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AGE OF CONSENT CHART - World Wide |
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Understanding the Age of Conset: Current as of August 2001
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This table lists the age when around the world people of various sexualities can legally have sex. This table should only be used as general guide.
| Country |
Male-Female Sex |
Male-Male Sex |
Female-Female Sex
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| Albania |
14 |
14/18? |
14 |
| Algeria |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Andorra |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Antiqua (Barbuda) |
16 |
18 |
16 |
| Argentina |
12/15/16 |
12/15/16 |
12/15/16 |
| Armenia |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Aruba |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Australia
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ACT |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Australia |
NSW |
16 |
18 |
no laws |
| Australia |
NT |
16 |
18 |
no laws |
| Australia |
Queensland. |
16 |
18 |
16 |
| Australia
|
SA |
16/17 |
16/17 |
16/17 |
| Australia |
Tasmania |
17 |
17 |
no laws |
| Australia |
Victoria |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Australia |
WA |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Austria |
14 |
18 |
14 |
| Azerbaijan |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Bahamas |
16 |
18 |
18 |
| Bahrain |
? |
Illegal |
Illegal |
| Bangladesh |
? |
illegal |
illegal |
| Barbados |
16 |
illegal |
? |
| Belarus |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Belgium |
16/18 |
16 |
16 |
| Belize |
16 |
? |
? |
| Bermuda |
16 |
18 |
16 |
| Benin |
? |
illegal |
illegal |
| Bhutan |
? |
Illegal |
? |
| Bolivia |
14f - 16M |
? |
? |
| Bosnia |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Botswana |
16f-14m |
illegal |
? |
| Brazil |
14/18 |
14/18 |
14/18 |
| Brunei |
14/16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Bulgaria |
14/15 |
14/18 |
14/18 |
| Burkina Faso |
13 |
21 |
21 |
| Burma |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Burundi |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Cambodia (Kampuchea) |
16 |
? |
? |
| Cambodia |
16 |
? |
? |
| Cameroon |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Canada |
14 |
14?/18 |
14 |
| Cape Verde |
? |
illegal |
? |
Cayman
Islands |
? |
? |
? |
| Chile |
12 |
18 |
18 |
| China |
14 |
Not
defined |
Not
defined |
| China - Hong Kong |
16 |
21 |
? |
| Colombia |
12/14 |
14 |
14 |
| Cook
Islands |
? |
? |
? |
| Costa Rica |
15/16 |
15/illegal |
15/illegal |
| Cote D'Ivorie |
15 |
? |
? |
| Croatia |
14 |
14/18 |
14/18 |
| Cuba |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Cyprus |
16 |
18? |
18? |
| Cyprus- Sars |
16 |
18 |
18 |
| Czech Republic |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Denmark |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Dominica |
16 |
? |
? |
| Dominican Republic |
18 |
18 |
18 |
| Dutch Antilles |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Equador |
undefined |
? |
? |
| Egypt |
18 |
18-illegal? |
18-illegal? |
| El Salvador |
16 |
? |
? |
| Eritrea |
18 |
18 |
18 |
| Estonia |
14 |
16 |
16 |
| Ethiopia |
15 |
? |
? |
| Islands Malvinas |
16 |
18 |
16 |
| Faroe Island |
15 |
18 |
18 |
| Fiji |
16 |
? |
? |
| Finland |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| France |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| French Guiana |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| French Polynesia Tahiti |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Gabon |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Georgia (Russia) |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Germany |
14/16 |
14/16 |
14/16 |
| Ghana |
? |
? |
? |
| Greece |
15/17 |
17 |
15/17 |
| Greenland |
? |
? |
? |
| Grenada |
17 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Guam |
16 |
? |
? |
| Guadelope |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Guatemala |
18 |
18 |
18 |
| Guinea |
15 |
? |
? |
| Guyana |
13 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Haiti |
18 |
18 |
18 |
| Honduras |
14/17 |
14 |
14 |
| Hong Kong |
18M/16F |
21 |
? |
| Hungary |
14 |
18 |
18 |
| Iceland |
14 |
14 |
14 |
| India |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Indonesia |
17 |
no laws |
no laws |
| Iran |
14f/17m |
illegal |
illegal |
| Iraq |
18 |
? |
? |
| Ireland |
17 |
17 |
17 |
| Israel |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Italy |
14 |
14 |
14 |
| Jamaica |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Japan |
13 |
13 |
13 |
| Jordan |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Kenya |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Korea |
13 |
13 |
13 |
| Kosovo |
14 |
18 |
14 |
| Kuwait |
? |
illegal |
illegal |
| Latvia |
16 |
legal? |
legal? |
| Lebanon |
15/18 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Liberia |
16 |
? |
? |
| Liechtenstein |
14 |
14/18 |
14 |
| Lithuania |
16 |
18 |
16 |
| Luxembourg |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Macao |
16/17 |
? |
? |
| Madagascar |
21 |
21 |
21 |
| Mali |
16 |
? |
? |
| Malta |
12/18 |
12/18 |
12/18 |
| Malaysia |
Married-16? |
illegal |
illegal |
| Martinique |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Mauritius |
15 |
illegal |
illegal |
| M�xico |
12 |
18 |
18 |
| Moldova |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Monaco |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Montenegro |
14 |
14 |
14 |
| Morocco |
15 |
? |
? |
| Mozambique |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Namibia |
16 |
? |
? |
| Nepal |
16 |
? |
? |
| Netherlands |
12/16 |
12/16 |
12/16 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| New Calendonia |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| New Zealand |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Nicaragua |
? |
? |
? |
| Nigeria |
13 |
? |
? |
| Norway |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Oman |
none |
illegal |
illegal |
| Pakistan |
none |
? |
? |
| Panama |
12/18? |
? |
? |
| Papua - New Guinea |
16 |
illegal |
16 |
| Paraquay |
? |
? |
? |
| Peru |
14 |
14 |
14 |
| Poland |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Portugal |
14/16? |
? |
? |
| Philippines |
12/18 |
18 |
18 |
| Puerto Rico |
14 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Qatar |
? |
illegal |
illegal |
| Romania |
14 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Russia |
14/16? |
14/16? |
14/16? |
| Rwanda |
18 |
18 |
18 |
| San Marino |
14/16 |
14/16 |
14/16 |
| Saudi Arabia |
must be
married |
illegal |
illegal |
| Senegal |
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illegal |
illegal |
| Serbia |
14 |
18 |
14 |
| Singapore |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Slovakia |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Slovenia |
14 |
14 |
14 |
| South Africa |
16 |
19 |
19 |
| South Korea |
13 |
13 |
13 |
| Spain |
13 |
13 |
13 |
| Sri
Lanka |
16 |
illegal |
16 |
| St.Kitts and Nervis |
14/16 |
? |
? |
| St.Martin |
? |
? |
? |
| Surinam |
16 |
18 |
16 |
| Sweden |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| Swaziland |
18 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Switzerland |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Syria |
13/15 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Taiwan |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Tanzania |
15 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Thailand |
15 |
legal at all
ages? |
? |
| Togo |
14 |
? |
? |
| Tonga |
16 |
illegal |
? |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Tunisia |
20 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Turkey |
15/16 |
18 |
18 |
| Tuvalu |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Uganda |
18 |
illegal |
illegal |
| Ukraine |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| United Arab
Emirates |
18 |
Illegal |
Illegal |
| Uzbekistan |
16 |
illegal |
16 |
| Uruguay |
16 |
? |
? |
| Vanuatu |
18 |
18 |
18 |
| Venezuela |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Vietnam |
18 |
? |
? |
| Vojvodina |
14 |
18 |
14 |
| Western Samoa |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Yemen |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Zaire |
? |
illegal |
? |
| Zimbabwe |
12/16 |
illegal |
illegal |
| United Kingdom |
England, Scotland & Wales |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| United
Kingdom |
Northern Ireland |
17 |
17 |
17 |
UNITED STATES AND CANADA AGE OF CONSENT CHART
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