Philippine Traffic Ranks 9th Worst Worldwide

According to the survey by Numbeo with the title “Traffic Index by Country 2020 Mid-Year”, the Philippines was ranked 9th among 84 countries with the worst traffic situation in the world.

Furthermore, the Traffic Index of the Philippines is 198.33.

And, Traffic Index was defined by Numbeo as  “a composite index of time consumed in traffic due to job commute, estimation of time consumption dissatisfaction, CO₂ consumption estimation in traffic and overall inefficiencies in the traffic system.”

The Time Index or an average one-way time needed to transport in minutes in the Philippines is 44.60 minutes according to the report.

Top 20 Countries with Worst Traffic in the World

Here are the following top 20 countries in the world with the worst traffic situation according to Numbeo’s report:

1. Nigeria
2. Kenya
3. Sri Lanka
4. Bangladesh
5. Egypt
6. Iran
7. Peru
8. India
9. Philippines
10. Colombia
11. Turkey
12. Indonesia
13. Jordan
14. South Africa
15. Lebanon
16. Russia
17. Brazil
18. Mexico
19. Argentina
20. Thailand

The time index for the top five countries are the following:

1. Nigeria:  62.14 minutes
2. Kenya:  56.96 minutes
3. Sri Lanka: 56.95 minutes
4. Bangladesh: 59.01 minutes
5. Egypt: 49.34 minutes

Top 15 Asian Countries with Worst Traffic

For entire Asia, the fifth-ranked was given to the Philippines. Here are the top 15 countries with the worst traffic situation according to Numbeo’s Asia: Traffic Index by Country 2020 Mid-Year:

1. Sri Lanka
2. Bangladesh
3. Iran
4. India
5. Philippines
6. Turkey
7. Indonesia
8. Jordan
9. Lebanon
10. Thailand
11. United Arab Emirates
12. Malaysia
13. Azerbaijan
14. China
15. Pakistan

South-Eastern Asia: Traffic Index by Country 2020 Mid-Year

The Philippines topped the list with the worst traffic situation among six Southeast Asian countries:

1. Philippines
2. Indonesia
3. Thailand
4. Malaysia
5. Singapore
6. Vietnam

Furthermore, “Numbeo is the world’s largest cost of the living database. Numbeo is also a crowd-sourced global database of quality of life information including housing indicators, perceived crime rates, and quality of healthcare, among many other statistics.”

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Source: Numbeo