What is the drinking age in the Bahamas?

18–20

Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.

The Bahamas is one of 135 countries classified “18–20” for the drinking age — 70% of the 192 with data.

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Legal drinking age
Last checked
15 September 2026
How it was classified
Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.

Nearby countries

Cuba
16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
Cayman Islands
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Turks and Caicos Islands
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Jamaica
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Haiti
18–20 The national legal purchase age is 18, but the law has not yet been approved and enacted.
Dominican Republic
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.

Other laws in Bahamas

Cannabis
Illegal
Smoking Age
18
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Legal
E-Cigarettes
Legal / lightly regulated

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