Legal BAC Limits by Country Chart

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Legal BAC Limits by Country Chart. Here are the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) and breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) limits by counties. Be sure to check the BAC limit in the country you are travelling and driving.

Legal BAC Limits by Country Chart

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Country	General population	Young / novice drivers	Professional / commercial drivers
Afghanistan	total ban	total ban	total ban
Albania	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Algeria	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Andorra	0.05%	0.05%	0.02%
Angola	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%
Antigua and Barbuda	none	none	none
Argentina	0.05%	0.05%	0.0005
Armenia	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Australia	0.05%	zero tolerance	0.02%
Austria	0.05%	0.01%	0.01%
Azerbaijan	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Bahamas	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Bahrain	.	.	.
Bangladesh	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Barbados	none	none	none
Belarus	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Belgium	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Belize	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Benin	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Bhutan	0.08%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.03%	zero tolerance	0.03%
Botswana	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Brazil	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Brunei Darussalam	.	.	.
Bulgaria	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Burkina Faso	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Burundi	none	none	none
Cabo Verde	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Cambodia	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Cameroon	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Canada	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Central African Republic	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Chad	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Chile	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
China	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Colombia	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Comoros	none	none	none
Congo	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Cook Islands	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Costa Rica	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
CĂ´te d'Ivoire	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Croatia	0.05%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Cuba	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Cyprus	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Czechia	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	.	.	.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Denmark	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Djibouti	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Dominica	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Dominican Republic	0.05%	0.05%	Zero tolerance
Ecuador	0.03%	0.03%	0.01%
Egypt	none	none	none
El Salvador	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Equatorial Guinea	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Eritrea	0.05%	0.05%	0.03%
Estonia	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Eswatini	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Ethiopia	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Fiji	0.08%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Finland	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
France	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Gabon	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Gambia	none	none	none
Georgia	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Germany	0.05%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Ghana	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Greece	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Grenada	none	none	none
Guatemala	none	none	none
Guinea	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Guinea-Bissau	none	none	none
Guyana	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Haiti	.	.	.
Honduras	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%
Hungary	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Iceland	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
India	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Indonesia	none	none	none
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Iraq	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Ireland	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Israel	0.05%	0.01%	0.01%
Italy	0.05%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Jamaica	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Japan	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Jordan	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Kazakhstan	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Kenya	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Kiribati	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Kuwait	.	.	.
Kyrgyzstan	.	.	.
Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Latvia	0.05%	0.02%	0.05%
Lebanon	0.05%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Lesotho	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Liberia	none	none	none
Libya	.	.	.
Lithuania	0.04%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Luxembourg	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Madagascar	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Malawi	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Malaysia	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Maldives	total ban	total ban	total ban
Mali	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Malta	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Marshall Islands	none	none	none
Mauritania	total ban	total ban	total ban
Mauritius	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Mexico	sub-national	sub-national	sub-national
Micronesia (Federated States of)	.	.	.
Monaco	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Mongolia	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Montenegro	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Morocco	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Mozambique	0.06%	0.06%	zero tolerance
Myanmar	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Namibia	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Nauru	.	.	.
Nepal	.	.	.
Netherlands	0.05%	0.02%	0.05%
New Zealand	0.05%	zero tolerance	0.05%
Nicaragua	0.05%	0.05%	0.02%
Niger	none	none	none
Nigeria	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Niue	.	.	.
Norway	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Oman	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Pakistan	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Palau	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
Panama	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Papua New Guinea	.	.	.
Paraguay	Zero tolerance	Zero tolerance	Zero tolerance
Peru	0.05%	0.05%	0.03%
Philippines	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Poland	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Portugal	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Qatar	.	.	.
Republic of Korea	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Republic of Moldova	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
North Macedonia	0.05%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Romania	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Russian Federation	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Rwanda	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Saint Lucia	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	none	none	none
Samoa	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
San Marino	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Sao Tome and Principe	none	none	none
Saudi Arabia	total ban	total ban	total ban
Senegal	none	none	none
Serbia	0.03%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Seychelles	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Sierra Leone	none	none	none
Singapore	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Slovakia	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Slovenia	0.05%	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Solomon Islands	.	.	.
Somalia	total ban	total ban	total ban
South Africa	0.05%	0.05%	0.02%
South Sudan	none	none	none
Spain	0.05%	0.03%	0.03%
Sri Lanka	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Sudan	total ban	total ban	total ban
Suriname	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Sweden	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Switzerland	0.05%	0.01%	0.01%
Syrian Arab Republic	none	none	none
Tajikistan	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Thailand	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Timor-Leste	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Togo	none	none	none
Tonga	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Trinidad and Tobago	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Tunisia	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Turkey	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%
Turkmenistan	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Tuvalu	.	.	.
Uganda	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Ukraine	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
United Arab Emirates	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	subnational	subnational	subnational
United Republic of Tanzania	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
United States of America	0.08%	sub-national	0.04%
Uruguay	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Uzbekistan	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Vanuatu	.	.	.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Viet Nam	zero tolerance	zero tolerance	zero tolerance
Yemen	total ban	total ban	total ban
Zambia	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Zimbabwe	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%

Q&A

How to use the Legal BAC Limits by Country Chart?

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What is BAC?

Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. For example, a BAC of 0.10 (0.10% or one-tenth of one percent) means that there is 0.10 g of alcohol for every 100 ml of blood, which is the same as 21.7 mmol/l.[2] A BAC of 0.0 is sober, while in the United States 0.08 is legally intoxicated, and above that is very impaired.[1] BAC levels above 0.40 are potentially fatal.

If you’d like to get an estimate on your BAC level, try out our BAC Calculator.

What is BrAC?

In certain countries, alcohol limits are determined by the breath alcohol content (BrAC), not to be confused with blood alcohol content (BAC). For example, In Greece, the BrAC limit is 250 micrograms of alcohol per liter of breath.

Legal BAC Limits by Country Chart