What is the drinking age in the Central African Republic?
16–17
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 15.
The Central African Republic is one of 21 countries classified “16–17” for the drinking age — 11% 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
- Chad
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Cameroon
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Republic of the Congo
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- South Sudan
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Sudan
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Central African Republic
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Smoking Age
- Under 18
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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