TomTom has released the 2018 Traffic Index report which reveals the most congested cities in the list of 403 cities of 56 countries on 6 continents around the globe.
Out of 403 cities around the world Mumbai, India is found to be the most congested city in the world (65%) which also has an improvement by 1% which was (66%) in 2017.
Bogota, the Capital of Colombia was ranked second in the list with a congestion level of 63%, Lima, the Capital of Peru was ranked third with 58%.
New Delhi, the capital of India was ranked at fourth place with 58% and Moscow, the capital of Russia was ranked at fifth place with 56%.
Greensboro-High Point, USA is found to be the least congested city in the world with 9% of congestion.
Top 25 Cities in the World
| Rank | City | Country | Congestion (%) | Diff. 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | India | 65% | 1% |
| 2 | Bogota | Colombia | 63% | -1% |
| 3 | Lima | Peru | 58% | -8% |
| 4 | New Delhi | India | 58% | 4% |
| 5 | Moscow | Russia | 56% | 1% |
| 6 | Istanbul | Turkey | 56% | 6% |
| 7 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 53% | 8% |
| 8 | Bangkok | Thailand | 53% | 2% |
| 9 | Mexico City | Mexico | 52% | 0% |
| 10 | Recife | Brazil | 49% | -2% |
| 11 | Bucharest | Romania | 48% | 1% |
| 12 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 47% | -2% |
| 13 | Kiev | Ukraine | 46% | -2% |
| 14 | Dublin | Ireland | 45% | -1% |
| 15 | Lodz | Poland | 44% | -2% |
| 16 | Novosibirsk | Russia | 44% | -4% |
| 17 | Cairo | Egypt | 44% | 2% |
| 18 | Chongqing | China | 44% | - |
| 19 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 42% | 2% |
| 20 | Zhuhai | China | 42% | - |
| 21 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | 42% | 0% |
| 22 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 42% | -2% |
| 23 | Guangzhou | China | 42% | - |
| 24 | Los Angeles | USA | 41% | 1% |
| 25 | Tokyo | Japan | 41% | - |
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Number of Cities added to the list (continent wise):
| Continent | No. of Cities |
| Africa | 9 |
| Asia | 45 |
| Australia & Oceania | 16 |
| Europe | 229 |
| North America | 93 |
| South America | 13 |
Notable Points from the report:
- Nine Cities has a congestion level of 50% or more.
- 23 out of 27 cities with more than 8 million populations are listed in the top 50 congested cities.
- 75% of the cities had increased congestion level compared to 2017.
The only real positive of the congestion is that its the indicator of strong economy. It does add a dangerous impact on the enviornment with addition to costing commuters considerable amounts of time.
