What is the driving age around the world?
How the driving age is treated in 154 countries, from sources last checked September 2026. Choose a country for its classification, the source, and how its neighbours compare.
- Under 16 1 country (1%): El Salvador.
- 16–17 39 countries (25%), including United States, Indonesia, France and United Kingdom.
- 18+ 114 countries (74%), including China, India, Pakistan and Brazil.
Under 16 1
16–17 39
- American Samoa
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Guam
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jersey
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
18+ 114
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint-Martin
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
About this data
Compiled from Wikipedia: List of minimum driving ages; sources last checked 17 September 2026. The full dataset is available as JSON.
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