Countries that drive on the left side of the road

Most of the old British colonial countries drive on the left side of the road. This includes Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Malta, South Africa, and many of the Caribbean nations.

If you are a driver from a country that is used to driving on the left side of the road, check out our guide to driving a rental car on the right side of the road in Europe.

In total there are 76 countries, territories and dependencies that drive on the left side of the road. The full list of 76 jurisdictions where traffic drives on the left side of the road is as follows:

1. Alderney
2. Anguilla
3. Antigua and Barbuda
4. Australia
5. Bahamas
6. Bangladesh
7. Barbados
8. Bermuda
9. Bhutan
10. Botswana
11. Brunei
12. Cayman Islands
13. Christmas Island
14. Cocos (Keeling) Islands
15. Cook Islands
16. Cyprus
17. Dominica
18. East Timor (drove on right 1928-1976)
19. Falkland Islands
20. Fiji
21. Grenada
22. Guernsey
23. Guyana
24. Hong Kong
25. India
26. Indonesia*
27. Ireland
28. Isle of Man
29. Jamaica
30. Japan (Okinawa 1978)
31. Jersey
32. Kenya
33. Kiribati
34. Lesotho
35. Macau
36. Malawi
37. Malaysia
38. Maldives
39. Malta
40. Mauritius
41. Montserrat
42. Mozambique
43. Namibia (1918)
44. Nauru (1918)
45. Nepal
46. New Zealand
47. Niue
48. Norfolk Island
49. Pakistan
50. Papua New Guinea
51. Pitcairn Islands
52. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
53. Saint Kitts and Nevis
54. Saint Lucia
55. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
56. Samoa (2009)
57. Seychelles
58. Singapore
59. Solomon Islands
60. South Africa
61. Sri Lanka
62. Suriname
63. Swaziland
64. Tanzania
65. Thailand
66. Tokelau
67. Tonga
68. Trinidad and Tobago
69. Turks and Caicos Islands
70. Tuvalu
71. Uganda
72. United Kingdom
73. British Virgin Islands
74. U.S. Virgin Islands
75. Zambia
76. Zimbabwe