Evolution of motorway construction in European nations

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, classified as such by the Eurostat and includes countries that are not members of the European Union but geographically are situated in Europe.

Countries by motorways built before 1952

Country	1924	1932	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1950	1952
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.8	16.8	16.8	16.8	16.8	-	16.8
	0	0	0	0	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	-	-	-	-	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	-	-	-	-	-
	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	-	-	300	300	300	300	300	300
	0	18	108	1086	1010	3046	3301	3737	3827	3861	3896	-	-	2128	-
	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	400	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	0	0	0	93	131	131	131	131	131	131	131	133	133	133	133
	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
	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
	80	100	150	-	200	-	300	-	-	400	-	-	-	-	570
	300	300	509	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	0	14.2	70.4	106	-	168.5	-	218.3	-	-	246.4	-	-	-
	2187	-	-	-	2551	-	-	-	-	3204	-	-	-	-	4110
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	-	-	-	-
	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133
	8	8	8	8	11.6	-	36.6	-	-	44	-	-	-	-	59.1
	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	108.9	-	-	108.9	-	-	-
	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	0	0	0	13	153	219	243	322	480	566	629	761	884	964	1057

Countries by motorways built between 1986 and 2000

Country	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	-	-	-	-	1145	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1633
	-	-	-	1613	1666	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1702
	-	-		-	273	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	324
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	411
	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
	0	0	0	0	-	154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	240
	-	-	-	-	601	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	953
	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	93	96
	0	0	0		225	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	549
	-	-	-	-	6824	8500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9776
	-	-	8198	8822	10854	-	-	-	-	-	-	11143	-	11515	11712
	0	0	0	0	190	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	346	416	553
	310	310	316	346	361	361	361	361	398	398	440	456	533	571	571
	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	103
	-	-	-	-	6193	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6478	6478
	-	-	-	-	421	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147
	0	0	0	0	78	-	-	-	-	-	114	115	126	146	147
	-	-	-	-	2092	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2265	2274
	42	70	70	70	70	90	90	90	90	105	105	120	120	145	145
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143
	327	327	348	366	381	399	399	403	405	440	453	456	490	502	592
	-	-	-	-	316	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1482
	96	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113
	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	-
	355	355	355	355		355	355	355	355	355	355	355	355	355	33
	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
	-	-	-	-	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	427
	0	0	0	0	4693	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9049
	-	-	-	-	939	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1270
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1674
	2920	2975	2992	2995	3070	3102	3133	3211	3242	3269	3298	3378	3421	3449	3467

Countries by motorways built between 2001 and 2015

Rank

Country

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

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

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

10,068

10,223

10,379

10,486

10,800

10,848

10,958

11,042

11,163

11,392

11,413

11,552

11,560

11,599

6,478

6,487

6,532

6,542

6,554

6,588

6,629

6,661

6,668

6,726

6,751

6,844

3,519

3,610

3,611

3,657

3,629

3,665

3,669

3,673

3,685.7

3,732.5

3,756

3,759.6

3,768.4

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

1,696

1,714

1,753

1,862

1,867

1,908

1,922

2,036

2,080

2,119

2,127

2,244

2,278

2,282

1,659

1,835

2,545

2,613

2,673

2,705

2,737

2,988

3,035

3,065

3,080

2,499

2,516

2,542

2,585

2,600

2,604

2,582

2,637

2,631

2,658

2,666

2,678

2,730

670

845

849

866

1,062

1,233

1,364

1,569

1,744

1,879

2,250

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

1,727

1,729

1,747

1,763

1,645

1,670

1,677

1,678

1,696

1,719

571

638

667

717

803

967

1,037

1,113

1,118

1,290

1,321

1,361

1,382.1

1,447.3

132.9

1,000

1,060.5

1,305

1,341

1,358

1,361

1,383

1406

1,406

1,415

1,419

1,429

971

1,010

1,071

1,111

1,128

1,143

1,216

1,232

1,237

429

613

754

925

1,016

1,081

1,156

1,199

1,244

1,254

1254

1,289

1,290

1,310

518.1

526.4

541.5

558.5

627.2

657

691

729

734

745

751

776

845

903

1021

113

228

281

321

332

350

550

644

683

733

591

603

653

693

700

739

765

779

790

780

810

881

55.5

88.7

108.7

113.3

201.3

207.3

236.3

628

633

498

125

177

192

247

270

423

663

900

897

916

328

331

394

418

437

458

541

605

610

435

456

477

483

569

579

696

747

768

769

770

773

143

173

193

264

271

239

253

344

381

393

407

514

290.6

297.1

307.8

314.6

326.5

363.7

381.6

389.6

414.8

417.8

463

309

200

280

317

145

208

216

221

237

242

251

257

11.5

27.6

42.7

69.2

80.6

81.8

126.1

129.6

115

126

147

152

157

100

104

115

124

86.5

152.5

148

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Countries by motorways built between 2016 and 2026

Rank	Country	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1		-	15,523	15,585	17,228	17,228	17,228	17,228	17,228	17,228	17,228	17,228
2		-	13,009	13,141	13,141	13,141	13,183	13,183	13,183	13,183	13,183	13,183
3		-	11,618	11,671	11,671	11,671	11,671	11,671	11,671	11,671	11,671	11,671
4		-	6,943	-	6,943	6,943	6,943	6,943	6,943	6,943	6,943	6,943
5		3,252	3,510	3,811	4,214	4,340	4,690	4,935	5,075	5,206	5,465	5,465
6		3,764	3,803	3,838	3,838	3,838	3,838	3,838	3,838	3,838	3,838	3,838
7		-	2,657	2,842	3,060	3,523	3,532	3,633	3,726	3,796	3,796	3,796
8		-	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065	3,065
9		2,758	2,758	2,756	2,756	2,756	2,756	2,756	2,756	2,756	2,756	2,756
10		-	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503	2,503
11		2,118	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132	2,132
12		1,432	1,442	1,479	1,593	1,745	1,845	1,875	1,875	1,897	1,938	1,938
13		1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763	1,763
14		1,719	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743	1,743
15		1,255	1,308	1,329	1,329	1,329	1,329	1,329	1,609	1,660	1,660	1,660
16		1,442	1,442	1,442	1,442	1,638	1,638	1,638	1,638	1,638	1,638	1,638
17		1,223	1,240	1,252	1,306	1,306	1,349	1,349	1,349	1,487	1,556	1,556
18		1,458	1,458	1,462	1,462	1,462	1,462	1,462	1,462	1,549	1,549	1,549
19		733	763	823	850	910	940	995	1,074	1,276	1,418	1,418
20		1,310	1,310	1,310	1,310	1,310	1,310	1,341	1,341	1,341	1,341	1,341
21		1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021	1,021
22		-	-	-	-	924	933	961	996	996	1,048	1,048
23		890	893	926	926	926	926	926	926	926	926	926
24		916	916	916	916	916	916	916	916	995	995	995
25		-	734	757	812	831	831	845	879	879	906	906
26		463	482	482	498	498	498	854	854	854	854	854
27		-	523	599	599	599	599	770	770	770	770	770
28		-	618	623	623	623	623	625	639	639	639	639
29		314	324	324	324	324	324	431	431	431	431	431
30		-	259	287	317	317	317	335	335	335	335	335
31		-	-	-	-	-	317	317	317	317	317	317
32		257	257	257	257	257	257	257	257	257	257	257
33		166	188	215	-	222	231	243	243	254	263	263
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