This is a table of seat belt use rates (percent) in various countries worldwide.
Seat belt use rates in 2017 metrics might be part of some safety process.[1]
All occupants | Front seat | Rear seat | Drivers only | ||
Albania | 87 | 85 | 80 | 95 | |
Angola | 65 | 40 | 10 | 60 | |
Argentina | 43.6 | 40.8 | 23.1 | 50.2 | |
Armenia | 70 | 70 | |||
Australia | 97 | 96 | |||
Austria | 95 | 93 | 95 | ||
Azerbaijan | 30 | 40 | 20 | 80 | |
Belgium | 91.7 | 92.2 | 85.5 | 91.5 | |
Bolivia | 9.7 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 20.8 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51 | 11 | 48 | ||
Brazil | 79.4 | 50.2 | |||
Bulgaria | 80 | ||||
Canada | 95.3 | 95.2 | 89.2 | 95.7 | |
Chile | 49.6 | 59 | 14 | 76 | |
China | 36.7 | ||||
Colombia | 47.1 | 64.2 | 2.2 | 75 | |
Congo, Republic of | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||
Costa Rica | 76.7 | 75.1 | 35.6 | 77.8 | |
Croatia | 58 | 61.9 | 13.9 | 61.1 | |
Cuba | 30 | 35 | |||
Czech Republic | 98 | 72 | 95 | ||
Denmark | 96 | 91 | 88/89/96 | ||
Dominican Republic | 34 | 18 | 5 | 45 | |
Ecuador | 36 | 26 | 2 | 80 | |
Eritrea | 80 | 80 | |||
Estonia | 95 | 97.3 | 81.8 | 97.8 | |
Ethiopia | < 1 | ||||
Fiji | 72 | 75 | 5 | 90 | |
Finland | 94 | 95 | 85 | 96 | |
France | 98 | 88 | |||
Georgia | 60 | 70 | |||
Germany | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | |
Ghana | 35 | 18.4 | 3.5 | 55.6 | |
Greece | 72 | 74 | 23 | 77 | |
Guyana | 42 | 95 | 95 | ||
Hungary | 81 | 82.8 | 38.5 | 81.7 | |
Iceland | 90 | 93 | 86 | 90 | |
India | 3.5 - 11 | 14 - 40 | |||
Indonesia | 69 | ||||
Iran | 68.5 | 93 | 15 | 95 | |
Ireland | 91 | 94 | 74 | 92 | |
Israel | 87.9 | 88.7 | 69.7 | 91.2 | |
Italy | 61.9 | 15.4 | |||
Jamaica | 54 | 4 | 51 | ||
Japan | 94.9/89.5 | 98/94.9 | 71.8/36 | 99.5/98.5 | |
Latvia | 84.7 | 53 | 81 | ||
Lithuania | 94 | 97 | 30 | ||
Luxembourg | 92 | 90 | 76 | 93 | |
Malawi | 21 | 25.8 | |||
Malaysia | 48.4 | 73.8 | 9.6 | 82.9 | |
Mali | 20 | ||||
Mauritius | 97.4 | 0.2 | 93.8 | ||
Mexico | 58.9 | 49 | 5.6 | 81.4 | |
Montenegro | 35 | 40 | 5 | 60 | |
Morocco | 64 | 63.2 | 22.3 | 66.7 | |
Myanmar | 7.4 | ||||
Netherlands | 95.8 | 96.6 | 82 | 96.9 | |
New Zealand | 97 | 92 | 97 | ||
North Macedonia | 14.6 | 19.8 | 3.1 | 21 | |
Norway | 94.7 - 96 | 95.2 - 95.7 | 95.9 - 97.7 | ||
Oman | 98 | ||||
Peru | 32.3 | 15.8 | 0.4 | 58.2 | |
Philippines | 79.7 | ||||
Poland | 94 | 96 | 76 | 95 | |
Portugal | 94.9 | 95.7 | 77.2 | 96.4 | |
South Korea | 84 | 83 | 30 | 94 | |
Moldova | 61.8 | 17.5 | 65.5 | ||
Russia | 66 - 83 | 20 - 50 | 76 - 86 | ||
Samoa | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
Serbia | 66.2 | 75.1 | 10.1 | 77 | |
Slovenia | 82.2 | 91.8 | 68.6 | 90.4 | |
South Africa | 31 | 33 | |||
Spain | 88.3 | 90.5 | 80.6 | 90.3 | |
Sri Lanka | 75 | 75 | 75 | ||
Suriname | 75 | 8 | 75 | ||
Sweden | 97 | 96 | 90 | 98 | |
Switzerland | 94 | 86 | 94 | ||
Syria | 90 | 90 | |||
Turkey | 40.6 | 50.1 | |||
Thailand | 40 | 58 | |||
United Kingdom | 97.5 - 98 | 94.6 - 98 | 90.3 - 94 | 95.3 - 98 | |
United States | 90.1 | 90.1 | 74.8 | 90.5 | |
Uruguay | 62.8 | 62.8 | 33 | 69.1 | |
Vanuatu | 20 | 20 | 10 | 41 |