|
|
|
|
|
Country |
Male-Female Sex |
Male-Male Sex |
|
|
Albania |
14 |
14/18 |
|
|
Algeria |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Andorra |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Antiqua (Barbuda) |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Argentina |
12/15/16 |
12/15/16 |
|
|
Armenia |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Aruba |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Australia |
ACT |
16 |
16 |
|
Australia |
NSW |
16 |
18 |
|
Australia |
NT |
16 |
18 |
|
Australia |
Queensland. |
16 |
18 |
|
Australia |
SA |
16/17 |
16/17 |
|
Australia |
Tasmania |
17 |
17 |
|
Australia |
Victoria |
17 |
17 |
|
Australia |
WA |
16 |
21 |
|
Austria |
14 |
18 |
|
|
Azerbaijan |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Bahamas |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Bahrain |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Bangladesh |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Barbados |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Belarus |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Belgium |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Belize |
16 |
? |
|
|
Benin |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Bhutan |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Bolivia |
14f - 16M |
? |
|
|
Bosnia |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Botswana |
16f-14m |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Brazil |
14/18 |
no laws |
|
|
Brunei |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Bulgaria |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Burkina Faso |
13 |
21 |
|
|
Burma |
? |
? |
|
|
Cambodia (Kampuchea) |
15 |
? |
|
|
Burma |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Burundi |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Cambodia |
16 |
? |
|
|
Cameroon |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Canada |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Cape Verde |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Chile |
12 |
18 |
|
|
China |
14 |
? |
|
|
China - Hong Kong |
16 |
21 |
|
|
Colombia |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Costa Rica |
15 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Cote D'Ivorie |
15 |
? |
|
|
Croatia |
14 |
18 |
|
|
Cuba |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Cyprus |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Cyprus- Sars |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Czech Republic |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Denmark |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Dominica |
16 |
? |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
18 |
18 |
|
|
Dutch Antilles |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Equador |
? |
? |
|
|
Egypt |
18 |
18 |
|
|
El Salvador |
16 |
? |
|
|
Eritrea |
18 |
18 |
|
|
Estonia |
14 |
16 |
|
|
Ethiopa |
15 |
? |
|
|
Finland Islands Malvinas |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Faroe Island |
15 |
18 |
|
|
Fiji |
16 |
? |
|
|
Finland |
16 |
18 |
|
|
France |
15 |
15 |
|
|
French Guiana |
15 |
15 |
|
|
French Polynesia Tahiti |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Gabon |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Georgia (Russia) |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Germany |
14/16 |
14/16 |
|
|
Ghana |
? |
? |
|
|
Greece |
15 |
17 |
|
|
Greenland |
? |
? |
|
|
Grenada |
17 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Guam |
16 |
? |
|
|
Guadelope |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Guatemala |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Guniea |
15 |
? |
|
|
Guyana |
13 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Haiti |
18 |
18 |
|
|
Honduras |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
18M/16F |
21 |
|
|
Hungary |
14 |
18 |
|
|
Iceland |
14 |
14 |
|
|
India |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Indonesia |
17 |
no laws |
|
|
Iran |
14f/17m |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Iraq |
18 |
? |
|
|
Ireland |
17 |
17 |
|
|
Israel |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Italy |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Jamaica |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Japan |
13 |
13 |
|
|
Jordan |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Kenya |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Korea |
13 |
13 |
|
|
Kosovo |
14 |
18 |
|
|
Kuwait |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Latvia |
16 |
? |
|
|
Lebanon |
15 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Liberia |
16 |
? |
|
|
Liechtenstein |
14 |
14/18 |
|
|
Lithuania |
16 |
18? |
|
|
Luxembourg |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Macao |
16/17 |
? |
|
|
Madegascar |
21 |
? |
|
|
mali |
16 |
? |
|
|
Malta |
12/18 |
12/18 |
|
|
Malaysia |
Married |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Martinique< |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Mauritius |
15 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
México |
12 |
18 |
|
|
Moldova |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Monaco |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Montenegro |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Morocco |
15 |
? |
|
|
Mozambique |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Namibia |
16 |
? |
|
|
Nepal |
16 |
? |
|
|
Netherlands |
12/16 |
12/16 |
|
|
Netherlands Antilles |
16 |
16 |
|
|
New Calendonia |
15 |
15 |
|
|
New Zealand |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
? |
? |
|
|
Nigeria |
13 |
? |
|
|
Norway |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Oman |
none |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Pakistan |
none |
? |
|
|
Panama |
12 |
? |
|
|
Papua - New Guinea |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Paraquay |
? |
? |
|
|
Peru |
15 |
legal all ages? |
|
|
Poland |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Portugal |
16 |
? |
|
|
Philippines |
12/18 |
18 |
|
|
Puerto Rico |
18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Qatar |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Romania |
14 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Russia |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Rwanda |
18 |
18 |
|
|
San Marino |
14/16 |
14/16 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
must be married |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Senegal |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Serbia |
14 |
18 |
|
|
Singapore |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Slovakia |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Slovenia |
14 |
14 |
|
|
South Africa |
16 |
19 |
|
|
South Korea |
13 |
13 |
|
|
Spain |
13 |
13 |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
St.Kitts and Nervis |
16 |
? |
|
|
St.Martin |
? |
? |
|
|
Surinam |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Sweden |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Swaziland |
18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Switzerland |
18 |
16 |
|
|
Syria |
13/15 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Taiwan |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Tanzania |
15 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Thailand |
?/15 |
legal at all ages? |
|
|
Togo |
14 |
? |
|
|
Tonga |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
21 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Tunisia |
20 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Turkey |
15/16 |
18 |
|
|
Tuvalu |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Uganda |
18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Ukraine |
16 |
16 |
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Uzbekistan |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Uruguay |
16 |
? |
|
|
Vanuatu |
18 |
18 |
|
|
Venezuela |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Vietnam |
? |
? |
|
|
Vojvodina |
14 |
18 |
|
|
Western Samoa |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
12/16 |
? |
|
|
Zaire |
? |
ILLEGAL |
|
|
United Kingdom |
England, Scotland & Wales |
16 |
16 |
|
United Kingdom |
Northern Ireland |
17 |
17 |
|
USA |
Alabama |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Alaska Rev 10/99 |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
Arizona |
18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Arkansas |
16 |
Law invalidated |
|
USA |
California |
18 |
18 |
|
USA |
Colorado |
17 |
17 |
|
USA |
Connecticut |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
D.C. |
16 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Delaware |
16/18 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Florida |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Georgia |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
Hawaii |
14 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Idaho |
16/18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Illinois |
17 |
17 |
|
USA |
Indiana |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
Iowa |
18 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Kansas |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Kentucky |
16 |
Law invalidated |
|
USA |
Louisiana |
17 |
Law invalidated |
|
USA |
Maine |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
Maryland |
16 |
Law invalidated |
|
USA |
Massachusetts |
16/18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Michigan Rev 10/99 |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Minnesota |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Mississippi |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Missouri |
14 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Montana |
16/18 |
18 |
|
USA |
Nebraska |
17 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Nevada |
16 |
18 |
|
USA |
New Hampshire |
16/18 |
18 |
|
USA |
New Jersey |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
New Mexico |
17 |
13 |
|
USA |
New York |
17 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
North Carolina |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
North Dakota |
18 |
Law repealed |
|
USA |
Ohio |
16 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Oklahoma |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
Oregon |
18 |
18 |
|
USA |
Pennsylvania |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
Rhode Island |
16 |
Law repealed |
|
USA |
South Carolina |
14/16-bill pending |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
South Dakota |
16 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Tennessee |
18 |
Law Invalidated |
|
USA |
Texas |
17 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Utah |
16/18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Vermont |
16 |
Law Repealed |
|
USA |
Virginia |
15/18 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Washington |
16 |
16 |
|
USA |
West Virginia |
16 |
18? |
|
USA |
Wisconsin |
18 |
18 |
|
USA |
Wyoming |
16 |
Law repealed |
|
USA |
Military Rev 10/99 |
16 |
ILLEGAL |
|
USA |
Traveling Citizens |
18 |
? |
|
Average age* |
16 |
16 |
|
..........Age
of Consent around the World..........