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Legal Drinking Alcohol Age World Map
Legal drinking age map
It seems that everyone in the U.S. complains about the legal drinking age being set at 21, using the argument that if you are old enough to fight in a war for your country, you should be able to legally enjoy a beer. Not a bad contention, but it could be worse. Military service could be mandatory, and drinking could be illegal. Go count your blessings. The following map displays the legal drinking age in each country around the world.

 

A few disclaimers:

-In some countries, the age you can legally drink is different than the age you can legally purchase alcohol. Some also distinuish between types of alcohol, the difference typically being around 22% ABV.

-Not all drinking laws are enforced, many countries follow general custom instead.

-Many Middle Eastern countries have a ban on alcohol under Muslim law, though the country permits certain establishments to sell to tourists upon obtaining a proper license.

-Canada's legal drinking age varies by providence, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec all set the age at 18, the restare 19.

-The legal drinking age in Nepal is 24.

-The legal drinking age in India varies between 18 and 25 from state to state.

drink age world map
(Click to enlarge legal drinking age map)

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Alex from Bookfail.com  - Less than a 100 years ago we were all black.   |68.163.168.xxx |2009-07-11 02:51:57
One of the ironies present in this map is that US soldiers, who are often 18, 19
and 20 years old, and thus not old enough to drink at home, are fighting for the
"freedoms" of a country that, in this case, has more freedom to begin
with.
Sam  - Hmm.   |75.92.181.xxx |2009-08-13 02:36:08
I notice some strange stuff here - the most notorious problem-drinking nations
are also the ones with higher drinking ages. For example, the French and Germans
drink plenty of wine and beer but they don't have the same problems with rampant
binge drinking that the Americans, English, Irish and Russians do... and they
have drinking ages set so that your first drink is had at home, with your
parents. The binge drinking countries seem to set their drinking ages such that
your first drink happens after you leave home, where your peers show you the
ropes... not smart, it seems to me.
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