What is the drinking age in Eswatini?

18–20

Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.

Eswatini 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

Lesotho
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
South Africa
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Botswana
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Zimbabwe
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Mozambique
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Namibia
18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.

Other laws in Eswatini

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

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