What is the age of consent in Belize?
16–17
The age of consent is 16.
Belize is one of 80 countries classified “16–17” for the age of consent — 43% of the 188 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Age of consent by country
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Guatemala
- 14–15 The age of consent is 14.
- Honduras
- 14–15 The age of consent is 14.
- El Salvador
- 14–15 The age of consent is 15.
- Nicaragua
- 16–17 The age of consent is 16.
- Costa Rica
- 14–15 The age of consent is 15.
- Cuba
- 16–17 The age of consent is 16.
Other laws in Belize
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Sex Work
- Buying illegal (Nordic model)
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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