List of Countries by Age of Consent

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Minimum age of consent for all countries

This list presents the minimum age at which a person can legally consent to have sexual intercourse under normal conditions. The age is displayed for women and for men, as in some cases it is not the same. In countries where marriage is mandatory, this information is also presented. In some countries there is a different age of consent for relationships with some specific conditions like homosexual relationships, or with a specific age difference.

Flag	Country or Area [source]	Must be married	Male Age of Consent [source]	Female Age of Consent [source]
	Afghanistan	✓	Puberty	Puberty
	Albania	✗	18	18
	Algeria	✗	16	16
	Andorra	✗	18	18
	Angola	✗	16	16
	Antigua and Barbuda	✗	16	16
	Argentina	✗	18	18
	Armenia	✗	16	16
	Aruba	✗	15	15
	Australia	✗	16 - 17	16 - 17
	Austria	✗	18	18
	Azerbaijan	✗	16	16
	Bahamas	✗	16	16
	Bahrain	✗	21	21
	Bangladesh	✗	14	14
	Barbados	✗	16	16
	Belarus	✗	16	16
	Belgium	✗	18	18
	Belize	✗	16	16
	Benin	✗	16	16
	Bermuda	✗	16	16
	Bhutan	✗	18	18
	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	✗	18	18
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	✗	18	18
	Botswana	✗	18	18
	Brazil	✗	14	14
	Brunei Darussalam	✓	16	16
	Bulgaria	✗	18	18
	Burkina Faso	✗	18	18
	Burundi	✗	18	18
	Cabo Verde	✗	16	16
	Cambodia	✗	15	15
	Cameroon	✗	21	21
	Canada	✗	18	18
	Central African Republic	✗	18	18
	Chad	✗	16	16
	Chile	✗	18	18
	China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	✗	16	16
	China, Macao Special Administrative Region	✗	14	14
	China, Taiwan Province of China	✗	16	16
	China	✗	14	16
	Colombia	✗	14	14
	Comoros	✗	15	15
	Congo	✗	18	18
	Costa Rica	✗	18	18
	Côte d’Ivoire	✗	18	18
	Croatia	✗	18	18
	Cuba	✗	16	16
	Curaçao	✗	15	15
	Cyprus	✗	18	18
	Czechia	✗	18	18
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	✗	15	15
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	✗	18	18
	Denmark	✗	18	18
	Djibouti	✗	18	18
	Dominica	✗	16	16
	Dominican Republic	✗	18	18
	Ecuador	✗	18	14
	Egypt	✗	18	18
	El Salvador	✗	18	18
	Equatorial Guinea	✗	18	18
	Eritrea	✗	18	18
	Estonia	✗	18	18
	Eswatini	✗	18	18
	Ethiopia	✗	18	18
	Fiji	✗	16	16
	Finland	✗	18	18
	France	✗	18	18
	Gabon	✗	18	18
	Gambia	✗	18	18
	Georgia	✗	18	18
	Germany	✗	18	18
	Ghana	✗	16	16
	Greece	✗	18	18
	Guatemala	✗	18	18
	Guinea-Bissau	✗	16	16
	Guinea	✗	15	15
	Guyana	✗	16	16
	Haiti	✗	18	18
	Holy See	✗	18	18
	Honduras	✗	14	14
	Hungary	✗	18	18
	Iceland	✗	18	18
	India	✗	18	18
	Indonesia	✗	18	18
	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	✓	18	15
	Iraq	✗	18	18
	Ireland	✗	17	17
	Israel	✗	16	16
	Italy	✗	18	18
	Jamaica	✗	16	16
	Japan	✗	18	18
	Jordan	✗	16	16
	Kazakhstan	✗	16	16
	Kenya	✗	18	18
	Kiribati	✗	15	18
	Kosovo	✗	16	16
	Kuwait	✓	17	15
	Kyrgyzstan	✗	16	16
	Lao People's Democratic Republic	✗	15	15
	Latvia	✗	18	18
	Lebanon	✗	18	18
	Lesotho	✗	18	18
	Liberia	✗	18	18
	Libya	✓	18	16
	Liechtenstein	✗	18	18
	Lithuania	✗	18	18
	Luxembourg	✗	18	18
	Madagascar	✗	14	14
	Malawi	✗	16	16
	Malaysia	✗	18	18
	Maldives	✓	18	18
	Mali	✗	15	15
	Malta	✗	18	18
	Mauritania	✗	18	18
	Mauritius	✗	16	16
	Mexico	✗	16 - 18	16 - 18
	Monaco	✗	18	18
	Mongolia	✗	16	16
	Montenegro	✗	18	18
	Morocco	✓	18	18
	Mozambique	✗	16	16
	Myanmar	✗	16	16
	Namibia	✗	16	16
	Nepal	✗	18	18
	Netherlands	✗	18	18
	New Zealand	✗	16	16
	Nicaragua	✗	18	18
	Niger	✗	13	13
	Nigeria	✗	18	18
	North Macedonia	✗	18	18
	Oman	✓	18	18
	Pakistan	✓	18	18
	Panama	✗	18	18
	Papua New Guinea	✗	16	17
	Paraguay	✗	14	14
	Peru	✗	18	18
	Philippines	✗	18	18
	Poland	✗	18	18
	Portugal	✗	18	18
	Puerto Rico	✗	16	16
	Qatar	✓	18	16
	Republic of Korea	✗	18	18
	Republic of Moldova	✗	18	18
	Romania	✗	18	18
	Russian Federation	✗	18	18
	Rwanda	✗	18	18
	Saint Lucia	✗	16	16
	Samoa	✗	16	16
	San Marino	✗	18	18
	Sao Tome and Principe	✗	16	16
	Saudi Arabia	✓	18	18
	Senegal	✗	16	16
	Serbia	✗	18	18
	Seychelles	✗	15	15
	Sierra Leone	✗	18	18
	Singapore	✗	18	18
	Slovakia	✗	18	18
	Slovenia	✗	18	18
	Somalia	✗	18	18
	South Africa	✗	16	16
	South Sudan	✗	18	18
	Spain	✗	18	18
	Sri Lanka	✗	16	16
	Sudan	✓	13	12
	Suriname	✗	16	16
	Sweden	✗	18	18
	Switzerland	✗	18	18
	Syrian Arab Republic	✗	15	15
	Tajikistan	✗	16	16
	Thailand	✗	18	18
	Timor-Leste	✗	14	14
	Togo	✗	15	15
	Trinidad and Tobago	✗	18	18
	Tunisia	✗	18	18
	Turkey	✗	18	18
	Turkmenistan	✗	16	16
	Tuvalu	✗	18	18
	Uganda	✗	18	18
	Ukraine	✗	18	18
	United Arab Emirates	✓	18	18
	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	✗	18	18
	United Republic of Tanzania	✗	18	18
	United States of America	✗	16 - 21	16 - 21
	Uruguay	✗	18	18
	Uzbekistan	✗	16	16
	Vanuatu	✗	18	18
	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	✗	16	16
	Viet Nam	✗	18	18
	Western Sahara	✗	13	13
	Yemen	✓	—	—
	Zambia	✗	16	16
	Zimbabwe	✗	16	16