This map, originally published by Australian cleaning company Ballarat Cleaning Specialists in 2020, shows differences in home shoe culture around the world. This map is a recreation made by Miguel García in 2025.

The tradition of wearing shoes or not varies greatly around the world, although two fundamental patterns can be observed:

• In green, countries where it is generally considered polite to keep your shoes on when visiting a house, and impolite to take them off.
• In red, countries where it is generally considered good manners to remove one's shoes when visiting a home, and bad manners to leave them on.

In addition, countries where norms vary from household to household, albeit with certain patterns, are shown in blue and orange. Countries shown in blue predominantly wear shoes indoors, while countries shown in orange predominantly remove their shoes indoors.

Sources

• Please remove your shoes.