Lagos State has ranked number one city with the worst road traffic in the Global Traffic Congestion Rankings 2023.
The Global Traffic Congestion Rankings, which is carried out by Traffic Index, analyses traffic congestion across cities having at least 500K inhabitants around the world.
Riga, the capital and largest city of Latvia, came second on the list, followed by Tehran, the capital and largest city of Iran. Mexico City in Mexico, Mumbai in India, and Krakow in Poland were ranked fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively.
In Africa, Cairo, Egypt, ranked 9th, followed by Casablanca, Morocco’s economic and business centre, which ranked 48th, as the only African cities to feature on the list.
In developing countries, traffic congestion is prevalent due to poor road conditions and lack of connectivity, among other factors.
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