Slowest Highway Speed Limits in the World
Countries ranked by legal motorway / highway speed limit, from lowest to highest. Useful for tourists planning road trips and for understanding each country's enforcement culture and road-safety priorities.
| # | Country | Highway Limit | Notes | Explore |
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🥇#1 | 🇮🇸Ισλανδία | 90 km/h | Among the slowest legal motorway limits — 90 km/h maximum. | |
🥈#2 | 🇸🇬Σιγκαπούρη | 90 km/h | Among the slowest legal motorway limits — 90 km/h maximum. | |
🥉#3 | 🇳🇱Ολλανδία | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 4 | 🇯🇵Ιαπωνία | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 5 | 🇰🇷Νότια Κορέα | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 6 | 🇨🇦Καναδάς | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 7 | 🇳🇿Νέα Ζηλανδία | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 8 | 🇪🇬Αίγυπτος | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 9 | 🇨🇾Κύπρος | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 10 | 🇵🇭Φιλιππίνες | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 11 | 🇮🇳Ινδία | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 12 | 🇳🇬Νιγηρία | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 13 | 🇵🇪Περού | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 14 | 🇧🇷Βραζιλία | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 15 | 🇲🇽Μεξικό | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 16 | 🇸🇪Σουηδία | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 17 | 🇳🇴Νορβηγία | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 18 | 🇪🇪Εσθονία | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 19 | 🇦🇺Αυστραλία | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 20 | 🇮🇱Ισραήλ | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 21 | 🇱🇻Λετονία | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 22 | 🇭🇰Χονγκ Κονγκ | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 23 | 🇯🇲Τζαμάικα | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 24 | 🇰🇪Κένυα | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 25 | 🇺🇾Ουρουγουάη | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. |
Among the slowest legal motorway limits — 90 km/h maximum.
Methodology
Highway speed limits use each country's default limit for passenger cars on motorways or dual carriageways. Wet-weather reductions, variable speed limit sections, and country-specific derogations (e.g. Germany's Autobahn unrestricted sections) are not reflected in this comparison.
UK and US limits are legislated in miles per hour and converted to km/h for comparability (70 mph ≈ 113 km/h). The US figure is the default federal maximum; individual states (notably Texas, Utah, and Wyoming) permit 80-85 mph on designated stretches.
Microstates without conventional motorways — Monaco, Malta, Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino — are excluded from this ranking. Their fastest legal roads are typically urban or rural routes, not motorways, so comparing them directly to Iceland, Singapore, or Norway would be misleading.
Ties are broken alphabetically. Truck, bus, and motorcycle speed limits are not included in this ranking — see individual country facts pages for full speed limit tables.
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Data Sources
This ranking is compiled from official licensing authorities and government road-safety bodies. All values are normalised to allow direct comparison across countries.
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Last updated April 2026. AutoviaTest normalises data from government sources into a single comparable format. Methodology and licence: CC BY 4.0.
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