The age of consent around the world

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The legal age at which one is considered able to agree to sex varieties from 11 to 21 years in different nations around the globe.

Nigeria has the lowest age of consent while Bahrain has the highest legal age of consent.

There are 13 Islam countries (except the Maldives) which don’t have a legal age of consent and people in these nations can only involve in sexual activities only if they are married.

The countries with lower age of consent laws

Nigeria – 11
Angola – 12
Philippines – 12
Burkina – 13
Comoros – 13
Japan – 13
Niger – 13

The countries with a higher age of consent laws

South Korea – 20
Bahrain – 21

Rank	Country	Region	Age of Consent
1	Nigeria	Africa	11
2	Angola	Africa	12
3	Philippines	Asia	12
4	Burkina	Africa	13
5	Comoros	Africa	13
6	Japan	Asia	13
7	Niger	Africa	13
8	Albania	Europe	14
9	Austria	Europe	14
10	Bangladesh	Asia	14
11	Bolivia	South America	14
12	Bosnia and Heregovina	Europe	14
13	Brazil	South America	14
14	Bulgaria	Europe	14
15	Burma (Myanmar)	Asia	14
16	Cape Verde	Africa	14
17	Chad	Africa	14
18	China	Asia	14
19	Colombia	South America	14
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	14
21	East Timor	Asia	14
22	Ecuador	South America	14
23	Estonia	Europe	14
24	Germany	Europe	14
25	Hungary	Europe	14
26	Italy	Europe	14
27	Liechtenstein	Europe	14
28	Macedonia	Europe	14
29	Madagascar	Africa	14
30	Malawi	Africa	14
31	Mauritius	Africa	14
32	Micronesia	Oceania	14
33	Montenegro	Europe	14
34	Paraguay	South America	14
35	Peru	South America	14
36	Portugal	Europe	14
37	San Marino	Europe	14
38	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	14
39	Serbia	Europe	14
40	Cambodia	Asia	15
41	Costa Rica	North America	15
42	Croatia	Europe	15
43	Czech Republic	Europe	15
44	Denmark	Europe	15
45	France	Europe	15
46	Greece	Europe	15
47	Guinea	Africa	15
48	Honduras	North America	15
49	Iceland	Europe	15
50	Kiribati	Oceania	15
51	Laos	Asia	15
52	Monaco	Europe	15
53	Morocco	Africa	15
54	North Korea	Asia	15
55	Poland	Europe	15
56	Romania	Europe	15
57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	North America	15
58	Slovakia	Europe	15
59	Slovenia	Europe	15
60	Solomon Islands	Oceania	15
61	Sweden	Europe	15
62	Syria	Asia	15
63	Thailand	Asia	15
64	Tuvalu	Oceania	15
65	Uruguay	South America	15
66	Algeria	Africa	16
67	Andorra	Europe	16
68	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	16
69	Armenia	Europe	16
70	Australia	Oceania	16
71	Azerbaijan	Europe	16
72	Bahamas	North America	16
73	Barbados	North America	16
74	Belarus	Europe	16
75	Belgium	Europe	16
76	Belize	North America	16
77	Botswana	Africa	16
78	Brunei	Asia	16
79	Cameroon	Africa	16
80	Canada	North America	16
81	Cuba	North America	16
82	Dominica	North America	16
83	Fiji	Oceania	16
84	Finland	Europe	16
85	Georgia	Europe	16
86	Ghana	Africa	16
87	Grenada	North America	16
88	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	16
89	Guyana	South America	16
90	Indonesia	Asia	16
91	Israel	Asia	16
92	Jamaica	North America	16
93	Jordan	Asia	16
94	Kazakhstan	Asia	16
95	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	16
96	Latvia	Europe	16
97	Lesotho	Africa	16
98	Lithuania	Europe	16
99	Luxembourg	Europe	16
100	Malaysia	Asia	16
101	Marshall Islands	Oceania	16
102	Mauritania	Africa	16
103	Moldova	Europe	16
104	Mongolia	Asia	16
105	Mozambique	Africa	16
106	Namibia	Africa	16
107	Nepal	Asia	16
108	Netherlands	Europe	16
109	New Zealand	Oceania	16
110	Norway	Europe	16
111	Palau	Oceania	16
112	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	16
113	Russian Federation	Asia	16
114	Saint Kitts and Nevis	North America	16
115	Saint Lucia	North America	16
116	Samoa	Oceania	16
117	Senegal	Africa	16
118	Singapore	Asia	16
119	South Africa	Africa	16
120	Spain	Europe	16
121	Sri Lanka	Asia	16
122	Suriname	South America	16
123	Swaziland	Africa	16
124	Switzerland	Europe	16
125	Tajikistan	Asia	16
126	Togo	Africa	16
127	Tonga	Oceania	16
128	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	16
129	Turkmenistan	Asia	16
130	Ukraine	Europe	16
131	United Kingdom	Europe	16
132	United States	North America	16
133	Uzbekistan	Asia	16
134	Vanuatu	Oceania	16
135	Venezuela	South America	16
136	Zambia	Africa	16
137	Zimbabwe	Africa	16
138	Cyprus	Europe	17
139	Ireland	Europe	17
140	Mexico	North America	17
141	Nauru	Oceania	17
142	Argentina	South America	18
143	Benin	Africa	18
144	Bhutan	Asia	18
145	Burundi	Africa	18
146	Central African Republic	Africa	18
147	Chile	South America	18
148	Djibouti	Africa	18
149	Dominican Republic	North America	18
150	Egypt	Africa	18
151	El Salvador	North America	18
152	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	18
153	Eritrea	Africa	18
154	Ethiopia	Africa	18
155	Gabon	Africa	18
156	Gambia	Africa	18
157	Guatemala	North America	18
158	Haiti	North America	18
159	India	Asia	18
160	Iraq	Asia	18
161	Ivory Coast	Africa	18
162	Kenya	Africa	18
163	Lebanon	Asia	18
164	Liberia	Africa	18
165	Mali	Africa	18
166	Malta	Europe	18
167	Nicaragua	North America	18
168	Panama	North America	18
169	Republic of the Congo	Africa	18
170	Rwanda	Africa	18
171	Seychelles	Africa	18
172	Sierra Leone	Africa	18
173	Somalia	Africa	18
174	South Sudan	Africa	18
175	Tanzania	Africa	18
176	Tunisia	Africa	18
177	Turkey	Asia	18
178	Uganda	Africa	18
179	Vatican City	Europe	18
180	Vietnam	Asia	18
181	South Korea	Asia	20
182	Bahrain	Asia	21
183	Afghanistan	Asia	Must be married
184	Iran	Asia	Must be married
185	Kuwait	Asia	Must be married
186	Libya	Africa	Must be married
187	Maldives	Asia	Must be married
188	Oman	Asia	Must be married
189	Pakistan	Asia	Must be married
190	Qatar	Asia	Must be married
191	Saudi Arabia	Asia	Must be married
192	Sudan	Africa	Must be married
193	United Arab Emirates	Asia	Must be married
194	Yemen	Asia	Must be married