The minimum voting age varies per country and could be as low as 16 or as high as 21. The minimum voting age per country is as follows:
Countries where minimum voting age is 16 years old:
- Argentina
- Austria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (if employed)
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- Estonia (local elections
- Germany (State and municipal elections in select states)
- Isle of Man Guernsey
- Jersey
- Malta
- Nicaragua
- Scotland
- Switzerland (Canton of Glarus)
Countries where minimum voting age is 17 years old:
- East Timor
- Ethiopia
- Indonesia
- Greece
- Israel (17 for municipal elections)
- North Korea
- United States (select states)
- Sudan
- South Sudan
Countries where minimum voting age is 18 years old:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- European Union
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Republic of Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Réunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Saint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands of the United States
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Countries where minimum voting age is 19 years old:
- South Korea
Countries where minimum voting age is 20 years old:
- Bahrain
- Cameroon
- Nauru
- Taiwan
Countries where minimum voting age is 21 years old:
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Oman
- Samoa
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Tokelau
- Tonga
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