What is the age of consent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
18+
The age of consent is 18.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of 44 countries classified “18+” for the age of consent — 23% 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.
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Other laws in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
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