Most congested metro areas worldwide by time lost per year at rush hours 2023
The Manila and Bogota metropolitan areas tied as the most congested metro areas during rush hours in 2023. In Manila and Bogota, the average time lost to waiting in traffic in metropolitan areas was 117 hours at rush hours that year. Furthermore, the Lima and Bucharest metropolitan areas were the third and fourth most congested metro areas in the world in 2023, with 116 and 112 hours lost in rush hour traffic, respectively.
