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