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 | 🇮🇸아이슬란드 | 90 km/h | Among the slowest legal motorway limits — 90 km/h maximum. | |
🥈#2 | 🇸🇬싱가포르 | 90 km/h | Among the slowest legal motorway limits — 90 km/h maximum. | |
🥉#3 | 🇳🇱네덜란드 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 4 | 🇯🇵일본 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 5 | 🇰🇷대한민국 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 6 | 🇨🇦캐나다 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 7 | 🇳🇿뉴질랜드 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 8 | 🇪🇬이집트 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 9 | 🇨🇾키프로스 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 10 | 🇵🇭필리핀 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — top 10 slowest motorway limit worldwide. | |
| 11 | 🇮🇳인도 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 12 | 🇳🇬나이지리아 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 13 | 🇵🇪페루 | 100 km/h | 100 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 14 | 🇧🇷브라질 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 15 | 🇲🇽멕시코 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 16 | 🇸🇪스웨덴 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 17 | 🇳🇴노르웨이 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 18 | 🇪🇪에스토니아 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 19 | 🇦🇺호주 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 20 | 🇮🇱이스라엘 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 21 | 🇱🇻라트비아 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 22 | 🇭🇰홍콩 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 23 | 🇯🇲자메이카 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 24 | 🇰🇪케냐 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. | |
| 25 | 🇺🇾우루과이 | 110 km/h | 110 km/h — on the stricter side of the global average. |
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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