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DescriptionDrinking Age - Global.svg	English: Map showing the minimum age at which it becomes legal for a person to purchase alcohol by country.  Info The criteria used for this map include only the age to purchase alcohol, but do not include the minimum age to drink alcohol or to do so in private. Español: Edad mínima legal para comprar alcohol por país.  Info Los criterios utilizados para este mapa incluyen solo la edad para comprar alcohol, pero no incluyen la edad mínima para beber alcohol o hacerlo en privado. Deutsch: Alkoholersterwerbsalter nach Land. Tyap: Ndyia̱ na̱ myim a̱yin gu tat a̱ kin ta̱bat swuo a̱kan a̱ni kyiak neet a̱byin nat a̱byin.
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Africa

• Algeria: ^[1]
• Angola: ^[1][2]
• Botswana: ^[3]
• Burundi: ^[4]
• Cameroon: ^[5]
• Cape Verde: ^[6]
• Central African Republic: ^[1]
• Comoros: ^[1]
• Egypt: ^[1]
• Equatorial Guinea: ^[1]
• Eritrea: ^[7]
• Ethiopia: ^[8]
• Gabon: ^[1]
• Gambia: ^[9][1]
• Ghana: ^[10]
• Guinea-Bissau: ^[1]
• Kenya: ^[11]
• Lesotho: ^[12]
• Liberia: ^[1]
• Libya: ^[13]
• Malawi: ^[14]
• Mauritius: ^[15]
• Morocco: ^[1]
• Mozambique: ^[16]
• Namibia: ^[17]
• Niger: ^[18]
• Nigeria: ^[1]
• Republic of the Congo: ^[19]
• Rwanda: ^[1]
• Senegal: ^[20]
• Seychelles: ^[1]
• Somalia: ^[21]
• South Africa: ^[22]
• South Sudan: ^[1]
• Sudan: ^[23]
• Swaziland: ^[1]
• Tanzania: ^[24]
• Togo: ^[18]
• Tunisia: ^[1]
• Uganda: ^[25]
• Western Sahara: ^[1]
• Zambia: ^[26]
• Zimbabwe: ^[27]

Americas

• Anguilla: No source
• Antigua and Barbuda: ^[28]
• Argentina: ^[29]
• Bahamas: ^[18]
• Barbados: ^[30]
• Belize: ^[31]
• Bermuda: ^[32]
• Bolivia: ^[18]
• Brazil: ^[33]
• British Virgin Island: ^[34]
• Canada: ^[35][36][37]
• Cayman Islands: ^[38]
• Chile: ^[39]
• Colombia: ^[18]
• Costa Rica: ^[18]
• Cuba: ^[40]
• Dominican Republic: ^[41]
• Ecuador: ^[18]
• El Salvador: ^[18]
• Falkland Islands: No Source
• Grenada: ^[42]
• Guatemala: ^[18]
• Guyana: ^[43]
• Haiti: ^[44]
• Honduras: ^[18]
• Jamaica: ^[45]
• Mexico: ^[18]
• Nicaragua: ^[18]
• Panama: ^[18]
• Paraguay: ^[46]
• Peru: ^[18]
• Puerto Rico: ^[18]
• Trinidad and Tobago: ^[18]
• Turks and Caicos Islands: No Source
• United States: ^[47]
• United States Virgin Islands: ^[48]
• Uruguay: ^[18]
• Venezuela: ^[18]

Asia (following soon)

Europe

• England: ^[49]

Oceania

• American Samoa: ^[50]
• Australia: ^[51]
• Fiji: ^[52]
• Guam: ^[53]
• Micronesia, Federated States of: No Source
• New Zealand: ^[54]
• Northern Mariana Islands: No Source
• Palau: ^[18]
• Samoa: ^[18]
• Solomon Island: ^[18]
• Tokelau: ^[55]
• Tonga: ^[18]
• Vanuatu: ^[18]

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} PROTECTION FROM DRUG ABUSE/ MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL LAWS. The African Child Policy Forum. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
2. ↑ Sobre o acesso de menores a espectáculos nocturnos, e o consumo e a comercialização de bebidas alcoólicas por menores. Governo Provincial de Luanda. Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
3. ↑ Liquor Act 2008 - Section 32. Government of Botswana. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
4. ↑ Code Pénal du Burundi - Aritcle 501 et 502. MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE ET GARDE. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
5. ↑ Law No. 2016/007 of July 12, 2016, relating to the Penal Code - Section 348. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
6. ↑ Lei n.° 27/V/97. Imprensa Nacional de Cabo Verde. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
7. ↑ Penal Code of Eritrea - Article 267. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
8. ↑ Criminal Code, 2004 - Article 531 & 818. WIPO. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
9. ↑ Drug Control Decree and Decree No. 80 of 1996. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
10. ↑ LIQUOR LICENSING ACT - 1970 (ACT 331) - Section 15 - Young Persons to be Excluded.. Ghana Legal. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
11. ↑ ALCOHOLIC DRINKS CONTROL ACT - SECTION 28. National Council for Law Reporting. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
12. ↑ LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1998 - Section 39. Ministry of Tourism Environment and Culture. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
13. ↑ Penal Code - Article (21) of Law No. (89) of 1974 prohibiting alcohol and establish the hudud punishment for drinking. Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
14. ↑ Liquor Act -Section 74. The African Child Information Hub. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
15. ↑ Child Protection Act, 1995 Section 16. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
16. ↑ Sanções duras para infractores do novo regulamento. Domingo. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
17. ↑ Liquor Act 6 of 1998. Legal Assistance Centre. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
18. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w} Minimum Legal Age Limits. IARD. Retrieved on 15 June 2016.
19. ↑ LOI N° 4-2010 DU 14 JUIN 2010 Article 123. UNICEF. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
20. ↑ N° 3097/MINT/DAGAT/DEL/DB. REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL MINISTRE DE L’INTERIEUR. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
21. ↑ Alcohol - Somalia. WHO. Retrieved on 29 November 2014.
22. ↑ Department of Trade & Industry (26 April 2004). "The National Liquor Act, 59 of 2003". Government Gazette 446 (26294). Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved on 2013-01-08.
23. ↑ Sudan: Country Specific Information. U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11.
24. ↑ Law of the Child Act 2009 - Section 17. Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children. Archived from the original on 2016-12-13. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
25. ↑ Liquor Act 1960 - Section 19. Uganda Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
26. ↑ THE LIQUOR LICENSING ACT, 2011 - Section 36. Government of Zambia. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
27. ↑ CHILDREN’S ACT - Section 78. International Labour Organisation. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.
28. ↑ THE LICENSING (INTOXICATING LIQUOR) ACT - CHAPTER 249 - PART V - 24.. laws.gov.ag. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
29. ↑ LEY 24.788 ARTICULO 1° - Subsecretaría de Salud Mental y Atención a las Adicciones. drinkingandyou.com. Retrieved on 2015-11-30.
30. ↑ WHAT IS THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE?. drinkingandyou.com. Retrieved on 2015-11-30.
31. ↑ Liquor Licences Act (Cap. 106) - PART IV - 34: Sale of intoxicating liquor to children.. ird.gov.vg. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
32. ↑ LIQUOR LICENCE ACT 1974 - Procuring drink for drunken person or minor 42.. cada.bm. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
33. ↑ Álcool, Legislação e Políticas Públicas. No Ordinary Commodity. A summary of the book. Addiction,98 , 1343–1350, 2003.. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
34. ↑ Liquor Licences Act (Cap. 106) PART IV – 34: Sale of intoxicating liquor to children.. Government of the Virgin Islands – Ministry of Finance – Inland Revenue Department. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
35. ↑ Drinking Age in Canada. YourLaws.ca (January 2010). Retrieved on 2013-01-08.
36. ↑ Legal Drinking Age for Alcohol in Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved on 2015-05-08.
37. ↑ Susan Munroe. Legal Drinking Age in Canada. About.com News & Issues. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved on 2023-01-12.
38. ↑ LIQUOR LICENSING LAW - 21., 22.. gov.ky. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
39. ↑ LAW ON EXPENDITURE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (in Spanish). Retrieved on 7 September 2017.
40. ↑ CODIGO PENAL - ARTICULO 313.1.. gacetaoficial.gob.cu. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
41. ↑ Alcohol y menores de edad. cnd.com.do. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
42. ↑ $3,000 and 3 Months in Jail for Selling Alcohol to Minor. nowgrenada.com. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
43. ↑ INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSING ACT REGULATION OF LICENCE HOLDERS: No. 54, 55.. guyaneselawyer.com. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
44. ↑ LOI PORTANT SUR LA PROTECTION DES MINEURS PAR RAPPORT A L’ALCOOL ET AUX BOISSONS ALCOLISÉES. Parlement Haïtien. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
45. ↑ Child Care and Protection Act 40.: Prohibition of sale of intoxicating liquor or tobacco products to child. Ministry of Justice (Jamaica). Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
46. ↑ Ley N° 1.642 / 2000 - QUE PROHÍBE LA VENTA DEBEBIDAS ALCOHÓLICAS A MENORES DE EDAD Y PROHÍBE SU CONSUMO EN LA VÍA PÚBLICA. portalguarani.com. Retrieved on 2015-01-09.
47. ↑ Exceptions to Minimum Age of 21 for Possession of Alcohol as of January 1, 2009, Alcohol Policy Information System
48. ↑ Helpful Visitor Information for the Virgin Islands. Vinow.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-11.
49. ↑ Alcohol and young people
50. ↑ ALCOHOL REFORM ISSUES PAPER. samoalawreform.gov.ws. Samoa Law Reform Commission. Archived from the original on 2014-09-17. Retrieved on 25 March 2015.
51. ↑ Alcohol and young people. Victorian State Government, Department of Health, Australia. Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved on 2013-01-08.
52. ↑ State lowers legal drink age - Fiji Times Online. Fijitimes.com (2009-05-20). Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
53. ↑ The Drinking Age On Guam Is Now 21, Pacific News Center, July 8, 2010.
54. ↑ [http://alcohol.org.nz/help-advice/advice-on-alcohol/for-parents/the-law-about-supply-to-young-people The law about supply to young people]. Alcohol.org.nz. Retrieved on 30 April 2016.
55. ↑ Crimes, Procedure and Evidence Rules 2003, s50(3).