What is the drinking age in Guatemala?
18–20
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Guatemala 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
- El Salvador
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Belize
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Honduras
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Nicaragua
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Costa Rica
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Cayman Islands
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Guatemala
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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