Chart of Legal Drinking Ages

Posted by Drinking - 26/01/09 at 09:01 pm

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Chart of Legal Drinking Ages

Every single time I access the net with the words drinking age, it always comes up that even more people are asking about the legal drinking age of this country, of this state, or of this province. Tales about them vacationing are often seen, it is a usual occurrence even. It doesn’t even seem to matter that most questions deal with them being underage and wanting to drink. Seriously, is drinking all they have in their minds? Anyway, I’m not here to rant about that so let us continue with our present topic. As there is a different legal drinking age set for each country or state (sometimes even just the region), there is much confusion and even curiosity over the fact. It would have been nice and convenient if the first of the search results to come up after clicking on Enter or submitting your query is a chart of legal drinking ages. A chart will be most helpful and will hopefully lessen the worry of parents (and the crazy excitement of their underage children) about the legalities of drinking in other countries or states (especially for students who are planning on going on a vacation or on foreign exchange student trips).

A random question though is: Why are there many differing ideas on proper times and most optimal and dependable age for liquor anyway? The most dependable answer to this it is due to many aspects: religion, tradition, culture, belief, and even the natural location, climate, and resources. There are actually seven divisions but the chart I reviewed only has six, I had planned not to put it up but I decided against it.

No Minimum

16

18

19

20

21

Illegal

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cambodia

Cuba

Denmark

Finland

Georgia

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Indonesia

Israel

Kenya

Macau

Malaysia

Malta

Moldova (beer)

Montenegro

Morocco

Myanmar

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Tunisia

Vietnam

Austria (varying per drink)

Belgium (varying per drink)

Botswana

Cyprus (although some say it is 12)

Eritrea

Ethiopia

France

Germany

Haiti

Italy

Liechtenstein (varying per drink)

Luxembourg

Mauritius

Moldova (other kinds)

Palau

Portugal

Russia

Samoa

Spain

Switzerland (varies)

United Kingdom

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Algeria

American Samoa

Antigua

Argentina

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec)

Cayman Islands

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czech Republic

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Estonia

Guam

Guatemala

Hong Kong

Hungary

India (varies per state)

Iraq

Ireland

Jamaica

Jordan

Latvia

Lebanon

Lithuania

Macedonia

Malawi

Mexico

Mongolia

Namibia

Nepal

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea (although some say it is 17)

Pakistan

Panama

People’s Republic of China

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Qatar

Singapore

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Taiwan

Thailand

Tokelau

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

Ukraine

US Virgin Islands (U.S.) Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Canada (the rest)

South Korea

Iceland

Japan

Paraguay

Armenia

Fiji

Honduras

Northern Mariana Islands

Oman

United Arab Emirates

United States

Bangladesh

Brunei

Iran

Kuwait

Libya

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

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