Country rankings
Age of Majority by Country
16 of the 198 countries with data share the highest Age of Majority (21); the rest range down to 16 (4 countries). 172 of the 198 share 18, the most common value.
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198 of 235 countriesAge of Majority
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 198 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
18
Middle half 18 – 18
Average
18.22
198 countries
Highest
21
Mozambique
Lowest
16
Cuba
Data
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198 countries · # = rank by Age of Majority
What correlates with Age of Majority?
Pearson r against 1,398 other country metrics sharing at least 119 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
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Opposite directions
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Quick answers
- Which countries have the highest Age of Majority?
- 16 of the 198 countries with data share the highest Age of Majority, at 21: Mozambique, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Niger, Zambia, Chad, United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Gabon, Lesotho, Eswatini, Samoa and Grenada.
- Which countries have the lowest Age of Majority?
- Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Cuba tie for the lowest Age of Majority, at 16.
- What is the median Age of Majority across countries?
- The median is 18 across the 198 countries with data.
- Where does the Age of Majority by Country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Age of majority - Wiki; Fact Sheets - Youth Policy Org; Legal Age of Majority in Nicaragua - World Law Digest.
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