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Minimum legal drinking age

· higher is better · 68 countries

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory (GHO)WHO data terms — CC BY 4.0 asserted at data.who.int; CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO per WHO data policy (display tier, pending clearance)updated 2008
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League table

68 shown
  1. 1Nepal28
  2. 2Oman21
  3. 2Palau21
  4. 2Kiribati21
  5. 2Fiji21
  6. 3Morocco20
  7. 3Iceland20
  8. 3Paraguay20
  9. 3Tunisia20
  10. 3Japan20
  11. 4Korea, Rep.19
  12. 5Guinea18
  13. 5Albania18
  14. 5Andorra18
  15. 5Argentina18
  16. 5Australia18
  17. 5Burkina Faso18
  18. 5Bulgaria18
  19. 5Bahamas, The18
  20. 5Bhutan18
  21. 5Botswana18
  22. 5Cote d'Ivoire18
  23. 5Congo, Dem. Rep.18
  24. 5Colombia18
  25. 5Costa Rica18
  26. 5Cuba18
  27. 5Cyprus18
  28. 5Dominica18
  29. 5Ecuador18
  30. 5Estonia18
  31. 5Ethiopia18
  32. 5Finland18
  33. 5Ghana18
  34. 5Gambia, The18
  35. 5Croatia18
  36. 5Ireland18
  37. 5Iraq18
  38. 5Jordan18
  39. 5Kenya18
  40. 5Lesotho18
  41. 5Latvia18
  42. 5Mexico18
  43. 5North Macedonia18
  44. 5Myanmar18
  45. 5Mozambique18
  46. 5Nicaragua18
  47. 5Panama18
  48. 5Philippines18
  49. 5Papua New Guinea18
  50. 5Rwanda18
  51. 5Suriname18
  52. 5Slovenia18
  53. 5Eswatini18
  54. 5Seychelles18
  55. 5Thailand18
  56. 5Trinidad and Tobago18
  57. 5Turkiye18
  58. 5Tanzania18
  59. 5Venezuela, RB18
  60. 5Zambia18
  61. 5Zimbabwe18
  62. 6Italy16
  63. 6Dominican Republic16
  64. 6Guyana16
  65. 6Congo, Rep.16
  66. 6Jamaica16
  67. 6Malta16
  68. 6Spain16

Minimum legal drinking age