Drinking Ages Around the World
July 28th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Everyone wants to drink a little and have fun when they’re on vacation. Students flying abroad for spring break want two things: cheap airfare and a country where they can drink legally if under 21. Book a cheap flight with StudentUniverse.com and check out these drinking ages in foreign countries.
Age 21:
- United States
Age 20:
- Japan
- Iceland
Age 19:
- South Korea
Age 18:
- Argentina
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Chile
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Israel
- Latvia
- Luxembourg*
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Philippines
- Russia
- Slovak Republic
- South Africa
- United Kingdom*
- Uruguay
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Brazil
- Canada*
- Columbia
- Denmark
- Finland*
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Moldova
- New Zealand*
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- St. Maarten
- Slovenia
- Sweden*
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Venezuela
Age 16:
- Antigua
- Austria
- Belgium
- France
- Germany*
- Greece*
- Italy
- Netherlands*
- Norway*
- Poland
- Spain*
- Turkey*
- Switzerland*
No minimum:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- China
- Fiji
- Nigeria
- Portugal
- Soviet Georgia
- Thailand
- Vietnam
*with exceptions
Reference: http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/LegalDrinkingAge.html











