Legal Drinking Age In Different Countries
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 05 22nd, 2009 | 140 responses
Alcohol has become an integral part of celebration in our society. Wedding, college graduation or a friendly get together, alcohol is usually there. There are some countries that prohibit alcohol drinking altogether, and then there are some where laws prohibit you from drinking until you turn 21. I am sure most of you have wondered what the legal drinking age is in some countries are as compared to United States and that is exactly what this post is all about. Below you will find over 80 countries with different legal drinking age.
If you would like to download this information, please click on the download link towards the end of this article.
Please note that legal drinking age is different than legal purchasing age in some countries. This list shows the legal drinking age where one can drink alcohol but may not be able to purchase.
Drinking and Purchasing of Alcohol Is Illegal
- Libya
- Sudan
- Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait
- Bangladesh
- Iran
- Pakistan ( for foreign nationals (non muslims) the legal drinking age is 21)
Legal Drinking Age = None
- Albania
- Brunei
- Denmark
- Poland
- Mauritius
- Georgia
- Cambodia
- Malaysia
- Macau
- Philippines
- Gibraltar
- Slovakia
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Slovenia
- New Zealand
- Malta
- Norway
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Swaziland
- Thailand
- Greece
- Finland
Legal Drinking Age = 14
- Spain
Legal Drinking Age = 16
- Lebanon
- Eritrea
- Austria
- Bulgeria
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- France
- Luxembourg
- Germany
- Switzerland (16-18)
- Samoa
Legal Drinking Age = 17
- Cyprus
Legal Drinking Age = 18
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Canada (18-19)
- Puerto Rico
- Algeria
- Cameroon
- Malawi
- South Africa
- Argentina
- China
- Hong Kong
- Jordan
- Israel
- Fiji
- Australia
- Ukraine
- Sweden
- Russia
- Latvia
- Hungary
- Singapore
- Croatia
- Belarus
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Mongolia
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Ecuador
- Columbia
- Chile
- Uganda
Legal Drinking Age = 19
- South Korea
Legal Drinking Age = 20
- Japan
- Paraguay
Legal Drinking Age = 21
- United States Of America
- Indonesia
- Palau
We have also created an excel file for anyone who would like to keep this information handy, Download the legal drinking age in different countries.
We know we have missed quite a few as it is not possible to include every single country in the list. If you know of any laws related to drinking age for countries that weren’t mentioned here please let us know through your comments.
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In Germany it is 16 for beer and wine, 18 for the other alcoholics
You have the wrong drinking age for New Zealand where the minimum age is 18 (unless accompanied by a parent or guardian).
Sale of Liquor Act 1989, Section 155 (1) (2), Sale or supply of liquor to minors[1] that states
(1) Every person commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in subsection (2A) who, being the licensee or a manager of any licensed premises, sells or supplies any liquor, or allows any liquor to be sold or supplied, on or from the licensed premises to any person who is under the age of 18 years.
(2) Every person commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in subsection (2A) who, not being the licensee or a manager of any licensed premises, sells or supplies any liquor, on or from the licensed premises to any person who is under the age of 18 years.
[1] http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0063/latest/DLM166343.html
In Mexico= 18.
In Canada the legal age is 19, except in Alberta where it is 18.
[...] Legal Drinking Age for 80 Different Countries [...]
There’s an error, Portugal has a legal drinking age of 18.
not totally correct. the netherlands do have an age limit: 16 for drinks with low alcohol percentages (less than 15%), 18 for stronger stuff.
In Spain it’s not 14, it’s 18. Don’t know where you get your info, but it’s pretty outdated.
Legal drinking age for beer & wine in Norway is 18 years, 21 years for spirits like whiskey and vodka etc..
Where is Canada?
Interesting list but Puerto Rico is not a country.
In Poland its 18
The legal age to consume alcohol in the Republic of Ireland is 18.
In Finland it’s 18 years for anything that has max. 22%, 21 years for anything over that…
For the top binge drinkers in Europe, the Irish, it is 18.
new zealand has a drinking age, its 18.
In Canada its either 18 or 19 depending on the Province. I am long past legal drinking age anywhere, but I think it should be 16 or 18, 21 is ridiculous! You can vote, and get married but you can’t have a beer?
Legal Drinking Age = 21
* United States Of America
* Indonesia
* Palau
But Minimum age to purchase a firearm is 18!
LOL!
Yay Portugal FTW!
You can’t have guns but you get to drink all the beer you want!
In Hungary you are allowed to drink alcohol at any age, plus you’re allowed to buy, the shops aren’t allowed, to sell alcohol for people under the age of 18.
In holland its 16 for drinking
There is something wrong in there…
In Portugal you can not(!) drink if you don’t have 18 or more, you only can drink beer, and soft stuff, at the age of 16.
Umm, the legal age in Canada is 19.
In Thailand thw legal age to drink is 18, but to enter a bar/pub/club you need to be 20.
New zealand’s drinking age is 18+ not none(i wish)
I think a couple of people are confused about the meaning of drinking age. For example, there is no legal drinking age in the Netherlands. The people above that claim there is are confusing the drinking age with the legal age to buy alcohol.
BTW, the list is missing Belgium, which also does not have a drinking age limit.
Right and drinking age would also be the same as the legal age that one can possess alcohol in public in a sealed container… In some places it is legal for one to possess and drink alcohol in ones private residence such as a dorm room in Louisiana…
I mean for someone over 18.
new zealand does not have a drinking age only a purchasing age (karl stephens you have mistaken the buying age for the drinking age and have not read your own research what a wanker)
I wouldn’t be against a maximum drink age. Middle-aged to old guys that are drunk are a very unattractive sight. Think of the “old rummy” alcoholic types with a 3 day growth of stubble etc.
The most fun had drinking beer, and often making an ass out of one’s self is the illegal age of 16 to 21. Too bad really.
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did i hear right when i heard that canada changed its drinking age to 21 for U.S. citizens?
In The Netherlands it is 16 for beer and wine, 18 for spirits.
wheres vietnam’s information?
Just to correct some of the above regarding Canada. The list is correct in saying 18-19, as the legal drinking age is set by the individual province. Legal drinking age is 18 in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec, and 19 in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland and the 3 territories (Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territory). Also, Canada did not change anything regarding US citizens – depending on the province you’re in, that’s the age regardless of what your country’s legal drinking age is (and 21 is ridiculous – so is 19). Same all over the world except in certain countries in which the drinking alcohol is illegal and they make exceptions for foreign nationals.
good article thanks
In The Country Of Puerto Rico Is 18 for every type of alcohol but I Think that it should be like this: At 16 you can drink beer with an adult; At 18 Drink beer and wine by yourself; At 21 Drink spirits,wine,beer,etc.. by yourself But again that’s just me
Actually, Romania does have a legal drinking age and it’s 18.
No one really cares about it and minors usually have easy access to alcohol, but that’s another story.
New Zealand does NOT have a drinking age, only a buying age which is 18! You can drink but can only purchase it when your 18 or over.
Howdy that
The drinking age in Canada is 19. Except for Alberta, Quebec which is 18.