SL among nations with slowest roads in the world: IMF

Sri Lanka is among the nations in the world that has the slowest roads, which indicates the economy is facing obstacles in its development effort, an IMF analysis revealed.

Sri Lanka has a mean road speed of 50 Km/h, which is the same as Bolivia, and above only Bangladesh (41 Km/h) and Nicaragua (46 Km/h).

Falling in the slowest roads category is also India, which has a mean road speed of 58 Km/h, Afghanistan, 57 Km/h, Mongolia, 56 Km/h, and Indonesia, 55 Km/h.

The IMF analysis showed that the world’s fastest roads are found in richer economies including the United States, 107 Km/h Portugal, 106 Km/h, Saudi Arabia, 106 Km/h, and Canada, 106 Km/h.

The analysis is drawn from an IMF developed tool that measures road quality across 162 countries using Google Maps. The tool determines the mean, or average, the time it takes to drive between large cities that are at least 80 kilometers (50 miles)