What is the drinking age in Cape Verde?

18–20

Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.

Cape Verde 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

The Gambia
16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
Senegal
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Mauritania
Alcohol prohibited
Western Sahara
No minimum age
Liberia
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Morocco
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.

Other laws in Cape Verde

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

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