195 Countries · Verified August 2026
Driving Laws by Country
Driving side, drink-driving limits, national speed limits and permit rules for every country on earth — in one table.
54
Drive on the Left
of 195 countries
31
Zero-Tolerance BAC
0.00 general limit
140
Highest Posted Limit
km/h (PL, BG, KZ, UAE)
∞
Germany's Autobahn
no general limit (130 advisory)
The Full Table
All 195 Countries
BAC in g/dL (0.00 = zero tolerance, — = no verified national limit). Speeds in each country's posted unit. Click a country for the full page.
| Country | Side | BAC | Urban | Rural | Motorway | IDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | required |
| Albania | right | 0.01 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Algeria | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Andorra | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Angola | right | 0.06 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Antigua and Barbuda | left | — | 25 mph | 40 mph | — | recommended |
| Argentina | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 110 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Armenia | right | 0.02 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Australia | left | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Austria | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Azerbaijan | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Bahamas | left | 0.08 | 25 mph | 45 mph | — | recommended |
| Bahrain | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Bangladesh | left | 0.00 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 80 km/h | required |
| Barbados | left | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | recommended |
| Belarus | right | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Belgium | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Belize | right | 0.08 | 25 mph | 55 mph | — | recommended |
| Benin | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | required |
| Bhutan | left | — | 30 km/h | 50 km/h | — | required |
| Bolivia | right | 0.05 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Botswana | left | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 120 km/h | — | recommended |
| Brazil | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Brunei | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Bulgaria | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 140 km/h | recommended |
| Burkina Faso | right | — | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | required |
| Burundi | right | — | — | — | — | required |
| Cambodia | right | 0.05 | 40 km/h | 90 km/h | — | required |
| Cameroon | right | — | 60 km/h | 110 km/h | — | required |
| Canada | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Cape Verde | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Central African Republic | right | 0.08 | — | — | — | required |
| Chad | right | — | — | — | — | required |
| Chile | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| China | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Colombia | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Comoros | right | 0.00 | — | — | — | required |
| Congo | right | 0.05 | — | — | — | required |
| DR Congo | right | — | — | — | — | required |
| Costa Rica | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Ivory Coast | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Croatia | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Cuba | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Cyprus | left | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Czech Republic | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Denmark | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Djibouti | right | — | — | — | — | required |
| Dominica | left | — | 20 mph | — | — | recommended |
| Dominican Republic | right | 0.05 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Ecuador | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Egypt | right | 0.05 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| El Salvador | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Equatorial Guinea | right | 0.05 | — | — | — | required |
| Eritrea | right | 0.05 | — | — | — | required |
| Estonia | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Eswatini | left | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Ethiopia | right | 0.08 | — | — | 120 km/h | required |
| Fiji | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Finland | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| France | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Gabon | right | — | — | — | — | required |
| Gambia | right | — | — | — | — | required |
| Georgia | right | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Germany | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | — | recommended |
| Ghana | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Greece | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | required |
| Grenada | left | 0.08 | 20 mph | 40 mph | — | required |
| Guatemala | right | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Guinea | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Guinea-Bissau | right | — | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Guyana | left | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Haiti | right | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| Honduras | right | 0.07 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Hungary | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Iceland | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| India | left | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Indonesia | left | — | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Iran | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | — | 120 km/h | required |
| Iraq | right | 0.04 | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Ireland | left | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Israel | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Italy | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | required |
| Jamaica | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Japan | left | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Jordan | right | 0.05 | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Kazakhstan | right | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 140 km/h | recommended |
| Kenya | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Kiribati | left | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 60 km/h | — | recommended |
| Kuwait | right | 0.00 | 45 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Kyrgyzstan | right | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Laos | right | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | — | required |
| Latvia | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Lebanon | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 70 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Lesotho | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Liberia | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Libya | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | — | — | required |
| Liechtenstein | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Lithuania | right | 0.04 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Luxembourg | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Madagascar | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Malawi | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Malaysia | left | 0.05 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Maldives | left | 0.00 | 30 km/h | — | — | required |
| Mali | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Malta | left | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Marshall Islands | right | 0.08 | 25 mph | 40 mph | — | recommended |
| Mauritania | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Mauritius | left | 0.05 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Mexico | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Micronesia | right | 0.05 | 25 mph | — | — | recommended |
| Moldova | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Monaco | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | — | — | recommended |
| Mongolia | right | 0.05 | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | — | required |
| Montenegro | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Morocco | right | 0.02 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Mozambique | left | 0.06 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Myanmar | right | 0.08 | 48 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Namibia | left | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 120 km/h | — | recommended |
| Nauru | left | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| Nepal | left | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | required |
| Netherlands | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| New Zealand | left | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Nicaragua | right | 0.05 | 45 km/h | — | — | recommended |
| Niger | right | — | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Nigeria | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| North Korea | right | 0.05 | — | — | — | required |
| North Macedonia | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Norway | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Oman | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Pakistan | left | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Palau | right | 0.10 | 25 mph | 25 mph | — | recommended |
| Palestine | right | — | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Panama | right | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Papua New Guinea | left | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Paraguay | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 110 km/h | — | recommended |
| Peru | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Philippines | right | 0.05 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Poland | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 140 km/h | recommended |
| Portugal | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Qatar | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Romania | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Russia | right | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Rwanda | right | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | left | 0.08 | — | — | — | recommended |
| Saint Lucia | left | 0.08 | 15 mph | 30 mph | — | recommended |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | left | 0.08 | — | — | — | recommended |
| Samoa | left | 0.04 | 40 km/h | 56 km/h | — | recommended |
| San Marino | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 70 km/h | — | recommended |
| Sao Tome and Principe | right | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| Saudi Arabia | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Senegal | right | — | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Serbia | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Seychelles | left | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 65 km/h | — | recommended |
| Sierra Leone | right | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| Singapore | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 90 km/h | required |
| Slovakia | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Slovenia | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| Solomon Islands | left | 0.08 | — | — | — | recommended |
| Somalia | right | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| South Africa | left | 0.05 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| South Korea | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| South Sudan | right | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| Spain | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Sri Lanka | left | 0.06 | 50 km/h | 70 km/h | 100 km/h | required |
| Sudan | right | 0.00 | — | — | — | recommended |
| Suriname | left | 0.05 | 40 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Sweden | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 70 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Switzerland | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Syria | right | — | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Taiwan | right | 0.03 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 110 km/h | required |
| Tajikistan | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Tanzania | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | — | recommended |
| Thailand | left | 0.05 | 80 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Timor-Leste | left | 0.05 | — | — | — | recommended |
| Togo | right | — | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Tonga | left | 0.08 | 40 km/h | 70 km/h | — | recommended |
| Trinidad and Tobago | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Tunisia | right | 0.00 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Turkey | right | 0.05 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Turkmenistan | right | 0.03 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | — | recommended |
| Tuvalu | left | 0.08 | 40 km/h | — | — | recommended |
| Uganda | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | 100 km/h | recommended |
| Ukraine | right | 0.02 | 50 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h | recommended |
| United Arab Emirates | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | recommended |
| United Kingdom | left | 0.08 | 30 mph | 60 mph | 70 mph | recommended |
| United States | right | 0.08 | 25 mph | 55 mph | 70 mph | recommended |
| Uruguay | right | 0.00 | 45 km/h | 90 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Uzbekistan | right | 0.00 | 70 km/h | 100 km/h | 110 km/h | recommended |
| Vanuatu | right | — | — | — | — | recommended |
| Venezuela | right | 0.08 | 50 km/h | — | 120 km/h | recommended |
| Vietnam | right | 0.00 | 60 km/h | 90 km/h | 120 km/h | required |
| Yemen | right | 0.00 | — | — | — | recommended |
| Zambia | left | 0.08 | 50 km/h | 100 km/h | — | recommended |
| Zimbabwe | left | 0.08 | 60 km/h | 120 km/h | — | recommended |
Compiled from WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety country profiles and official national sources, verified August 2026. Laws change — confirm officially before travel. Posted signs always override defaults.
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Questions
Driving Laws — FAQ
How many countries drive on the left?
54 of the 195 countries in this table drive on the left-hand side — mostly former British territories: the UK, India, Japan, Australia, South Africa and much of the Caribbean, East Africa and South Asia.
Which countries have zero-tolerance drink-driving laws?
31 countries set the general limit at 0.00 g/dL, including Afghanistan, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil and more — see the table. Several others ban alcohol entirely.
Which country has the highest speed limit?
Poland, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan post 140 km/h on selected motorways, while Germany famously has no general motorway limit at all (130 km/h advisory). The UAE also signs 140 on some highways.
Are these laws guaranteed accurate?
The table was compiled and verified in August 2026 from WHO road-safety country profiles and official national sources. Laws change — always confirm with an official source before travelling. Posted signs always override national defaults.