Which Side of the Road Countries Drive On
62 left · 153 right
62 countries and territories drive on the left — mostly the UK, former British territories and Japan — and 153 drive on the right.
Drive on the left (62)
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bangladesh
Bahamas
Bermuda
Barbados
Brunei
Bhutan
Botswana
Cayman Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji
United Kingdom
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Isle of Man
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kiribati
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Sri Lanka
Lesotho
Macao
Maldives
Malta
Mozambique
Mauritius
Malawi
Malaysia
Namibia
Nepal
Nauru
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Suriname
Eswatini
Seychelles
Turks and Caicos Islands
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Tanzania
Uganda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
British Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands
Samoa
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Drive on the right (153)
Aruba
Afghanistan
Angola
Albania
Andorra
United Arab Emirates
Armenia
American Samoa
Austria
Azerbaijan
Burundi
Belgium
Benin
Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
Bahrain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Central African Republic
Canada
Switzerland
Chile
China
Ivory Coast
Cameroon
DR Congo
Republic of the Congo
Colombia
Comoros
Cape Verde
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao
Czech Republic
Germany
Djibouti
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Algeria
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Spain
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Faroe Islands
Micronesia
Gabon
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Guinea
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Guam
Honduras
Croatia
Haiti
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Cambodia
South Korea
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Saint-Martin
Morocco
Monaco
Moldova
Madagascar
Mexico
Marshall Islands
North Macedonia
Mali
Myanmar
Montenegro
Mongolia
Northern Mariana Islands
Mauritania
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Nicaragua
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Palau
Poland
Puerto Rico
North Korea
Portugal
Paraguay
Palestine
French Polynesia
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Senegal
Sierra Leone
El Salvador
San Marino
Somalia
Serbia
South Sudan
São Tomé and Príncipe
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Sint Maarten
Syria
Chad
Togo
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
Uruguay
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Vanuatu
Kosovo
Yemen
Frequently asked questions
How many countries drive on the left?
62 of the 215 countries and territories in this list, including the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and South Africa.
Do more countries drive on the right or the left?
On the right: 153 countries, against 62 on the left.
Source: Wikidata (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-22. Plug descriptions and compatibility are our own summary of the IEC plug types. Hotels and new buildings may have other sockets — carry a universal adapter if unsure.