Age of consent world wide – how the UK compares

Right here, we discover how the UK’s age of consent compares with the remainder of the world, from nations with out a authorized age restrict, akin to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Afghanistan, to these with a a lot greater age of consent, akin to Bahrain, South Korea, and Nepal.

International locations with no age of sexual consent:

There is no such thing as a age of consent in some nations, together with Iran, Libya, the Maldives, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.

In these nations, it is unlawful to interact in sexual exercise outdoors of marriage (per Age of Consent). As such, they’ve legal guidelines stipulating an age of consent to marriage. In lots of nations the place intercourse earlier than marriage is against the law, the age of consent to marry is greater for males than it’s for girls. For instance, in Qatar, the minimal authorized age of marriage is 16 for women and 18 for boys.

Even in nations with a minimal age of consent to marriage, the courts can nonetheless grant approval for particular person instances the place the events(s) are underage.

International locations with ages of consent underneath 16:

Most nations require younger individuals to be at the least 14 earlier than partaking in sexual exercise, with some notable exceptions: In Nigeria, the age of consent is 11; in Angola and the Philippines, it is set at 12; and it is 13 in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Japan – though the latter’s consent legal guidelines differ relying on which area you are in.

If Iraq’s new laws turns into legislation, the age of consent can be lowered from 18 to 9.

Many European nations, together with Italy, Hungary, Germany, Albania, Serbia, and Montenegro set the age of consent at 14. That is additionally true of a lot of South American nations, together with Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador and Paraguay.

The age of consent can also be 14 in Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, and Chad.

The age of consent rises to fifteen in Thailand, France, Poland, Sweden, Greece, and Croatia – in addition to Iceland, Denmark, and Honduras.

International locations with ages of consent 16+:

The UK units the age of consent at 16 – together with Spain, Russia, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and Israel.

Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Luxembourg, and Cuba additionally set the age of consent at 16.

The age of consent varies by state within the USA: 31 states set the age of consent as 16, eight set it at 17, and 11 set it at 18. In accordance with Age of Consent, 26 states have close-in-age legal guidelines, which legalise “sexual exercise between underaged individuals if they’re shut sufficient to 1 one other in age.”

The age of consent rises to 17 in Eire, Mexico, Cyprus, and Nauru; and 18 in India, Egypt, Vietnam, Kenya, Uganda, Argentina, Iraq, Chile, and Vatican Metropolis.

The age of consent is 20 in South Korea and Nepal and 21 in Bahrain.

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