What is the age of consent in Papua New Guinea?
16–17
The age of consent is 16.
Papua New Guinea 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
Other laws in Papua New Guinea
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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