Legal Ages of Consent By Country

What is the legal Age of Consent around the world?

The Age of Consent is the legal age at which an individual is considered mature enough to consent to sex. Sexual relations with someone under the Age of Consent are considered statutory rape, even (in some jurisdictions), if both partners are themselves younger than the Age of Consent. To learn more, choose a country from the list below or learn about the highest and lowest ages of consent worldwide.

Age of Consent Map:

Must be married

< 13 years old

14 years old

15 years old

16 years old

17 years old

18 years old

> 19 years old

Age of Consent Around the World

The legal Age of Consent varies from 11 to 21 years old from country to country around the world. In some countries, there is no legal age of consent but all sexual relations are forbidden outside of marriage. Choose any country for more details about local laws.

	Region	Age Of Consent
Afghanistan	Asia	*Must be married*
Albania	Europe	14
Algeria	Africa	16
American Samoa	Oceania	16
Andorra	Europe	16
Angola	Africa	12
Antigua and Barbuda	North America	16
Argentina	South America	18
Armenia	Europe	16
Aruba	North America	15
Australia	Oceania	16
Austria	Europe	14
Azerbaijan	Europe	16
Bahamas	North America	16
Bahrain	Asia	21
Bangladesh	Asia	14
Barbados	North America	16
Belarus	Europe	16
Belgium	Europe	16
Belize	North America	16
Benin	Africa	18
Bhutan	Asia	18
Bolivia	South America	14
Bosnia and Heregovina	Europe	14
Botswana	Africa	16
Brazil	South America	14
Brunei	Asia	16
Bulgaria	Europe	14
Burkina Faso	Africa	13
Burundi	Africa	18
Cambodia	Asia	15
Cameroon	Africa	16
Canada	North America	16
Cape Verde	Africa	14
Caribbean Netherlands	North America	16
Central African Verde	Africa	18
Chad	Africa	14
Chile	South America	18
China	Asia	14
Colombia	South America	14
Comoros	Africa	13
Cook Islands	Oceania	16
Costa Rica	North America	15
Croatia	Europe	15
Cuba	North America	16
Cyprus	Europe	17
Czech Republic	Europe	15
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	14
Denmark	Europe	15
Djibouti	Africa	18
Dominica	North America	16
Dominican Republic	North America	18
East Timor	Asia	14
Ecuador	South America	14
Egypt	Africa	18
El Salvador	North America	18
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	18
Eritrea	Africa	18
Estonia	Europe	14
Ethiopia	Africa	18
Federated States of Micronesia	Oceania	14
Fiji	Oceania	16
Finland	Europe	16
France	Europe	15
Gabon	Africa	18
Gambia	Africa	18
Georgia	Europe	16
Germany	Europe	14
Ghana	Africa	16
Greece	Europe	15
Grenada	North America	16
Guam	Oceania	16
Guatemala	North America	18
Guinea	Africa	15
Guinea Bissau	Africa	16
Haiti	North America	18
Honduras	North America	15
Hungary	Europe	14
Iceland	Europe	15
India	Asia	18
Indonesia	Asia	16
Iran	Asia	*Must be married*
Iraq	Asia	18
Ireland	Europe	17
Israel	Asia	16
Italy	Europe	14
Ivory Coast	Africa	18
Jamaica	North America	16
Japan	Asia	13
Jordan	Asia	16
Kazakhstan	Europe	16
Kenya	Africa	18
Kiribati	Oceania	15
Kuwait	Asia	*Must be married*
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	16
Laos	Asia	15
Latvia	Europe	16
Lebanon	Asia	18
Lesotho	Africa	16
Liberia	Africa	18
Libya	Africa	*Must be married*
Liechtenstein	Europe	14
Lithuania	Europe	16
Luxembourg	Europe	16
Macedonia	Europe	14
Madagascar	Africa	14
Malawi	Africa	14
Malaysia	Asia	16
Maldives	Asia	*Must be married*
Mali	Africa	18
Malta	Europe	18
Marshall Islands	Oceania	16
Mauritania	Africa	16
Mauritius	Africa	14
Mexico	North America	17
Moldova	Europe	16
Monaco	Europe	15
Mongolia	Asia	16
Montenegro	Europe	14
Myanmar	Asia	14
Namibia	Africa	16
Nauru	Oceania	17
Nepal	Asia	16
Netherlands	Europe	16
New Zealand	Oceania	16
Nicaragua	North America	18
Niger	Africa	13
Nigeria	Africa	11
Niue	Oceania	19
North Korea	Asia	15
Northern Cyprus	Europe	16
Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	18
Norway	Europe	16
Oman	Asia	*Must be married*
Pakistan	Asia	*Must be married*
Palau	Oceania	16
Palestine Gaza Strip	Asia	*Must be married*
Panama	North America	18
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	16
Paraguay	South America	14
Peru	South America	14
Philippines	Asia	12
Poland	Europe	15
Portugal	Europe	14
Qatar	Asia	*Must be married*
Republic of the Congo	Africa	18
Romania	Europe	15
Russia	Europe	16
Rwanda	Africa	18
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Africa	13
Saint Kitts and Nevis	North America	16
Saint Lucia	North America	16
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	North America	15
Samoa	Oceania	16
San Marino	Europe	14
Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	14
Saudi Arabia	Asia	*Must be married*
Senegal	Africa	16
Serbia	Europe	14
Seychelles	Africa	18
Sierra Leone	Africa	18
Singapore	Asia	16
Slovak Republic	Europe	15
Slovenia	Europe	15
Solomon Islands	Oceania	15
Somalia	Africa	18
South Africa	Africa	16
South Korea	Asia	20
South Sudan	Africa	18
Spain	Europe	16
Sri Lanka	Asia	16
Sudan	Africa	*Must be married*
Suriname	South America	16
Swaziland	Africa	16
Sweden	Europe	15
Switzerland	Europe	16
Syria	Asia	15
Taiwan	Asia	16
Tajikistan	Asia	16
Tanzania	Africa	18
Thailand	Asia	15
Togo	Africa	16
Tonga	Oceania	16
Trinidad and Tobago	North America	16
Tunisia	Africa	18
Turkey	Europe	18
Turkmenistan	Asia	16
Uganda	Africa	18
Ukraine	Europe	16
United Arab Emirates	Asia	*Must be married*
United Kingdom	Europe	16
United States	North America	16
Uruguay	South America	15
Uzbekistan	Asia	16
Vanuatu	Oceania	16
Vatican City	Europe	18
Venezuela	South America	16
Vietnam	Asia	18
Yemen	Asia	*Must be married*
Zambia	Africa	16
Zimbabwe	Africa	16

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