The Namibian Roads Authority (RA) announced that, according to Statista, Namibia has the highest road quality infrastructure in Africa. The country reached an index rating of 5.57 on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest) in terms of road condition and extensiveness. Egypt and Benin followed with a score of 5.53 and five, respectively. South Africa has the continent's 10th highest road quality infrastructure with a score of 3.97.
Namibia boasts an extensive road network, spanning over 48,875 km (2017). 6,664 km are standard bitumen roads, 412 km are low-volume bitumen roads, and the rest are gravel. Major highways include the A1 freeway between Windhoek and Okahandja (74 km) and the B1 highway (1,522 km), which runs from the northern border with Angola at Oshikango to the southern border with South Africa at Noordoewer.
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