Country Road traffic Road switched sides Multi-track rail traffic generally Notes Afghanistan RHT RHT / LHT Was LHT until the 1950s, in line with neighbouring British Raj and later Pakistan. Albania RHT RHT Algeria RHT RHT Andorra RHT Angola RHT 1928 Antigua and Barbuda LHT Argentina RHT 10 June 1945 LHT The anniversary on 10 June is still observed each year as Día de la Seguridad Vial (road safety day). The Premetro and Metrotranvía Mendoza use RHT. Armenia RHT RHT Australia LHT LHT Commonwealth. Includes Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island Austria RHT 1921 in Vorarlberg, 1930 in North Tyrol, 1935 in Carinthia and East Tyrol, 1938 in the rest of the country. RHT Originally LHT, like most of former Austria - Hungary. Azerbaijan RHT RHT Bahamas LHT In Bahamas LHD vehicles are common due to the import of used cars from nearby USA. Bahrain RHT 1967 Former British protectorate. Switched to same side as neighbours. Bangladesh LHT LHT Barbados LHT Belgium RHT 1899 LHT The Brussels Metro uses RHT. Belarus RHT RHT Belize RHT 1961 Former British colony. Switched to same side as neighbours. Benin RHT Bhutan LHT Under British protection before 1949. Bolivia RHT Botswana LHT Brazil RHT 1928 RHT A Portuguese colony until the early 19th century, switched some states still using LHT to RHT in 1928. Most metro systems use RHT. Brunei LHT Bosnia and Herzegovina RHT RHT Switched sides after the collapse of Austria - Hungary. Bulgaria RHT RHT Burkina Faso RHT Burundi RHT Considering switching to LHT in line with neighbours Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Cambodia RHT RHT implemented while part of French Indochina. RHD cars, many of which were smuggled from Thailand, were banned from 2001, even though they accounted for 80 % of vehicles in the country. Cameroon RHT 1961 Canada RHT 1920s RHT Territories now in Canada have always been RHT, except British Columbia, which changed to RHT in stages from 1920 to 1923, and New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island which changed in 1922, 1923, and 1924 respectively. Newfoundland and Labrador changed to RHT in 1947 while still a dominion of the British Empire, two years before joining Canada. Cape Verde RHT 1928 Central African Republic RHT Chad RHT Chile RHT 1916 LHT The Santiago Metro uses RHT. China RHT 1946 RHT / LHT At one time, northern provinces were RHT due to American influence, while southern provinces were LHT due to British influence. LHT was uniform in the 1930s. Hong Kong and Macau are all on LHT. Colombia RHT RHT Comoros RHT Congo RHT Democratic Republic of Congo RHT Costa Rica RHT Côte d'Ivoire RHT Croatia RHT RHT Istria and Dalmatia were RHT, while Croatia - Slavonia was LHT when Croatia was part of Austria - Hungary. The LHT regions switched to RHT on joining the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Cuba RHT Cyprus LHT Former British colony. Czech Republic RHT 1939 RHT Was LHT, like most of former Austria - Hungary, switched during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Denmark RHT RHT Includes Faroe Islands and Greenland Djibouti RHT Dominica LHT Former British colony. Dominican Republic RHT East Timor LHT 1976 Originally LHT, like its colonial power Portugal. Switched to RHT with Portugal in 1928. Under the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, changed back to LHT in 1976. Ecuador RHT LHT The Quito Metro and Cuenca tram system will use RHT Egypt RHT LHT Road vehicles are RHT due to French influence, but railway system was built by British companies. El Salvador RHT Equatorial Guinea RHT Eritrea RHT 1964 Estonia RHT RHT Ethiopia RHT 1964 LHT The Addis Ababa Light Rail runs on the right. Fiji LHT Finland RHT 1858 RHT / LHT Formerly ruled by LHT Sweden, switched to RHT as the Grand Duchy of Finland by Russian decree. Majority of Helsinki commuter rail uses LHT. France RHT 1792 LHT / RHT Includes French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, French Guiana, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Collectivity of Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Mayotte. Railways in Alsace and Lorraine use RHT as a former part of German Empire. CDGVAL uses RHT. Most metro systems use RHT, except for the Lyon Metro. Gabon RHT Gambia RHT 1965 Georgia RHT RHT About 40 % vehicles in Georgia are RHD due to low cost of used cars from Japan. Germany RHT RHT Ghana RHT Former British colony. When changing to RHT a Twi language slogan was "Nifa, Nifa Enan '' or "Right, Right, Fourth ''. Greece RHT RHT Grenada LHT Guatemala RHT Guinea RHT Guinea - Bissau RHT 1928 Guyana LHT Haiti RHT Honduras RHT Hungary RHT 1941 RHT Originally LHT, like most of Austria - Hungary. Iceland RHT 1968 The day of the switch was known as H - dagurinn. Most passenger cars were already LHD. Iran RHT RHT Iraq RHT LHT India LHT LHT Former British colony. Indonesia LHT RHT Roads were built by British, but railways are RHT due to Netherlands influence. The Jakarta MRT will use LHT. Ireland LHT LHT Former British Dominion. Israel RHT LHT The Jerusalem Light Rail uses RHT. Italy RHT 1920s LHT Until 1927 the countryside was RHT while cities were LHT. Rome changed to RHT in 1924 and Milan in 1926. Alfa Romeo and Lancia did not produce LHD cars until as late as 1950 and 1953 respectively, as many drivers favoured the RHD layout even in RHT as this offered the driver a clearer view of the edge of the road in mountainous regions at a time when many such roads lacked barriers or walls. The metro systems in Brescia, Genoa, Milan, and Turin use RHT, as well as all tram systems. Jamaica LHT Japan LHT LHT Post-World War II Okinawa was ruled by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands and was RHT. It was returned to Japan in 1972 went LHT in 1978. The conversion operation was known as 730 (Nana - San - Maru, which means Nana (7) - San (3) - Maru (0)). Okinawa is one of few places to have changed from RHT to LHT in the late 20th century. Jordan RHT RHT, despite the Mandate for Palestine and the Transjordan memorandum being under British rule till 1946. Kazakhstan RHT RHT Kenya LHT British colony until 1963. Kiribati LHT North Korea and South Korea RHT 1946 LHT Korea had been LHT because of the influence of Japan in the 1900s. Switched to RHT under Soviet and American occupation after 1945. Most metro systems in South Korea use RHT (exceptions include Seoul Subway Line 1 and the Bundang Line); metro system in Pyongyang uses a mixture of RHT and LHT. Kuwait RHT Kyrgyzstan RHT RHT Former part of RHT Soviet Union. In 2012, over 20,000 cheaper used RHD cars were imported from Japan. Laos RHT LHT RHT implemented while part of French Indochina. Latvia RHT RHT Lebanon RHT Former French mandate. Lesotho LHT Liberia RHT Libya RHT Liechtenstein RHT RHT Lithuania RHT RHT Luxembourg RHT RHT Macedonia RHT RHT Madagascar RHT Malawi LHT Malaysia LHT LHT Former British colony. Maldives LHT Mali RHT Malta LHT British colony until 1964. Marshall Islands RHT Mauritania RHT Mining roads between Fdérik and Zouérat are LHT. Mauritius LHT Former British colony. Island nation. Mexico RHT RHT Micronesia RHT Moldova RHT RHT Monaco RHT LHT Mongolia RHT RHT Montenegro RHT RHT Morocco RHT RHT Mozambique LHT LHT Myanmar RHT 1970 LHT Much of infrastructure still geared to LHT, most cars are pre-owned RHD vehicles, imported from Japan. Netherlands RHT 1906 RHT Rotterdam was LHT until 1917. Includes Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba Namibia LHT 1918 RHT as a German colony. After South Africa occupied German South - West Africa during World War I, switched to LHT. South - West Africa was made a South African mandate by the League of Nations, and the new rule of the road was established in law. Nauru LHT 1918 Nepal LHT New Zealand LHT LHT Includes territories Niue and Cook Islands Nicaragua RHT Niger RHT Nigeria RHT 1972 LHT Former British colony. Switched to RHT as it is surrounded by former French RHT colonies. Norway RHT RHT Oman RHT Not a party to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and bans all foreign - registered RHD vehicles. Palau RHT RHT Palestine RHT Pakistan LHT LHT Panama RHT 1943 Papua New Guinea LHT Paraguay RHT 1945 Peru RHT LHT Philippines RHT 1946 RHT LHT up until the Battle of Manila in 1945 Poland RHT RHT Partitions of Poland belonging to the German Empire and the Russian Empire were RHT. Partitions that were part of Austria - Hungary were LHT and changed to RHT in the 1920s. Portugal RHT 1928 LHT Colonies Goa, Macau and Mozambique, which had land borders with LHT countries, did not switch and continue to drive on the left. The Porto Metro uses RHT. Qatar RHT Romania RHT RHT Russia RHT RHT In the Russian Far East RHD vehicles are common due to the import of used cars from nearby Japan. Railway between Moscow and Ryazan is LHT. Sormovskaya line in Nizhny Novgorod Metro also uses LHT. Rwanda RHT Former Belgian mandate. Considering switching to LHT like its neighbours Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Saint Kitts and Nevis LHT Saint Lucia LHT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines LHT Samoa LHT 2009 Switched to LHT to allow the import of cars more cheaply from Australia, New Zealand and Japan. San Marino RHT São Tomé and Príncipe RHT 1928 Saudi Arabia RHT LHT The Makkah Metro uses RHT. Senegal RHT Serbia RHT RHT Vojvodina was LHT while part of Austria - Hungary. Seychelles LHT Sierra Leone RHT 1971 Importation of RHD vehicles was banned in 2013. Singapore LHT LHT Former British colony. Slovakia RHT 1939 -- 41 RHT Slovenia RHT LHT Solomon Islands LHT Somalia RHT 1968 South Africa LHT LHT Former British colony. South Sudan RHT 1973 Was LHT during the period of British colonial rule. Split from Sudan in 2011 after the majority of the population voted for independence. Spain RHT 1924 RHT Up to the 1920s Barcelona was RHT, and Madrid was LHT until 1924. The Madrid and Bilbao metro systems use LHT. Sri Lanka LHT LHT Former British Colony. Sudan RHT 1973 Former British Colony. Suriname LHT Swaziland LHT Sweden RHT 3 September 1967 LHT The day of the switch was known as Dagen H. Most passenger cars were already LHD. The tram systems in Gothenburg and Norrköping use RHT; the tram system in Stockholm is RHT except Lidingö Line. The railways in Malmö uses RHT due to the connection to Denmark. Switzerland RHT LHT The tram system in Zurich and the Lausanne Metro use RHT. Syria RHT Taiwan RHT 1946 LHT Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. The government of the Republic of China changed Taiwan to RHT in 1946 along with the rest of China. Most metro systems use RHT. Tajikistan RHT RHT Tanzania LHT Thailand LHT LHT One of the few LHT countries not a former British colony. Shares long land border with RHT Laos and Cambodia. Togo RHT Tonga LHT Trinidad and Tobago LHT Former British colony. Tunisia RHT LHT French RHT was enforced in the French protectorate of Tunisia from 1881. Turkey RHT RHT Turkmenistan RHT RHT Tuvalu LHT Uganda LHT Ukraine RHT 1922 RHT West Ukraine was LHT, like most of former Austria - Hungary. Carpathian Ruthenia remained LHT as part of Czechoslovakia before switching in 1941 as part of Hungary. The rest of Ukraine, having been part of the Russian Empire, already drove on the right. Some sections of Kryvyi Rih Metrotram use LHT due to tramcars have doors only on right side, which makes it impossible to use RHT at stations with island platforms. United Arab Emirates RHT RHT United Kingdom LHT (Mainland UK) RHT (Gibraltar) LHT Includes Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha are all left hand drive. Gibraltar has been RHT since 1929 because of its land border with Spain. The Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) drove on the right under German occupation until their liberation in 1945. The Falkland Islands similarly drove on the right during their occupation by Argentina in 1982. United States RHT LHT (U.S. Virgin Islands) RHT / LHT Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico. U.S. Virgin Islands is LHT, like much of the Caribbean. Uruguay RHT 1945 LHT Became LHT in 1918, but as in some other countries in South America, changed to RHT on 2 September 1945. A speed limit of 30 km / h (19 mph) was observed until 30 September for safety. Uzbekistan RHT RHT Vanuatu RHT Venezuela RHT LHT The Caracas Metro uses RHT. Vietnam RHT LHT Became RHT as French Indochina. Yemen RHT 1977 South Yemen, formerly the British colony of Aden, changed to RHT 1977. A series of postage stamps commemorating the event was issued. North Yemen was already RHT. Zambia LHT Zimbabwe LHT LHT Former British colony. In 2010 the government attempted to ban LHD vehicles.
australia drive on which side of the road
the left