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Reliability Intelligence

Roads intelligence

A state-level view of road-network scale, not a score of road quality.

The current roads layer uses a CivicNG-derived estimate of road length by state. It is useful for comparing network scale, but it does not tell us whether roads are paved, maintained, safe, congested, or usable.

37 state recordsDerived estimateNot an official road inventoryMethodology v1.0.0
Current use

Compare the estimated length of mapped road geometry across states, then open a state page for context.

Explore states

Coverage

State-level comparison is live

37

Returned state records currently power the roads comparison and state-detail pages.

Largest returned value

Abia

13,317.6 km

Largest derived road-length value in the current returned state series. This is not a quality ranking.

Evidence type

Derived, not official

The series is computed from road geometry and state boundaries. It should remain distinct from official government inventories.

State comparison

Estimated road length by state

The table is ordered by the latest derived value returned by Data Civic. Use it to compare network scale, not road condition.

Open state hub
RankStateEstimated road lengthOpen
#35Abia13,317.6 kmView state
#11Adamawa59,742.1 kmView state
#33Akwa Ibom17,184.9 kmView state
#32Anambra17,482.4 kmView state
#3Bauchi115,613.8 kmView state
#37Bayelsa5,832.5 kmView state
#10Benue64,396.2 kmView state
#2Borno118,606.4 kmView state
#34Cross River15,446.1 kmView state
#23Delta22,319.1 kmView state
#24Ebonyi20,945.8 kmView state
#21Edo31,233.8 kmView state
#36Ekiti9,097.6 kmView state
#28Enugu19,199.9 kmView state
#25Federal Capital Territory20,561.1 kmView state
#20Gombe31,421.6 kmView state
#27Imo19,316.7 kmView state
#8Jigawa70,190.3 kmView state
#7Kaduna77,264.4 kmView state
#5Kano81,677 kmView state
#6Katsina78,525 kmView state
#12Kebbi58,285.6 kmView state
#22Kogi30,684.5 kmView state
#17Kwara49,569.2 kmView state
#26Lagos19,326.8 kmView state
#19Nasarawa34,506.6 kmView state
#1Niger136,538.3 kmView state
#18Ogun42,229.9 kmView state
#30Ondo18,946.9 kmView state
#29Osun19,153.9 kmView state
#13Oyo57,608.9 kmView state
#16Plateau50,961.4 kmView state
#31Rivers18,736.3 kmView state
#14Sokoto52,576.9 kmView state
#9Taraba64,487 kmView state
#4Yobe85,315.9 kmView state
#15Zamfara51,536.8 kmView state

Next useful layer

Road condition and reliability

Road length alone is a weak proxy for lived infrastructure quality. A stronger roads product would add verified condition, maintenance, travel-time reliability, closures, or project-delivery data rather than treating kilometres as performance.

Scope and limitations
  • The road-length-by-state series is derived from road geometry and state boundaries.
  • It is not an official government road inventory.
  • Road length does not measure road quality, condition, maintenance, safety, congestion, or accessibility.
  • LGA-level claims are not supported by the current public layer.
  • Boundary-crossing geometry can introduce edge effects.
View road source datasets and readiness metadata

Dataset

World Bank Infrastructure Indicators — Nigeria

available

Infrastructure-relevant indicators for Nigeria including electricity access, mobile and fixed broadband subscriptions, and improved water and sanitation access.

Source
World Bank Open Data
Coverage
Nigeria (national)
Update cycle
Annual
Trust
institutional
Freshness
success · 15 May 2026

Limitations: Record-backed indicators are national World Bank series and should not be interpreted as state or LGA road coverage metrics.

Access to electricity (% of population)Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

Dataset

HOTOSM Nigeria Roads

available

Curated Nigeria roads export derived from OpenStreetMap, suitable for routing, accessibility analysis, and infrastructure mapping.

Source
HOTOSM Export Tool
Coverage
Nigeria (national, vector geometry)
Update cycle
On-demand exports
Trust
community
Freshness
No refresh recorded yet

Limitations: This source is currently exposed as metadata-only in Data Civic; verified road records are not yet ingested for public metrics.

Roads by class (LineString)Estimated road length by LGA

Dataset

OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extracts

available

Country-level OpenStreetMap PBF and Shapefile extracts covering Nigeria roads, buildings, points of interest, and administrative boundaries.

Source
OpenStreetMap
Coverage
Nigeria (national, vector geometry)
Update cycle
Daily Geofabrik extracts
Trust
community
Freshness
No refresh recorded yet

Limitations: Data Civic currently registers this source as metadata-only and does not expose verified road metrics from the raw extract.

Building footprintsRoadsPoints of interest

Dataset

CivicNG-Derived Estimated Road Length by State

available

State-level estimated road length for Nigeria computed by CivicNG from audited road geometries and state boundary datasets using a reproducible processing script.

Source
CivicNG Derived Metrics
Coverage
Nigeria (state level, including FCT)
Update cycle
On-demand reproducible run
Trust
open data
Freshness
success · 15 May 2026

Limitations: This is a CivicNG-derived metric, not an official Nigerian government statistic.

Road length (km) by state

Dataset

Watchtower Curated City and Infrastructure Baselines

available

Shared baseline snapshot for CivicNG Watchtower covering supported city bounds, named watch areas, curated major road corridors, flood-watch polygons, and reference infrastructure signals.

Source
data.civic.ng
Coverage
Selected Nigerian Watchtower launch cities (currently 10 cities)
Update cycle
On-demand curated updates with explicit reference timestamps
Trust
open data
Freshness
No refresh recorded yet

Limitations: City boundaries, roads, and flood-watch polygons are curated reference geometry and should not be treated as survey-grade or legally authoritative boundaries.

Supported Watchtower city areas and centroidsCurated major road corridorsCurated flood-watch polygons