Traffic Index Rates Lagos As City With Worst Road Traffic Globally (Top 20)

Traffic Index, in its recently released Global Traffic Congestion Rankings 2023 has identified Lagos State as the city with the worst road traffic in the world.

The ranking analyses traffic congestion across cities that have at least 500K inhabitants around the world.

The Traffic Index website is built on top of the traffic layer within Google Maps so as to monitor traffic as it happens around the world.

Riga, the capital and the largest city of Latvia came second while Tehran, the capital and largest city of Iran was ranked third on the list.

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Mexico City in Mexico, Mumbai in India and Krakow in Poland all came fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Istanbul (Turkey), Lima (Peru), Cairo (Egypt) and Bucuresti (Romania) make the top ten worst cities with crippling traffic congestion.

Traffic congestion can be caused by key factors such as accidents, traffic overload, construction and even pedestrians crossing the road incorrectly or holding up vehicles. In developing countries, traffic congestion becomes worse due to bad roads, and poor connectivity among other factors.

Here is a list of top 20 cities with the worst traffic in the world:

1. Lagos (Nigeria)
2. Riga (Latvia)
3. Tehran   (Iran)
4. Mexico City (Mexico)
5. Mumbai (India)
6. Krakow (Poland)
7. Istanbul (Turkey)
8. Lima (Peru)
9. Cairo (Egypt)
10. Bucuresti (Romania)
11. Warsaw (Poland)
12. Bogota (Colombia)
13. Sao Paulo (Brazil)
14. Lodz  (Poland)
15. Jakarta (Indonesia)
16. Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
17. London (United Kingdom)
18. New Delhi (India)
19. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
20. New York City (United States of America).