Countries That Don't Use the Metric System 2023

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Interactive Map Introduction Use of the Metric System by Country Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Australian Indian Ocean Territories Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Macedonia Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Barthélemy San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Siachen Glacier Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Introduction

The metric system of measurement was introduced after the French Revolution in 1789 and succeeded the decimalized system. Previously, many countries used the imperial system of measurement, called so because of its use by the dominant global empire at the time, Great Britain. This measurement spread to all its colonies, including the U.S. where it has remained the system of measurement despite independence. However, Britain now uses the metric system in line with the rest of Europe.

As such, there are only three countries in the world that do not use the metric system; the U.S, Liberia, and Myanmar. Liberia was a colony of the U.S. and so it inherited the imperial system from them, while Myanmar adopted it due to diplomatic isolation which prevented them from joining treaties that would have established the metric system. However, both of these countries are looking to move on from the imperial system and adopt the metric system, which would leave the U.S. as the sole country in the world to not have adopted the metric system.

If you would like to learn more about countries that don’t use the metric system, please refer to the data in the charts.

Country	Metric-System Country	Fahrenheit Country	Direction of the Traffic
Liberia	No	Yes	Right
Myanmar	No	No	Right
United States of America	No	Yes	Right
Afghanistan	Yes	No	Right
Albania	Yes	No	Right
Algeria	Yes	No	Right
Andorra	Yes	No	Right
Angola	Yes	No	Right
Anguilla	Yes	No	Left
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	Yes	Left
Argentina	Yes	No	Right
Armenia	Yes	No	Right
Aruba	Yes	No	Right
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Yes	No
Australia	Yes	No	Left
Australian Indian Ocean Territories	Yes	No
Austria	Yes	No	Right
Azerbaijan	Yes	No	Right
Bahrain	Yes	No	Right
Bangladesh	Yes	No	Left
Barbados	Yes	No	Left
Belarus	Yes	No	Right
Belgium	Yes	No	Right
Belize	Yes	Yes	Right
Benin	Yes	No	Right
Bermuda	Yes	No	Left
Bhutan	Yes	No	Left
Bolivia	Yes	No	Right
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	No	Right
Botswana	Yes	No	Left
Brazil	Yes	No	Right
British Virgin Islands	Yes	Yes	Left
Brunei	Yes	No	Left
Bulgaria	Yes	No	Right
Burkina Faso	Yes	No	Right
Burundi	Yes	No	Right
Cambodia	Yes	No	Right
Cameroon	Yes	No	Right
Canada	Yes	No	Right
Cayman Islands	Yes	Yes	Left
Central African Republic	Yes	No	Right
Chad	Yes	No	Right
Chile	Yes	No	Right
Colombia	Yes	No	Right
Comoros	Yes	No	Right
Costa Rica	Yes	No	Right
Croatia	Yes	No	Right
Cuba	Yes	No	Right
Curaçao	Yes	No	Right
Cyprus	Yes	No	Left
Czech Republic	Yes	No	Right
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes	No	Right
Denmark	Yes	No	Right
Djibouti	Yes	No	Right
Dominica	Yes	No	Left
Dominican Republic	Yes	No	Right
East Timor	Yes	No	Left
Ecuador	Yes	No	Right
Egypt	Yes	No	Right
El Salvador	Yes	No	Right
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	No	Right
Eritrea	Yes	No	Right
Estonia	Yes	No	Right
Ethiopia	Yes	No	Right
Faroe Islands	Yes	No
Federated States of Micronesia	Yes	Yes	Right
Fiji	Yes	No	Left
Finland	Yes	No	Right
France	Yes	No	Right
Gabon	Yes	No	Right
Georgia	Yes	No	Right
Germany	Yes	No	Right
Ghana	Yes	No	Right
Greece	Yes	No	Right
Grenada	Yes	No	Left
Guam	Yes	No	Right
Guatemala	Yes	No	Right
Guernsey	Yes	No	Left
Guinea	Yes	No	Right
Guinea-Bissau	Yes	No	Right
Guyana	Yes	No	Left
Haiti	Yes	No	Right
Honduras	Yes	No	Right
Hong Kong	Yes	No	Left
Hungary	Yes	No	Right
Iceland	Yes	No	Right
India	Yes	No	Left
Indonesia	Yes	No	Left
Iran	Yes	No	Right
Iraq	Yes	No	Right
Ireland	Yes	No	Left
Isle of Man	Yes	No	Left
Israel	Yes	No	Right
Italy	Yes	No	Right
Ivory Coast	Yes	No	Right
Jamaica	Yes	No	Left
Japan	Yes	No	Left
Jersey	Yes	No	Left
Jordan	Yes	No	Right
Kazakhstan	Yes	No	Right
Kenya	Yes	No	Left
Kosovo	Yes	No	Right
Kuwait	Yes	No	Right
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	No	Right
Laos	Yes	No	Right
Latvia	Yes	No	Right
Lebanon	Yes	No	Right
Lesotho	Yes	No	Left
Libya	Yes	No	Right
Liechtenstein	Yes	No	Right
Lithuania	Yes	No	Right
Luxembourg	Yes	No	Right
Macau	Yes	No	Left
Madagascar	Yes	No	Right
Malawi	Yes	No	Left
Malaysia	Yes	No	Left
Maldives	Yes	No	Left
Mali	Yes	No	Right
Malta	Yes	No	Left
Marshall Islands	Yes	Yes	Right
Mauritania	Yes	No	Right
Mauritius	Yes	No	Left
Mexico	Yes	No	Right
Moldova	Yes	No	Right
Monaco	Yes	No	Right
Mongolia	Yes	No	Right
Montenegro	Yes	No	Right
Montserrat	Yes	Yes	Left
Morocco	Yes	No	Right
Mozambique	Yes	No	Left
Namibia	Yes	No	Left
Nauru	Yes	No	Left
Nepal	Yes	No	Left
Netherlands	Yes	No	Right
New Caledonia	Yes	No	Right
New Zealand	Yes	No	Left
Nicaragua	Yes	No	Right
Niger	Yes	No	Right
Nigeria	Yes	No	Right
Norfolk Island	Yes	No	Left
North Korea	Yes	No	Right
Northern Mariana Islands	Yes	No	Right
Norway	Yes	No	Right
Oman	Yes	No	Right
Pakistan	Yes	No	Left
Palau	Yes	Yes	Right
Palestine	Yes	No	Right
Panama	Yes	No	Right
Papua New Guinea	Yes	No	Left
Paraguay	Yes	No	Right
People's Republic of China	Yes	No	Right
Peru	Yes	No	Right
Philippines	Yes	No	Right
Poland	Yes	No	Right
Portugal	Yes	No	Right
Puerto Rico	Yes	No	Right
Qatar	Yes	No	Right
Republic of Macedonia	Yes	No	Right
Republic of the Congo	Yes	No	Right
Romania	Yes	No	Right
Russia	Yes	No	Right
Rwanda	Yes	No	Right
Saint Helena	Yes	No	Left
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	Yes	Left
Saint Lucia	Yes	No	Left
Saint Martin	Yes	No	Right
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Yes	No	Right
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	No	Left
Saint-Barthélemy	Yes	No	Right
San Marino	Yes	No	Right
Saudi Arabia	Yes	No	Right
Senegal	Yes	No	Right
Serbia	Yes	No	Right
Seychelles	Yes	No	Left
Siachen Glacier	Yes	No
Sierra Leone	Yes	No	Right
Singapore	Yes	No	Left
Sint Maarten	Yes	No	Right
Slovakia	Yes	No	Right
Slovenia	Yes	No	Right
Solomon Islands	Yes	No	Left
Somalia	Yes	No	Right
Somaliland	Yes	No	Right
South Africa	Yes	No	Left
South Korea	Yes	No	Right
South Sudan	Yes	No	Right
Spain	Yes	No	Right
Sri Lanka	Yes	No	Left
Sudan	Yes	No	Right
Suriname	Yes	No	Left
Sweden	Yes	No	Right
Switzerland	Yes	No	Right
Syria	Yes	No	Right
São Tomé and Príncipe	Yes	No	Right
Taiwan	Yes	No	Right
Tajikistan	Yes	No	Right
Tanzania	Yes	No	Left
Thailand	Yes	No	Left
The Bahamas	Yes	Yes	Left
The Gambia	Yes	No	Right
Togo	Yes	No	Right
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	No	Left
Tunisia	Yes	No	Right
Turkey	Yes	No	Right
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Yes	Yes	Left
Turkmenistan	Yes	No	Right
Turks and Caicos Islands	Yes	Yes	Left
Uganda	Yes	No	Left
Ukraine	Yes	No	Right
United Arab Emirates	Yes	No	Right
United Kingdom	Yes	No	Left
United States Virgin Islands	Yes	No	Left
Uruguay	Yes	No	Right
Uzbekistan	Yes	No	Right
Vanuatu	Yes	No	Right
Vatican City	Yes	No	Right
Venezuela	Yes	No	Right
Vietnam	Yes	No	Right
Western Sahara	Yes	No	Right
Yemen	Yes	No	Right
Zambia	Yes	No	Left
Zimbabwe	Yes	No	Left
Eswatini	Yes	No
Åland Islands	Yes	No

Use of the Metric System by Country

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Countries That Don’t Use the Metric System

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Use of the Metric System by Country

Afghanistan

Åland Islands

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Australia

Australian Indian Ocean Territories

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Comoros

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Guernsey