According to the latest ranking on the quality of roads in Africa released by the globaleconomy.com sourced from the World Economic Forum, roads in Benin and Mali are of a higher quality than those in Ghana.

The report reveals that the best quality of roads are found in Namibia while the worst ones are found in Chad. Ghana’s score is 3.00 below the average of 3.43 out of a total score of 7.00.

According to theglobaleconomy.com, “road quality indicator is one of the components of the Global Competitiveness Index published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

It represents an assessment of the quality of roads in a given country based on data from the WEF( World Economic Forum) Executive Opinion Survey, a long-running and extensive survey tapping the opinions of over 14,000 business leaders in 144 countries.

The road quality indicator score is based on only one question. The respondents are asked to rate the roads in their country of operation on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards). The individual responses are aggregated to produce a country score,”

Review the ranking below:

Roads quality in Africa: The average for 2019 was 3.43 points.The highest value was in Namibia: 5.3 points and the lowest value was in Chad: 1.9 points. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Quality of roads, 1(low) – 7(high), 2019

(points, Source: World Economic Forum, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

Namibia

Egypt

Rwanda

Mauritius

Morocco

South Africa

Kenya

Senegal

Tanzania

Algeria

Cape Verde

Seychelles

Swaziland

Burundi

Botswana

Gambia

Guinea

Uganda

Ivory Coast

Tunisia

Zambia

Benin

Mali

Ethiopia

Ghana

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Lesotho

Gabon

Nigeria

Cameroon

Mozambique

Angola

DR Congo

Madagascar

Mauritania

Chad