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Bulgaria has received a quality roads score of 2.5, which is equal to the one of Madagascar, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Kirghizstan and Bosnia and Herzegovina. File photo by BTA
Bulgaria has been ranked 129th by the quality of its roads by the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report.
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The unflattering ranking stems from a score of 2.5, equal to the one of Madagascar, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Kirghizstan and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Burkina Faso, Columbia, Venezuela and Nepal are ahead of Bulgaria with a score of 2.6.
Moldova is last with 1.5.
On the Balkans, Romania is behind Bulgaria with 1.9. Croatia (5.0 – 29th place), Albania (4.2, 59th place), Macedonia (3.0, 108th place), and Turkey (4.9, 43rd place) are all far ahead.
France, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Singapore have the highest 6.5 points. These countries are followed by Portugal, Oman, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, Finland and Germany, which made the top ten with scores above 6.
The US is 20th with a score of 5.7.
There is also a ranking for total infrastructure where Bulgaria is 115th with a score of 3.3 as are Gabon and Moldova. Uganda, Peru and Argentina have a score of 3.4, while Malawi, Nigeria, Vietnam, Bolivia and Serbia have 3.2.
Romania is 132nd with 2.8; Croatia is 38th with 5.2; while Macedonia is 91st with 3.7.
Switzerland leads the infrastructure ranking with 6.6, followed by Singapore, Finland and Hong Kong with 6.5, UAE with 6.4, Island and Austria with 6.3 and Germany and the Netherlands with 6.2.
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