Age of Consent Around the World

Age of Consent Around the World

Rank	Country	Region	Age of Consent
1	Afghanistan	Asia	Must be married
2	Albania	Europe	14
3	Algeria	Africa	16
4	Andorra	Europe	16
5	Angola	Africa	12
6	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	16
7	Argentina	South America	18
8	Armenia	Europe	16
9	Australia	Oceania	16
10	Austria	Europe	14
11	Azerbaijan	Europe	16
12	Bahamas	North America	16
13	Bahrain	Asia	21
14	Bangladesh	Asia	14
15	Barbados	North America	16
16	Belarus	Europe	16
17	Belgium	Europe	16
18	Belize	North America	16
19	Benin	Africa	18
20	Bhutan	Asia	18
21	Bolivia	South America	14
22	Bosnia and Heregovina	Europe	14
23	Botswana	Africa	16
24	Brazil	South America	14
25	Brunei	Asia	16
26	Bulgaria	Europe	14
27	Burkina	Africa	13
28	Burma (Myanmar)	Asia	14
29	Burundi	Africa	18
30	Cambodia	Asia	15
31	Cameroon	Africa	16
32	Canada	North America	16
33	Cape Verde	Africa	14
34	Central African Republic	Africa	18
35	Chad	Africa	14
36	Chile	South America	18
37	China	Asia	14
38	Colombia	South America	14
39	Comoros	Africa	13
40	Costa Rica	North America	15
41	Croatia	Europe	15
42	Cuba	North America	16
43	Cyprus	Europe	17
44	Czech Republic	Europe	15
45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	14
46	Denmark	Europe	15
47	Djibouti	Africa	18
48	Dominica	North America	16
49	Dominican Republic	North America	18
50	East Timor	Asia	14
51	Ecuador	South America	14
52	Egypt	Africa	18
53	El Salvador	North America	18
54	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	18
55	Eritrea	Africa	18
56	Estonia	Europe	14
57	Ethiopia	Africa	18
58	Fiji	Oceania	16
59	Finland	Europe	16
60	France	Europe	15
61	Gabon	Africa	18
62	Gambia	Africa	18
63	Georgia	Europe	16
64	Germany	Europe	14
65	Ghana	Africa	16
66	Greece	Europe	15
67	Grenada	North America	16
68	Guatemala	North America	18
69	Guinea	Africa	15
70	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	16
71	Guyana	South America	16
72	Haiti	North America	18
73	Honduras	North America	15
74	Hungary	Europe	14
75	Iceland	Europe	15
76	India	Asia	18
77	Indonesia	Asia	16
78	Iran	Asia	Must be married
79	Iraq	Asia	18
80	Ireland	Europe	17
81	Israel	Asia	16
82	Italy	Europe	14
83	Ivory Coast	Africa	18
84	Jamaica	North America	16
85	Japan	Asia	13
86	Jordan	Asia	16
87	Kazakhstan	Asia	16
88	Kenya	Africa	18
89	Kiribati	Oceania	15
90	Kuwait	Asia	Must be married
91	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	16
92	Laos	Asia	15
93	Latvia	Europe	16
94	Lebanon	Asia	18
95	Lesotho	Africa	16
96	Liberia	Africa	18
97	Libya	Africa	Must be married
98	Liechtenstein	Europe	14
99	Lithuania	Europe	16
100	Luxembourg	Europe	16
101	Macedonia	Europe	14
102	Madagascar	Africa	14
103	Malawi	Africa	14
104	Malaysia	Asia	16
105	Maldives	Asia	Must be married
106	Mali	Africa	18
107	Malta	Europe	18
108	Marshall Islands	Oceania	16
109	Mauritania	Africa	16
110	Mauritius	Africa	14
111	Mexico	North America	17
112	Micronesia	Oceania	14
113	Moldova	Europe	16
114	Monaco	Europe	15
115	Mongolia	Asia	16
116	Montenegro	Europe	14
117	Morocco	Africa	15
118	Mozambique	Africa	16
119	Namibia	Africa	16
120	Nauru	Oceania	17
121	Nepal	Asia	16
122	Netherlands	Europe	16
123	New Zealand	Oceania	16
124	Nicaragua	North America	18
125	Niger	Africa	13
126	Nigeria	Africa	11
127	North Korea	Asia	15
128	Norway	Europe	16
129	Oman	Asia	Must be married
130	Pakistan	Asia	Must be married
131	Palau	Oceania	16
132	Panama	North America	18
133	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	16
134	Paraguay	South America	14
135	Peru	South America	14
136	Philippines	Asia	12
137	Poland	Europe	15
138	Portugal	Europe	14
139	Qatar	Asia	Must be married
140	Republic of the Congo	Africa	18
141	Romania	Europe	15
142	Russian Federation	Asia	16
143	Rwanda	Africa	18
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	North America	16
145	Saint Lucia	North America	16
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	North America	15
147	Samoa	Oceania	16
148	San Marino	Europe	14
149	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	14
150	Saudi Arabia	Asia	Must be married
151	Senegal	Africa	16
152	Serbia	Europe	14
153	Seychelles	Africa	18
154	Sierra Leone	Africa	18
155	Singapore	Asia	16
156	Slovakia	Europe	15
157	Slovenia	Europe	15
158	Solomon Islands	Oceania	15
159	Somalia	Africa	18
160	South Africa	Africa	16
161	South Korea	Asia	20
162	South Sudan	Africa	18
163	Spain	Europe	16
164	Sri Lanka	Asia	16
165	Sudan	Africa	Must be married
166	Suriname	South America	16
167	Swaziland	Africa	16
168	Sweden	Europe	15
169	Switzerland	Europe	16
170	Syria	Asia	15
171	Tajikistan	Asia	16
172	Tanzania	Africa	18
173	Thailand	Asia	15
174	Togo	Africa	16
175	Tonga	Oceania	16
176	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	16
177	Tunisia	Africa	18
178	Turkey	Asia	18
179	Turkmenistan	Asia	16
180	Tuvalu	Oceania	15
181	Uganda	Africa	18
182	Ukraine	Europe	16
183	United Arab Emirates	Asia	Must be married
184	United Kingdom	Europe	16
185	United States	North America	16
186	Uruguay	South America	15
187	Uzbekistan	Asia	16
188	Vanuatu	Oceania	16
189	Vatican City	Europe	18
190	Venezuela	South America	16
191	Vietnam	Asia	18
192	Yemen	Asia	Must be married
193	Zambia	Africa	16
194	Zimbabwe	Africa	16