,971 1,957 2,004 2,044 2,088 2,119 12 Belgium 1,727 1,729 1,729 1,747 1,747 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 - - 13 Austria 1,645 1,645 1,670 1,677 1,677 1,678 1,696 1,696 1,696 1,719 1,719 1,719 1,719 1,719 1,719 14 Hungary 571 638 667 717 803 967 1,037 1,113 1,118 1,290 1,321 1,321 1,361 1,382.1 1,447.3 15 Russia 132.9 - - - - - - - - - 1,000 1,060.5 1,060.5 1,060.5 - 16 Switzerland 1,305 1,341 1,341 1,341 1,358 1,361 1,383 1,383 1406 1,406 1,415 1,419 1,429 - - 17 Denmark 971 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,071 1,111 1,128 1,143 1,216 1,232 1,237 18 Croatia 429 613 754 925 1,016 1,081 1,156 1,199 1,244 1,244 1,254 1254 1,289 1,290 1,310 19 Czech Republic [ 5] 518.1 518.1 526.4 541.5 558.5 627.2 657 691 729 734 745 751 776 776 776 20 Belarus - - - - - - - - - - - 845 845 903 1021 21 Romania 113 113 113 228 228 228 281 281 321 332 350 550 644 683 733 22 Finland 591 603 653 653 693 700 700 739 765 779 790 780 810 881 881 23 Serbia 55.5 88.7 108.7 113.3 - 201.3 207.3 207.3 236.3 628 633 498 498 - - 24 Ireland 125 125 177 192 247 270 270 423 663 900 900 900 897 897 916 25 Bulgaria 328 328 328 331 331 394 418 418 418 437 458 541 605 610 - 26 Slovenia 435 456 477 483 569 579 579 696 747 768 768 769 769 770 773 27 Norway 143 173 - 193 264 271 239 253 344 381 393 393 407 514 - 28 Slovakia [ 4] 290.6 297.1 307.8 314.6 326.5 326.5 363.7 381.6 389.6 414.8 417.8 417.8 417.8 417.8 463 29 Lithuania 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 309 30 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 200 280 317 - 31 North Macedonia 145 208 208 208 216 216 221 237 242 251 251 251 251 251 251 32 Cyprus 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 11.5 11.5 11.5 20 27.6 27.6 37 42.7 69.2 80.6 81.8 126.1 129.6 34 Luxembourg 115 126 147 147 147 147 147 147 152 152 152 152 152 152 157 35 Estonia 93 96 98 99 100 104 115 124 - - - - - - - 36 Albania - - - - - - - - 25 86.5 86.5 86.5 86.5 86.5 152.5 37 Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 148 38 Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 76 80 39 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 69 69 75 75 90 40 Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 88 41 Iceland 11 11 11 11 11 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Note: Due to the new European standards in 2011 some European countries had their total number of motorways diminished. Examples being Iceland form 11 to 0, or Estonia 115 to 0, they became either expressways or national highways. ** Note: This table includes countries that are geographically situated in Asia but are integrated into the European Road System (example E80 in Turkey): Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia and Turkey .
Countries by motorways built between 2016 and 2025 Rank Country 2016 2017[ 8] 2018[ 8] 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 Spain - 15,523 15,585 17,228[ 9] 17,228 17,228 17,228 17,228 17,228 2 Germany - 13,009 13,141 13,141 13,141 13,183[ 10] 13,183 13,183 13,183 3 France - 11,618 11,671 11,671 11,671 11,671 11,671 11,671 11,671 4 Italy - 6,943 - 6,943 6,943 6,943 6,943 6,943 6,943 5 Poland 3,252 3,510 3,811 4,214 4,340 4,690 4,935 5,075 5,075 6 United Kingdom [ 11] 3,764 3,803 3,838 3,838 3,838 3,838 3,838 3,838 3,838 7 Turkey [ 6] - 2,657 2,842 3,060 3,523 3,532 3,633 3,633 3,633 8 Portugal - 3,065 3,065 3,065 3,065 3,065 3,065 3,065 3,065 9 Netherlands 2,758 2,758 2,756 2,756 2,756 2,756 2,756 2,756 2,756 10 Greece - 2,503 2,503 2,503 2,503 2,503 2,503 2,503 2,503 11 Sweden 2,118 2,132 2,132 2,132 2,132 2,132 2,132 2,132 2,132 12 Hungary 1,480.7 1,937 1,982 1,600 1,600 1,880 1,880 1,880 1,880 13 Belgium 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 1,763 14 Austria 1,719 1,743 1,743 1,743 1,743 1,743 1,743 1,743 1,743 15 Russia 1,442 1,442 1,442 1,442 1,638.4 1,638.4 1,638.4 1,638.4 1,638.4 16 Switzerland 1,458 1,458 1,462 1,462 1,462 1,462 1,462 1,462 1,462 17 Czech Republic [ 5] 1,223 1,240 1,252 1,306 1,306 1,355 1,355 1,355 1,355 18 Croatia 1,310 1,310 1,310 1,310 1,310 1,310 1,341 1,341 1,341 19 Denmark 1,255 1,308 1,329 1,329 1,329 1,329 1,329 1,329 1,329 20 Romania 733 763 823 850 910 940 995 1,091 1,121 21 Belarus 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 22 Serbia - - - - 924.6 933 961 996 996 23 Finland 890 893 926 926 926 926 926 926 926 24 Ireland 916 916 916 916 916 916 916 916 916 25 Bulgaria - 734 757 812 831 831 845.3[ 12] [circular reference ] 879.5 879.5 26 Slovakia [ 4] 463 482 482 498 498 498 854 854 854 27 Norway - 523 599 599 599 599 770 770 770 28 Slovenia - 618 623 623 623 623 625 639 639 29 Lithuania 314 324 324 324 324 324 431 431 431 30 North Macedonia - 259 287 317 317 317 335 335 335 31 Ukraine - - - - - 317 317 317 317 32 Cyprus 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 166.2 188.1 215 - 222 231 243 243 243 34 Kosovo 76 80 80 109 119 140 189 237 237 35 Albania 86.5 152.5 152.5 152.5 152.5 152.5 191 191 191 36 Luxembourg 152 157 - 165 165 165 165 165 165 37 Estonia 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 38 Azerbaijan - - 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 39 Georgia 75 75 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 40 Armenia 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 41 Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 41.5 41.5 41.5 42 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 43 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
See also
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