Age of Consent by Country 2025

Age of Consent

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Age of Consent

	Afghanistan	Must be married
	Albania	14 years old
	Algeria	16 years old
	Andorra	16 years old
	Angola	12 years old
	Antigua and Barbuda	16 years old
	Argentina	18 years old
	Armenia	16 years old
	Aruba	15 years old
	Australia	16 years old
	Austria	14 years old
	Azerbaijan	16 years old
	Bahamas	16 years old
	Bahrain	21 years old
	Bangladesh	14 years old
	Barbados	16 years old
	Belarus	16 years old
	Belgium	16 years old
	Belize	16 years old
	Benin	18 years old
	Bhutan	18 years old
	Bolivia	14 years old
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14 years old
	Botswana	16 years old
	Brazil	14 years old
	Brunei	16 years old
	Bulgaria	14 years old
	Burkina Faso	13 years old
	Burundi	18 years old
	Cambodia	15 years old
	Cameroon	16 years old
	Canada	16 years old
	Central African Republic	18 years old
	Chad	14 years old
	Chile	18 years old
	China	14 years old
	Colombia	14 years old
	Comoros	13 years old
	Costa Rica	15 years old
	Croatia	15 years old
	Cuba	16 years old
	Cyprus	17 years old
	Czech Republic	15 years old
	DR Congo	14 years old
	Denmark	15 years old
	Djibouti	18 years old
	Dominica	16 years old
	Dominican Republic	18 years old
	Ecuador	14 years old
	Egypt	18 years old
	El Salvador	18 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	18 years old
	Eritrea	18 years old
	Estonia	14 years old
	Eswatini	16 years old
	Ethiopia	18 years old
	Fiji	16 years old
	Finland	16 years old
	France	15 years old
	Gabon	18 years old
	Gambia	18 years old
	Georgia	16 years old
	Germany	14 years old
	Ghana	16 years old
	Greece	15 years old
	Grenada	16 years old
	Guam	16 years old
	Guatemala	18 years old
	Guinea	15 years old
	Guinea Bissau	16 years old
	Haiti	18 years old
	Honduras	15 years old
	Hungary	14 years old
	Iceland	15 years old
	India	18 years old
	Indonesia	16 years old
	Iran	Must be married
	Iraq	18 years old
	Ireland	17 years old
	Israel	16 years old
	Italy	14 years old
	Ivory Coast	18 years old
	Jamaica	16 years old
	Japan	13 years old
	Jordan	16 years old
	Kazakhstan	16 years old
	Kenya	18 years old
	Kuwait	Must be married
	Kyrgyzstan	16 years old
	Laos	15 years old
	Latvia	16 years old
	Lebanon	18 years old
	Lesotho	16 years old
	Liberia	18 years old
	Libya	Must be married
	Liechtenstein	14 years old
	Lithuania	16 years old
	Luxembourg	16 years old
	Madagascar	14 years old
	Malawi	14 years old
	Malaysia	16 years old
	Maldives	Must be married
	Mali	18 years old
	Malta	18 years old
	Marshall Islands	16 years old
	Mauritania	16 years old
	Mauritius	14 years old
	Mexico	17 years old
	Micronesia	14 years old
	Moldova	16 years old
	Monaco	15 years old
	Mongolia	16 years old
	Montenegro	14 years old
	Myanmar	14 years old
	Namibia	16 years old
	Nauru	17 years old
	Nepal	16 years old
	Netherlands	16 years old
	New Zealand	16 years old
	Nicaragua	18 years old
	Niger	13 years old
	Nigeria	11 years old
	North Korea	15 years old
	Northern Mariana Islands	18 years old
	Norway	16 years old
	Oman	Must be married
	Pakistan	Must be married
	Palau	16 years old
	Palestine	Must be married
	Panama	18 years old
	Papua New Guinea	16 years old
	Paraguay	14 years old
	Peru	14 years old
	Philippines	12 years old
	Poland	15 years old
	Portugal	14 years old
	Qatar	Must be married
	Republic of the Congo	18 years old
	Romania	15 years old
	Russia	16 years old
	Rwanda	18 years old
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16 years old
	Saint Lucia	16 years old
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15 years old
	San Marino	14 years old
	Sao Tome and Principe	14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Must be married
	Senegal	16 years old
	Serbia	14 years old
	Seychelles	18 years old
	Sierra Leone	18 years old
	Singapore	16 years old
	Slovenia	15 years old
	Solomon Islands	15 years old
	Somalia	18 years old
	South Africa	16 years old
	South Korea	20 years old
	South Sudan	18 years old
	Spain	16 years old
	Sri Lanka	16 years old
	Sudan	Must be married
	Suriname	16 years old
	Sweden	15 years old
	Switzerland	16 years old
	Syria	15 years old
	Taiwan	16 years old
	Tajikistan	16 years old
	Tanzania	18 years old
	Thailand	15 years old
	Timor Leste	14 years old
	Togo	16 years old
	Trinidad and Tobago	16 years old
	Tunisia	18 years old
	Turkey	18 years old
	Turkmenistan	16 years old
	Uganda	18 years old
	Ukraine	16 years old
	United Arab Emirates	Must be married
	United Kingdom	16 years old
	United States	16 years old
	Uruguay	15 years old
	Uzbekistan	16 years old
	Vanuatu	16 years old
	Vatican City	18 years old
	Venezuela	16 years old
	Vietnam	18 years old
	Yemen	Must be married
	Zambia	16 years old
	Zimbabwe	16 years old

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Introduction

Introduction

Understanding the age of consent - the age at which an individual is legally deemed capable of consenting to sexual acts - is of critical importance, both from a legal and sociocultural perspective. The age of consent varies substantially worldwide, reflecting the spectrum of societal norms, cultural beliefs, and legal frameworks present across different countries. Encompassing laws that range from setting specific ages to requiring marriage, these variations underscore the nuanced and often controversial nature of the issue.

The most common age of consent appears to be 16 years old, as seen in jurisdictions like South Africa, Norway, Moldova, Fiji, and Canada, amongst many others.
There are countries where the age criterion is supplanted by marital status, indicating the presence of socio-cultural and religious influences on legal provisions related to consent.
In some regions, the age of consent is set relatively low. For example, the age of consent stands at 11 in Nigeria, and in contrast, it is 14 years in countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Austria, France, as well as others.
Some countries mark the age of consent at a relatively high 20 years, like South Korea. In Bahrain, it's even higher at 21.