A global traffic index, "Tom Tom", revealed that 10 km in Kuwait takes 12 and a half minutes, while the average speed during rush hour is 44 km/h and the average driver spends 106 hours in rush hour every year.

Kuwait City ranked 273 globally, 30 among Asian countries, and 8 among Gulf countries in the traffic index, which measures average congestion on the world's roads, making it one of the least crowded cities worldwide, reports Al-Rai.

The annual “Tom Tom” index stated that the Maps and Technology Service Department of the index issued the “Annual Global Traffic Index”, which showed that driving a car in most cities in the world is a very expensive process.

The index found that London was still the worst city to travel within by car, taking an average of 36 minutes to cover a distance of 10 kilometres, nearly two minutes more than the previous year. The Indian city of Bengaluru ranked second with a time of 29 minutes to cover the same distance.

New York City appeared for the first time on the index list as the first American city in it, as it ranked 19th with an average time of 24.5 minutes to travel a distance of 10 km, while cities such as Washington, San Francisco, Boston and Chicago came in close ranks.

The city of Orlando came in second with a time of 10 minutes and 20 seconds to cover the same distance, while Oklahoma recorded the shortest time of 8.4 minutes.