What is the drinking age in the Dominican Republic?
18–20
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
The Dominican Republic 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
- Haiti
- 18–20 The national legal purchase age is 18, but the law has not yet been approved and enacted.
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- British Virgin Islands
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
- Jamaica
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Anguilla
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Dominican Republic
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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