Of the 195 countries currently recognised by the United Nations, 141 use RHT and 54 use LHT on roads in general.

A country and its territories and dependencies are counted as one. Whichever directionality is listed first is the type that is used in general in the traffic category.

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Country		Road traffic	Date of switch	Notes, exceptions
Afghanistan		RHT		Kabul adopted RHT 1955.^{[citation needed]}
Albania		RHT^[104]
Algeria		RHT^[105]		Part of France until 1962.
Andorra		RHT^[106]		Landlocked between France and Spain.
Angola		RHT^[107]	1928	Portuguese colony until 1975.
Antigua and Barbuda		LHT^[108]		These Caribbean islands were a British colony until 1958.
Argentina		RHT	10 June 1945	The anniversary on 10 June is still observed each year as Día de la Seguridad Vial (road safety day).^[109]
Armenia		RHT^[110]
Australia		LHT		British colonies before 1901. Includes Australian external territories.
Austria		RHT	1921–38	Originally LHT, like most of Austria-Hungary, but switched sides after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.
Azerbaijan		RHT
Bahamas		LHT^[27]		British colony before 1973. Caribbean island. Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to them being imported from the United States.^[20]
Bahrain		RHT	November 1967	Former British protectorate. Switched to the same side as its neighbours.^[111] An island nation, linked by road to the Arabian mainland since 1986.
Bangladesh		LHT		Part of Pakistan before 1971, which was part of British India before 1947.
Barbados		LHT		This Atlantic island state was a British colony before 1966.
Belarus		RHT^[112]
Belgium		RHT	1899^[113]
Belize		RHT	1961^[1]	British colony before 1981. Switched to same side as neighbours.
Benin		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1960.
Bhutan		LHT		Under British protection before 1949.
Bolivia		RHT
Bosnia and Herzegovina		RHT	1918	Switched sides after the collapse of Austria-Hungary.
Botswana		LHT		British colony before 1966.
Brazil		RHT	1928	Portuguese colony before 1822.
Brunei		LHT		British protection until 1984.
Bulgaria		RHT
Burkina Faso		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1958.
Burundi		RHT		Belgian colony before 1962. Considering switching to LHT.^[76]
Cambodia		RHT		French protectorate before 1953.
Cameroon		RHT	1961
Canada	Alberta	RHT
	British Columbia		1920–1922	Interior changed 15 July 1920, Vancouver and the coastal area 1 January 1922
	Manitoba
	New Brunswick		1 December 1922
	Newfoundland and Labrador		2 January 1947	Was a British Dominion until 1949.
	Northwest Territories
	Nova Scotia		15 April 1923
	Nunavut
	Ontario
	Prince Edward Island		1 May 1924
	Quebec
	Saskatchewan
	Yukon
Cape Verde		RHT	1928	Portuguese colony before 1975.
Central African Republic		RHT		French colonies before 1960.
Chad		RHT		French colonies before 1960.
Chile		RHT	1920s
China	Mainland	RHT	1946	Parts of China were LHT in the 1930s.
	Hong Kong	LHT		Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1997, when the dependent territory was transferred to China.
	Macau	LHT		Macau was under Portuguese rule until 1999, when the dependent territory was transferred to China.
Colombia		RHT
Comoros		RHT		French colony before 1975.
Congo		RHT		French colony before 1960.
DR Congo		RHT		Belgian colony before 1960. RHD vehicles are common, especially in the southeast.
Costa Rica		RHT^[114]
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1960.
Croatia		RHT	1926	Was then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Cuba		RHT
Cyprus		LHT		Under UK administration before 1960. Island nation. De facto divided between the Republic of Cyprus, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the UN buffer zone and the British base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. All are LHT.
Czech Republic		RHT	1939	Switched during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.
Denmark		RHT		Includes the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Djibouti		RHT		French colony before 1977.
Dominica		LHT		British colony before 1978. Caribbean island.
Dominican Republic		RHT
East Timor		LHT	19 July 1976	Portuguese colony until 1975. Switched to RHT with Portugal in 1928; under the Indonesian annexation, it was switched back to LHT in 1976. Its LHT status remains to this day.
Ecuador		RHT
Egypt		RHT
El Salvador		RHT
Equatorial Guinea		RHT		Spanish colony before 1968.
Eritrea		RHT	8 June 1964	Italian colony before 1942.
Estonia		RHT
Eswatini		LHT		British protectorate until 1968. Continues to drive on the same side as neighbouring countries.
Ethiopia		RHT	8 June 1964
Fiji		LHT		The island nation was a British colony before 1970.
Finland		RHT	8 June 1858
France		RHT	1792	Includes French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, French Guiana, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, the Collectivity of Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, and Mayotte.
Gabon		RHT		French colony before 1960.
Gambia		RHT	1 October 1965	British colony until 1965. Switched to RHT on 1 October 1965 being surrounded by the former French colony of Senegal.^[115]
Georgia		RHT		About 40% of vehicles in Georgia are RHD due to the low cost of used cars imported from Japan.^{[citation needed]}
Germany		RHT^[116]
Ghana		RHT	4 August 1974	British colony until 1957. Ghana switched to RHT in 1974,^[117]^[118] a Twi language slogan was "Nifa, Nifa Enan" or "Right, Right, Fourth".^[119] Ghana has also banned RHD vehicles – it prohibited new registrations of RHD vehicles after 1 August 1974, three days before the traffic change.
Greece		RHT	1926	Originally LHT (albeit unofficially) since independence. The establishment of the traffic code switched traffic officially to RHT traffic in 1926.
Grenada		LHT		British colony before 1974. Caribbean island.
Guatemala		RHT
Guinea		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1958.
Guinea-Bissau		RHT	1928	Portuguese colony until 1974. Drives on the same side as its neighbours.
Guyana		LHT		British colony until 1966. One of the only two countries in continental America which are in LHT, the other being Suriname.
Haiti		RHT		French colony until 1804.
Honduras		RHT
Hungary		RHT	1941	Originally LHT, like most of Austria-Hungary, but switched sides during World War II.
Iceland		RHT	26 May 1968	This Atlantic island nation changed to RHT on H-dagurinn. Most passenger cars were already LHD.
India		LHT		Part of British India before 1947.
Indonesia		LHT^[120]		Roads and railways were built by the Dutch, with LHT for roads to conform to British and Japanese standards and RHT for railways to conform with Dutch standards. Urban railways also use RHT. Did not change sides, unlike the Netherlands, in 1906.
Iran		RHT
Iraq		RHT
Ireland		LHT		What is now the Republic of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom before 1922. The Republic covers most of the island of Ireland; the rest of Ireland is part of Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom, which is also LHT.
Israel		RHT
Italy		RHT	1924–26
Jamaica		LHT		British colony before 1962. Caribbean island. Most passenger vehicles are RHD, tractor-trailers and other heavy-duty trucks are mostly LHD due to being imported from the United States.^[121]^[122]
Japan		LHT^[123]		LHT was enacted in law in 1924. One of the few non-British-colony countries to use LHT. Okinawa Prefecture was RHT from 24 June 1945 to 30 July 1978 because of American rule.
Jordan		RHT
Kazakhstan		RHT
Kenya		LHT^[124]		Part of the British East Africa Protectorate before 1963.
Kiribati		LHT		This Pacific island nation was a British colony before 1979.
Kosovo		RHT
Kuwait		RHT		British Protectorate until 1961.
Kyrgyzstan		RHT		In 2012, over 20,000 cheap used RHD cars were imported from Japan.^[125]
Laos		RHT		French protectorate until 1953. The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge is LHT in connection to Thailand.
Latvia		RHT
Lebanon		RHT		French Mandate of Lebanon before 1946.
Lesotho		LHT		British protectorate from 1885 to 1966. Enclave of LHT South Africa.
Liberia		RHT		Was under American control.
Libya		RHT		Italian colony from 1911 to 1947.
Liechtenstein		RHT		Landlocked between Switzerland and Austria.
Lithuania		RHT
Luxembourg		RHT
Madagascar		RHT		This island nation was a French colony until 1958.
Malawi		LHT		British colony before 1964.
Malaysia		LHT		British colony before 1957.
Maldives		LHT		This island nation was a British colony before 1965.
Mali		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1960.
Malta		LHT		British colony before 1964. Island nation.
Marshall Islands		RHT		Was under American control.
Mauritania		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1960. Mining roads between Fderîck and Zouérat are LHT.^[126]
Mauritius		LHT		This island nation was a British colony before 1968.
Mexico		RHT
Micronesia		RHT		Was under American control.
Moldova		RHT
Monaco		RHT		Was under French control.
Mongolia		RHT
Montenegro		RHT
Morocco		RHT		Under French and Spanish protection until 1956.
Mozambique		LHT		Portuguese colony until 1975. Drives on the same side as its neighbours.
Myanmar		RHT	6 December 1970^[127]	British colony until 1948. Switched to RHT under the orders of Ne Win. Theories emerge on the reasoning behind this switch; one claimed that he met an astrologer that recommended him to switch the country's traffic to the right in order to make the nation prosper, while another claimed that international visits caused him to notice that most countries are RHT and so decided to convert the country's handedness of traffic in order to connect Myanmar's roads with other countries' roads in the future.
Namibia		LHT	1920	When South Africa occupied German South West Africa in World War I, it switched to LHT. South West Africa was administered by South Africa 1920–1990.
Nauru		LHT	1918	This island nation was administered by Australia until 1968.
Nepal		LHT		Shares open land border with LHT India.
Netherlands		RHT	1 January 1906^[128]	Includes Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.
New Zealand		LHT^[129]		These Pacific islands, including territories Niue and Cook Islands, were former British colonies.
Nicaragua		RHT
Niger		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1958.
Nigeria		RHT	2 April 1972	British colony until 1960. Under the military government, it switched to RHT due to being surrounded by RHT former French colonies.
North Korea		RHT	1946	Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. Switched to RHT after the Surrender of Japan.
North Macedonia		RHT
Norway		RHT
Oman		RHT^[130]
Pakistan		LHT		Part of British India before 1947.
Palau		RHT		Most passenger vehicles are RHD due to them being imported from Australia and Japan.^{[citation needed]} Palau was under American control.
Palestine		RHT
Panama		RHT	1943
Papua New Guinea		LHT		After Australia occupied German New Guinea during World War I, it switched to LHT.
Paraguay		RHT	1945
Peru		RHT
Philippines		RHT	1946	Was LHT during the Spanish and American colonial periods. Switched to RHT after the Battle of Manila in 1945.^[38] RHD vehicles such as imported buses were still used up until the late 1980s.^[131] Philippine National Railways switched to RHT in 2010. Nowadays RHD vehicles are illegal to register and operate for ordinary use under Republic Act 8506 of 1998 however RHD vintage vehicles made before 1960 in "showroom" condition or off-road specialized vehicles are allowed to be used only for motorsports events.^[39]
Poland		RHT		South-eastern Poland (former Austrian Partition) was LHT until the 1920s.^[55]
Portugal		RHT^[120]	1928	Colonies Goa, Macau and Mozambique, which had land borders with LHT countries, did not switch and continue to drive on the left.^[132] The Porto Metro uses RHT.
Qatar		RHT		Former British protectorate. Switched to same side as neighbours.
Romania		RHT	1919	Regions of Romania (Transylvania, Bukovina, parts of the Banat, Crișana and Maramureș) that were part of Austria-Hungary were LHT until 1919.
Russia		RHT		In the Russian Far East, RHD vehicles are common due to the import of used cars from nearby Japan.^[133] The railway between Moscow and Ryazan, the Sormovskaya line in Nizhny Novgorod Metro and the Moskva River cable car use LHT.
Rwanda		RHT^[76]		Belgian colony before 1962. Considering switching to LHT.^[76]
Saint Kitts and Nevis		LHT		This Caribbean island nation was a British colony before 1983.
Saint Lucia		LHT		This Caribbean island nation was a British colony before 1979.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		LHT
Samoa		LHT	7 September 2009	Despite New Zealand occupying German Samoa during the first World War, the country did not switch to LHT until 2009; this was for economic reasons, to allow cheaper importation of cars from Australia, New Zealand and Japan.^[134]
San Marino		RHT		Enclaved state surrounded by Italy.
São Tomé and Príncipe		RHT	1928	Portuguese colony until 1975.
Saudi Arabia		RHT	1942
Senegal		RHT		Part of French West Africa before 1960.
Serbia		RHT	1926	(As part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). Vojvodina was LHT while part of Austria-Hungary.
Seychelles		LHT		This island nation was a British colony until 1976.
Sierra Leone		RHT	1 March 1971^[135]	British colony until 1961. Switched to RHT being surrounded by neighbouring former French colonies. Furthermore, it banned the importation of RHD vehicles in 2013.^[136]
Singapore		LHT		This island nation was a British colony until 1963. It was also part of Malaysia until 1965.
Slovakia		RHT	1939–41	Switched during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.
Slovenia		RHT	1926	(As part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.) Officially LHT from 1915 as part of Austria-Hungary.
Solomon Islands		LHT		This island nation was a British protectorate before 1975.
Somalia		RHT		The former British Somaliland had LHT until it formed a union with the former Italian Somaliland which had RHT.
South Africa		LHT^[137]^[138]		British colony before 1910.
South Korea		RHT	1946	Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. Switched to RHT after the Surrender of Japan.
South Sudan		RHT	1973	Part of Sudan until 2011.
Spain		RHT	1924	Up to the 1920s Barcelona was RHT, and Madrid was LHT until 1924. The Madrid Metro still uses LHT.
Sri Lanka		LHT		British Ceylon from 1815 to 1948.
Sudan		RHT	1973	Formerly Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, it switched sides 17 years later to match neighbours.
Suriname		LHT	1920s	Dutch colony until 1975. One of the only two countries in continental America which are in LHT, the other being Guyana. Did not switch sides, unlike the Netherlands itself.
Sweden		RHT	3 September 1967	The day of the switch was known as Dagen H. Most passenger vehicles were already LHD.
Switzerland		RHT
Syria		RHT		Was under French control.
Taiwan		RHT	1946	Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. The Republic of China (1912–1949) changed Taiwan to RHT in 1946 along with the rest of China.^[139]
Tajikistan		RHT
Tanzania		LHT		Was British colony until 1961.
Thailand		LHT^[120]		One of the few non-British-colony LHT countries. Shares a long land border with RHT Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
Togo		RHT		Part of French West Africa until 1960.
Tonga		LHT		British protectorate before 1970. Polynesian island nation.
Trinidad and Tobago		LHT^[140]		British colony before 1962. Caribbean island.
Tunisia		RHT		RHT was enforced in the French protectorate of Tunisia from 1881 to 1956.
Turkey		RHT		Except Metrobus, which is usually LHT.
Turkmenistan		RHT
Tuvalu		LHT		Formerly a British colony. Became independent in 1978.
Uganda		LHT		Part of British Uganda Protectorate from 1894 until 1962.
Ukraine		RHT	1922^[55]	Western parts of the country had LHT under Austro-Hungarian Empire
United Arab Emirates		RHT	1 September 1966^[141]	Former British protectorate.
United Kingdom and overseas territories	Mainland United Kingdom	LHT		An island nation with a land border with the Republic of Ireland, which is also LHT. Also LHT are the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Ascension Island, Bermuda, Montserrat, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha.
	British Indian Ocean Territory	RHT		The largest island, Diego Garcia, was leased to the United States Navy as a military base; the United States is RHT.
	British Virgin Islands	LHT		Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to imports from the United States, which is RHT.^[23]
	Cayman Islands	LHT		Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to imports from the United States, which has RHT.^[21]
	Falkland Islands	LHT		Briefly switched to RHT during the Falklands War.
	Gibraltar	RHT	1929	Gibraltar is RHT because of its land border with Spain.^[142]
	Guernsey	LHT		Was RHT from 1940 to 1945 due to the German occupation.^[143]
	Isle of Man	LHT
	Jersey	LHT		Was RHT from 1940 to 1945 due to the German occupation.^[143]
	Pitcairn Islands	LHT		There is no official vehicle registration system.
	Turks and Caicos Islands	LHT		Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to imports from the United States, which has RHT.^[22]
United States	Contiguous U.S.	RHT
	Alaska	RHT
	Hawaii	RHT
	Puerto Rico	RHT
	U.S. Virgin Islands	LHT		U.S. Virgin Islands, like much of the Caribbean, is LHT and is the only American jurisdiction that still has LHT, because the islands drove on the left when the US purchased the former Danish West Indies in the 1917 Treaty of the Danish West Indies. Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to them being imported from the American mainland.^[23]
	Guam	RHT
	Northern Mariana Islands	RHT
	American Samoa	RHT
Uruguay		RHT	9 September 1945	Became LHT in 1918, but as in some other countries in South America, changed to RHT in 1945.^[144] A speed limit of 30 km/h (19 mph) was observed until 30 September for safety.
Uzbekistan		RHT
Vanuatu		RHT^[145]		Co-administered under France and the United Kingdom until 1980.
Vatican City		RHT		Enclave of Rome.
Venezuela		RHT
Vietnam		RHT		French colony until 1954. The Long Bien Bridge uses LHT.
Western Sahara		RHT		Spanish colony until 1976.
Yemen		RHT	1977^[1]	South Yemen, formerly the British colony of Aden, changed to RHT in 1977, having become one of a few communist countries to use LHT. A series of postage stamps commemorating the event was issued.^[146] At that time, North Yemen was already RHT.
Zambia		LHT		British colony before 1964.
Zimbabwe		LHT		British colony before 1965 (de facto) or 1980 (de jure).

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Legality of wrong-hand-drive vehicles by country

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Legality of wrong-hand-drive vehicles
Country	Usage	Registration (diplomatic vehicles)	Registration (normal vehicles)	Ref
Afghanistan	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[147]
Angola	Yes	Yes	Yes
Argentina	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[148]
Armenia	No	No	No
Australia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bahamas	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[20]
Bahrain	Yes	Unknown	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes	Yes	Yes
Belarus	Yes	No	No	^[149]^[150]
Belgium	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bolivia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Brazil	No	No	No	^[151]^[152]
British Virgin Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[23]
Brunei	Yes	Yes	No	^[153]
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burundi	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cambodia	Yes	Unknown	No
Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[154]
Cayman Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[21]
Chile	Yes	Unknown	No	^[155]
China	Yes	Yes	No	^[156]
Cyprus	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Dominican Republic	Yes	Yes	Yes
DR Congo	Yes	Yes	Yes
El Salvador	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Finland	Yes	Yes	Yes
France	Yes	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[157]
Germany	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[158]
Ghana	Unknown	Unknown	No
Gibraltar	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greece	Yes	No	No
Guernsey	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Guyana	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Honduras	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hong Kong	Yes	Yes	No	^[159]
Hungary	Yes	Yes	Yes
India	Yes	Yes	No
Indonesia	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[160]^[161]
Iran	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Ireland	Yes	Yes	Yes
Israel	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Italy	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Japan	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jersey	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[125]
Laos	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Lithuania	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[162]
Macau	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malaysia	Yes	Yes	No
Malta	Yes	Yes	Yes
Micronesia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mongolia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Myanmar	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Nepal	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Netherlands	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nigeria	Yes	Yes	No
North Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes
Northern Cyprus	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Norway	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pakistan	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Palau	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paraguay	Yes	Yes	Yes
Peru	Yes	Yes	Yes
Philippines	No	No	No	^[39]
Poland	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[162]
Romania	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[163]
Russia	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[133]
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Saudi Arabia	No	No	No
Sierra Leone	No	No	No	^[136]
Singapore	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[164]
Slovakia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Somalia	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Somaliland	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Africa	Yes	Yes	No
South Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Sudan	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Spain	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Suriname	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Taiwan	Yes	Yes	No	^[165]
Tanzania	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Thailand	Yes	Yes	No
Turkey	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Turks and Caicos Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[22]
Uganda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	Yes	Yes	No
United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Yes
United States	Yes	Yes	Yes
U.S. Virgin Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[23]
Vietnam	Yes	Yes	No
Yemen	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zambia	Yes	Yes	Unknown

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According to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, which mostly covers Europe, if having a vehicle registered and legal to drive in one of the Convention countries, it is legal to drive it in any other of the countries, for visits and first year of residence after moving. This is regardless of whether it fulfils all the rules of the visitor countries. This convention does not affect rules on usage or registration of local vehicles.