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Afghanistan | total: 10 years male: 13 years female: 8 years (2018) |
Albania | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Algeria | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2011) |
Angola | total: 10 years male: 12 years female: 7 years (2011) |
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2012) |
Argentina | total: 18 years male: 16 years female: 19 years (2017) |
Armenia | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2019) |
Aruba | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
Australia | total: 21 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2018) |
Austria | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Azerbaijan | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2019) |
Bahrain | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2019) |
Bangladesh | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2018) |
Barbados | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2011) |
Belarus | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Belgium | total: 20 years male: 19 years female: 21 years (2018) |
Belize | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2019) |
Benin | total: 13 years male: 14 years female: 11 years (2016) |
Bermuda | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2015) |
Bhutan | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2018) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2014) |
Botswana | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2013) |
Brazil | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2011) |
British Virgin Islands | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2018) |
Brunei | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2019) |
Bulgaria | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2018) |
Burkina Faso | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2019) |
Burma | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2018) |
Burundi | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2018) |
Cambodia | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2008) |
Cameroon | total: 12 years male: 13 years female: 11 years (2016) |
Canada | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Central African Republic | total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2012) |
Chad | total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2015) |
Chile | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
China | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2015) |
Colombia | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Comoros | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2014) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 11 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2013) |
Congo, Republic of the | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |
Cook Islands | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2012) |
Costa Rica | total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2019) |
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 11 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2017) |
Croatia | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Cuba | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Curacao | total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2013) |
Cyprus | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Denmark | total: 18 years male: 19 years female: 19 years (2018) |
Djibouti | total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2011) |
Dominican Republic | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2017) |
Ecuador | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2015) |
Egypt | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2017) |
El Salvador | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2018) |
Eritrea | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2015) |
Estonia | total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Ethiopia | total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2012) |
Finland | total: 19 years male: 20 years female: 20 years (2018) |
France | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Gambia, The | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2010) |
Gaza Strip | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
Georgia | total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Germany | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Ghana | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2019) |
Greece | total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 20 years (2018) |
Grenada | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 19 years (2018) |
Guatemala | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2015) |
Guinea | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2014) |
Guyana | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2012) |
Honduras | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 11 years (2017) |
Hong Kong | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2019) |
Hungary | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Iceland | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2018) |
India | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2019) |
Indonesia | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2018) |
Iran | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2017) |
Ireland | total: 20 years male: 19 years female: 20 years (2018) |
Israel | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Italy | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Jamaica | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2015) |
Japan | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2016) |
Jordan | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |
Kazakhstan | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Kenya | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009) |
Kiribati | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008) |
Korea, North | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2015) |
Korea, South | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Kuwait | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2015) |
Kyrgyzstan | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2019) |
Laos | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2019) |
Latvia | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Lebanon | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2014) |
Lesotho | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2017) |
Liechtenstein | total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2018) |
Lithuania | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Luxembourg | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2018) |
Macau | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2019) |
Madagascar | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2018) |
Malawi | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2011) |
Malaysia | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2017) |
Mali | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2017) |
Malta | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Marshall Islands | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2019) |
Mauritania | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 10 years (2019) |
Mauritius | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2017) |
Mexico | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Moldova | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2019) |
Mongolia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2015) |
Montenegro | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2019) |
Montserrat | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2019) |
Morocco | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2019) note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara |
Mozambique | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2017) |
Nauru | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 10 years (2008) |
Nepal | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2019) |
Netherlands | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 19 years (2018) |
New Zealand | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2018) |
Niger | total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2017) |
Nigeria | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2011) |
Norway | total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 19 years (2018) |
Oman | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2019) |
Pakistan | total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2018) |
Palau | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2013) |
Panama | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2016) |
Paraguay | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2010) |
Peru | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2017) |
Philippines | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2017) |
Poland | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Portugal | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Puerto Rico | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 18 years (2018) |
Qatar | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2019) |
Romania | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Russia | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Rwanda | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2019) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 18 years male: 16 years female: 19 years (2015) |
Saint Lucia | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2019) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2015) |
San Marino | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2015) |
Saudi Arabia | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Senegal | total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2019) |
Serbia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2019) |
Seychelles | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Singapore | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Sint Maarten | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2014) |
Slovakia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Slovenia | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2018) |
South Africa | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2018) |
Spain | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2018) |
Sri Lanka | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2018) |
Sudan | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2015) |
Sweden | total: 20 years male: 19 years female: 21 years (2018) |
Switzerland | total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2018) |
Syria | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2013) |
Tajikistan | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2013) |
Tanzania | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2019) |
Thailand | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2016) |
Togo | total: 13 years male: 14 years female: 12 years (2017) |
Tunisia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2016) |
Turkey | total: 18 years male: 19 years female: 18 years (2018) |
Turkmenistan | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2019) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 9 years male: NA female: NA (2015) |
Uganda | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2011) |
Ukraine | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2014) |
United Arab Emirates | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2017) |
United Kingdom | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2018) |
United States | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Uruguay | total: 17 years male: NA female: NA (2017) |
Uzbekistan | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2019) |
West Bank | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2019) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
World | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2019) |
Yemen | total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2011) |
Zimbabwe | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2013) |
Source: CIA Factbook